NCEA Payment and Registration information
Contents
2015 NCEA fee .................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Financial assistance to reduce your 2015 NCEA fee ..................................................................................................... 2
How much is the 2015 NCEA fee? ................................................................................................................................. 2
Special assessment conditions .......................................................................................................................................... 2
Internally assessed standards ........................................................................................................................................... 3
Externally assessed standards........................................................................................................................................... 3
Externally assessed standards include: ......................................................................................................................... 3
How do I register for register for externally assessed standards? ............................................................................... 4
Where will I sit end of year exams? .............................................................................................................................. 4
What is the Exam Centre Permission form? ................................................................................................................. 4
Junior students in Year 10 or below ................................................................................................................................. 4
Students previously enrolled at another secondary school in 2015 ................................................................................ 5
Course endorsement......................................................................................................................................................... 5
Check your information on the NZQA website ................................................................................................................. 5
Contact details .................................................................................................................................................................. 5
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2015 NCEA fee
Payment of the 2015 NCEA fee means any credits you gain this year will be officially recorded in your NZQA Record of
Achievement so they count towards your qualifications.
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This fee pays for any credits you gain this year (it is not an exam fee).
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Credits must be paid for in the year they are gained to avoid an additional late payment fee.
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This fee is collected on behalf of the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) and is in addition to any
enrolment fee/donation you may have made to Te Kura.
Financial assistance to reduce your 2015 NCEA fee
Financial assistance is available to reduce the 2015 NCEA fee. Read the reverse of the blue application form to see if the
person paying this year’s NCEA fee can apply.
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If the person paying this year’s fee can apply, complete and return the form. Pay the reduced fee. You will be
contacted only if there is an issue with the application.
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The person paying the NCEA fee/s should complete one application form to include all students in their household
required to pay a 2015 NCEA fee. If one of the students is in Year 10 or below, refer to page 4.
 For NCEA students at different schools, send the application to Te Kura.
 Evenly split the NCEA fee to pay each student’s portion of the reduced NCEA fee to their appropriate school.
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To pay the reduced fee, you must first apply for financial assistance. If the reduced fee is paid but we do not receive
a financial assistance application form, your results will not be officially recognised by NZQA.
How much is the 2015 NCEA fee?
QUALIFY for financial assistance
Single NCEA student on application
$20.00
More than one NCEA student on application form
$30.00 per family maximum
DO NOT qualify for financial assistance
$76.70 for all NCEA standards
$30.00 each NZ Scholarship standard
$200.00 per family maximum
NZ Scholarship standards are only available to eligible Level 3 students. Refer to information on page 3.
Special assessment conditions
Students with specific physical, medical, sensory or learning disabilities may be approved for special assessment conditions
(SAC) for internal and external NCEA assessments.
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If you need SAC but haven’t made contact with Jennifer Hardiman, please call her as soon as possible on freephone
0800 65 99 88 ext 8127 or email jennifer.hardiman@tekura.school.nz.
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If you have recently transferred from another school and have already been approved for SAC, please alert Jennifer
immediately as your entitlement will need to be transferred from your previous school to Te Kura.
You can find out more about SAC on our website: www.tekura.school.nz/student-toolkit/special-assessment-conditions/.
Internally assessed standards
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Internally assessed standards are marked by your Te Kura teachers during the year.
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Results from your internal assessments are updated with NZQA each month until the end of November.
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Completing your online NCEA registration as well as paying your 2015 NCEA fee will ensure your 2015 NCEA results
are officially registered with NZQA. This means they will count towards your qualifications.
Externally assessed standards
Te Kura does not automatically register its’ students for externally assessed standards.
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If you wish to register for any external assessed standards, select the appropriate standards when completing your
online NCEA registration.
Externally assessed standards include:
(1) NZQA assessed end of year exams held during November/December
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End of year exams are sat at a secondary school.
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All your end of year exams must be sat at one school.
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A completed and signed Confirmation of Exam Centre Permission form must be received by Te Kura’s
Qualifications Team (well before the deadline date) before an end of year exam registration can be finalised.
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Photo ID must be taken to each end of year exam. Download a student ID card application form from our
website: http://www.tekura.school.nz/student-toolkit/getting-started/.
(2) Portfolio submissions for:
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Digital Technology
Graphics: Design and Visual Communication (DVC)
Technology
Visual Arts
Portfolio submissions will only be assessed if you have selected the appropriate externally assessed standard/s in your
online NCEA registration.
(3) Maths Common Assessment Task (MCAT)
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Level 1 Maths & Statistics standard 1.2 (91027) is an externally assessed standard.
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It is only available if you are enrolled in Level 1 Maths course MX1000.
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The final date you can register online for the MCAT is 22 July.
