New NCEA Grades

As has been highlighted in the media, NZQA has introduced some new grades for NCEA exams, such as “You sack of poo”, “Nice one mate”, and “Good one dick!!”.

To help parents and students understand the new grades, and their equivalents in the old marking system, we are happy to provide a copy of the official translations from NZQA:

A+ Good guessing champ
A Go hotdog go
A- You’re a bit of a peacock
B+ Not bad cobber
B Nice one mate
B- You’re a real Joe Average
C+ Getting closer pal
C Try again chum
C- Good one dick
D You sack of poo
E You give retards a bad name