Outstanding results for Whitby

Whitby Collegiate students achieved outstanding results in the 2022 NCEA examinations, the recently announced provisional results show.

The school maintained its 100% NCEA record in years 11 and 13 and scored 97% in year 12.

University Entrance, which is also a key academic marker, also sits at 100%.

Not only were the school’s pass percentages high, so also was the proportion of students who gained merit or excellence grades, with 87% of year 11 students in that category.

Three new classroom blocks opened at Whitby Collegiate at the start of the school year.

Students are enjoying a state-of-the-art science space, along with classrooms catering for drama and information technology. This is alongside the Ioane Fiso Pavilion winning a national architecture award in 2022. a National Peace Day shall be the mechanism are observed and celebrated across the country.

The school has actively recruited a number of highly qualified and experienced teachers to join the staff in 2023, further enhancing the learning programmes already on offer.

Along with the small class sizes, this ensures that students have the best possible chance of succeeding in a supportive environment.

Whitby Collegiate is also looking forward to its summer sports programmes starting and building on the success of teams at regional and national events such as softball, volleyball and athletics.

Sports teams will travel to Japan for an exchange programme in September and planning for a languages tour to Spain in 2024 is under way.

It wasn’t long enough. The working man isn’t given enough time off. We did a bit of a tour around the South Island.