A guide for parents and whānau

At Wellington College we value working in partnership with whānau to support our students. Part of this is regularly reporting students’ academic progress.  

Notification emails

You will receive weekly notification emails if your young person has had a new assessment result added to our system.

For Years 9 – 11 Learning Progressions it will look like this:

For NCEA assessments it will look like this:

Reports

You will also receive regular reports, which provide a snapshot of students’ attainment. For Y9 – 10 students these are approximately once per term, and for Year 11 – 13 students twice per term.

Changes to assessment and reporting for 2026

Previously student progress in Years 9 – 11 was measured against four descriptors in our Learning Progressions Framework:

• Emerging, Developing, Proficient and Advancing.

In line with new assessment requirements from the Ministry of Education, we have made some modifications to this. There are now five progress descriptors:

• Emerging, Developing, Consolidating, Proficient and Exceeding.

We have also made some adjustments to the language of our reporting at all levels to improve clarity. For each subject, teachers will report a student’s overall progress as ‘On track’ or ‘Not yet on track’. Please see the links below for more detail.

Whānau meetings

There are two opportunities during the year for parents to meet with teachers. We hold subject teacher meetings at the start of Term 2, and you will have two dates to choose from.

You then have an opportunity to meet with your young person’s tutor teacher in Term 3 to discuss their overall progress and confirm subject selections for next year.

Prior to each event, you will receive an email to make bookings.

More information

If you would like more information about what this terminology means, or how to interpret your young person’s results or reports, please visit the Curriculum section of our website. This includes a comprehensive guide to our learning and reporting frameworks.  

You can use the following links:

– for Years 9 – 11 Assessment

– for NCEA Assessment

– for Reporting

Information Evenings

We also hold a number of information evenings throughout the year. These are always advertised in the newsletter and on our social media. Upcoming is:

• Understanding NCEA – Thursday March 5, 6pm

As always, if you have any questions or concerns about your young person’s results or progress, please contact your young person’s subject teacher or the HOD. Email is usually best in the first instance.

Deans and Senior Leaders are also able to support with queries.

Please contact:

Luci Lendrum – l.lendrum@wc.school.nz (DP Achievement and Attainment)

Nikki Corbishley – n.corbishley@wc.school.nz (DP Teaching and Learning)