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It will be assessed by Common Assessment Task on 15 September at a special Te Kura MCAT venue.
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If you require additional information about the MCAT, please contact your Maths teacher.
(4) NZ Scholarship standards
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NZ Scholarship standards are designed to extend very high achieving Level 3 students.
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You must discuss any NZ Scholarship registration with your subject teacher first.
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If you are not eligible to apply for Financial Assistance, each NZ Scholarship entry is $30.00 in addition to the
$76.70 NCEA fee.
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How do I register for register for externally assessed standards?
You must be enrolled in the course to register for externally assessed standards.
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Talk with your subject teachers about which externally assessed standards you should enter. This is especially
important for students enrolled in our Level 1 Science courses.
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Select the externally assessed standards in your online NCEA registration.
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If you choose to register for end of year exams, you must also follow the instructions on your pink Exam Centre
Permission form.
Where will I sit end of year exams?
Because Te Kura is not an exam centre school, your end of year exams must be sat at a secondary school that offers all the
exam subjects you wish to sit.
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This means you will need to make arrangements with a secondary school in your local community.
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Your chosen exam centre school must offer all the exam subjects you wish to register for so you can sit all your end
of year exams at one secondary school.
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If your chosen school does not offer all your exam subjects, you will need to make arrangements with another
secondary school.
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If you are unsure how to contact a secondary school, use this link www.tki.org.nz/schools.
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Carefully follow each instruction on your pink 2015 Exam Centre Permission form.
What is the Exam Centre Permission form?
A completed and signed Exam Centre Permission form from your chosen exam centre school shows they have agreed to
accommodate you for your end of year exams. This is an important requirement.
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Easy to follow instructions are detailed on the form.
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This form must be returned to the Qualifications Team as soon as possible before the due date otherwise your end
of year exam registration cannot be processed.
 If you need Special Assessment Conditions (SAC) in order to sit your external exams, please contact Jennifer
Hardiman by phoning 0800 65 99 88 ext 8127 or by emailing jennifer.hardiman@tekura.school.nz.
If you have already advised Jennifer about your need for SAC in external exams, there is no need to contact her
again but you must provide your SAC details on the pink Exam Centre Permission form.
Note: school holidays are from 6-17 July inclusive. You may not be able to contact the Principal’s Nominee at your intended
exam centre school during the school holiday break.
Junior students in Year 10 or below
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Internal assessments – if you are completing only internal assessments this year, Te Kura will hold your results until you
are in Year 11. This means you will not need to complete an online NCEA registration or pay the 2015 NCEA fee unless
you choose to. Please note these credits will not count towards course endorsement - refer to the Course Endorsement
criteria on page 5.
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Externally assessed standards – if you wish to register for any externally assessed standards, you must complete an
online NCEA registration and pay the 2015 NCEA fee.
Students previously enrolled at another secondary school in 2015
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If you were previously enrolled at another secondary school earlier this year, your 2015 internally assessed NCEA results
and any externally assessed standards registration will have been withdrawn at NZQA.
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You must complete a Te Kura online NCEA registration to reactivate your 2015 registration with NZQA.
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If you still wish to register for externally assessed standards, you will need to select the appropriate standards in
the online registration and return a completed and signed Exam Centre Permission form.
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If you have already paid your 2015 NCEA fee to your previous school, follow the instructions in the online
registration.
Course endorsement
Course endorsement provides recognition for a student who has performed exceptionally well in an individual course.
Students will gain a course endorsement, if in a single school year, they achieve:
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14 or more credits at Merit or Excellence including:
 at least 3 of these credits come from externally assessed results, and
 at least 3 of these credits come from internally assessed results
Check your information on the NZQA website
Your internally assessed results will be updated on your NZQA student login page at the beginning and middle of each
month.
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Keep checking your NZQA student login page throughout the year to ensure all your internally assessed results
have gone to NZQA.
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If you also register for externally assessed standards, these will show on your NZQA student login page about 15-20
working days after your online NCEA registration has been confirmed by letter/email.
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Your payment will be recorded on your NZQA student login page from late November.
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To access your full year’s results in January 2016, including any externally assessed results and the award of any
qualifications, click ‘My Record of Achievement’.
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If you require a paper copy of an awarded qualification and/or official copy of your Record of Achievement from
January 2016, click ‘Order Documents’.
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You will need your National Student Number (NSN).
1) Go to www.nzqa.govt.nz/login
2) Click ‘login’ under Students & Learners
Contact details
 Phone
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Freephone (NZ only)
Overseas
 Qualifications Team
 Extn
 Email
0800 65 99 88
64 4 473 6841
5046
ncea.payment@tekura.school.nz
 Fax
 NZ
 Overseas
04 496 1295
64 4 496 1295