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2021 Key Dates for National Secondary Qualifications
| Below is a list of key dates relating to national secondary qualifications. (Please note changes to key dates due to the Covid-19 disruption have been highlighted.) |
| You are welcome to download the electronic files below: |
| Key Dates 2021 Wall Planner - September update (PDF, 545KB) |
| Key Dates 2021 - September update (DOCX, 50KB) |
| 2021 | |
| SEPTEMBER | |
| 1 | Data file submission due - Please include as many entries as possible for externally assessed standards including NZ Scholarship (needed for candidates to receive personalised exam materials). |
| Final date for withdrawals from Externally Assessed standards including NZ Scholarship | |
| Check timetable clashes and confirm with candidates how examinations will be sat | |
| 7 (am) | Last day to advise NZQA of any changes to MCAT assessment day (via the MCAT Alternative Day Request form available on the Mathematics subject page) for printed booklets. Schools must print their own copies for any requests received after 12 pm |
| 17 | MCAT booklets dispatched to schools |
| DCAT - Term 3 assessment period 20 September - 1 October | |
| 27 | SOUTH CANTERBURY ANNIVERSARY |
| 28 | MCAT Level 1, 91027 Assessment Day One |
| 30 | MCAT Level 1, 91027 Assessment Day Two |
| OCTOBER | |
| 1 | TERM 3 ENDS |
| Data file submission due (include all confirmed entries into internally assessed standards and entries assigned to courses) | |
| SPECIAL ASSESSMENT CONDITIONS (SAC) - Applications for Learning Disorder close for 2021. (Email sac@nzqa.govt.nz if you cannot meet this deadline) - First time applications for entitlement open for 2022 |
|
| 15 | Derived grade applications open online |
| 18 | TERM 4 BEGINS |
| DCAT - Term 4 assessment period 18 October - 12 November | |
| 22 | HAWKE'S BAY ANNIVERSARY |
| 25 | LABOUR DAY |
| 31 | Final date for school payment of NCEA & NZ Scholarship fees for international fee-paying students |
| Last day to sit digital practice exams on the NZQA platform | |
| NOVEMBER | |
| 1 | MARLBOROUGH ANNIVERSARY |
| Data file submission due (include Unexpected Event Grades (UEGs) and correct any errors or warnings from previous submissions and send any additional candidate information in this file) | |
| Confirm with NZQA three-way examination clash arrangements | |
| 3 | Admission Slips for candidates sent to schools |
| 4 | MCAT Level 1, 91027 – Last day for entry of ALL provisional results and samples to be sent for verification |
| 5 | Visual Arts Level 1 and 2-start entering provisional results through the provisional results interface |
| 10 | Submission of candidate work and attendance rolls for the following external standards: (collected from schools) - Dance-NZ Scholarship - Design and Visual Communications (DVC)-Levels 1, 2, 3 and NZ Scholarship - Education for Sustainability-Level 3 - Health and Physical Education-NZ Scholarship - Music-NZ Scholarship - Technology-Levels 1, 2, 3 and NZ Scholarship |
| Pre-approval applications for National Representation closes | |
| 11 | Check accuracy of internally assessed entries for 1 December file |
| 12 | CANTERBURY ANNIVERSARY |
| 18 | Visual Arts Level 3 and NZ Scholarship-Portfolio submission/collection date for Level 3 and NZ Scholarship external standards |
| 22 | NCEA and NZ SCHOLARSHIP EXAMINATIONS COMMENCE |
| MCAT Level 1, 91027-Start entering final results | |
| 29 | CHATHAM ISLANDS ANNIVERSARY |
| WESTLAND ANNIVERSARY | |
| 30 | Visual Arts Levels 1 and 2-Last day for changes to results through the final results interface |
| DECEMBER | |
| 1 | Data file submission due (include all final verified internally assessed results and UEGs). |
| Final date for withdrawals from internally assessed standards | |
| DO NOT WITHDRAW leavers | |
| 2 | School emergency contact details to NZQA |
| 13 | Final data file submission for 2021 (Reminder: please include all final verified internally assessed results and UEGs). This file is the last opportunity to correct any remaining errors and warnings |
| 14 | NCEA AND NZ SCHOLARSHIP EXAMINATIONS END |
| 15 | Data file submission links close at midnight (entry and result file processing ends). No further 2021 data files can be uploaded to NZQA after 11.59pm |
| Web Entries Schools' access closes | |
| 16 | Derived grade online applications close (including portfolio and submitted subjects) |
| Assessment specifications for 2022 external assessment published online | |
| MCAT Level 1, 91027-Last day for entry of all final results | |
| 17 | Provider access to ‘Late Internally Assessed Results’ for 2021 opens |
| 20 | TERM 4 ENDS (no later than) |
| 25 | CHRISTMAS DAY |
| 26 | BOXING DAY |
| 27 | CHRISTMAS DAY (OBSERVED) |
| 28 | BOXING DAY (OBSERVED) |
| JANUARY 2022 | |
| 1 | NEW YEAR'S DAY |
| 2 | DAY AFTER NEW YEAR'S DAY |
| 3 | NEW YEAR'S DAY (OBSERVED) |
| 4 | DAY AFTER NEW YEAR'S DAY (OBSERVED) |
| 24 | WELLINGTON ANNIVERSARY |
| 31 | AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY |
| KEY BUSINESS DATES |
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|---|---|
| 22 November - 14 December 2021 |
EXAMINATIONS |
| 15 December 2021 - 6 January 2022 |
PROCESSING OF EXTERNALLY ASSESSED RESULTS |
| Note: Data files |
| *Data files should be submitted by the 1st of each month from September to December. Data files can be submitted more than once a month |