Accessing marked digital and scanned paper exams online

Information for students on how to access their marked exams online

Find your marked exams online

If you are a student sitting NCEA end of year exams in 2023, you can log in in January 2024 and access your assessed digital or scanned paper exams online. New Zealand Scholarship results will be available in February 2024.

You can view your assessed answers online until the end of June each year.

We won’t return your paper-based exam booklets in the mail.

Physically submitted portfolios

Level 3 and NZ Scholarship Visual Arts portfolios

We will continue to mark Level 3 and NZ Scholarship Visual Arts assessments by hand and return the materials to students in the mail.

Design and Visual Communication portfolios

We will continue to mark design and Visual Communication assessments by hand and return the material to schools by courier.

We are gradually moving to digital marking using the NCEA Online platform. This is an important step forward in our digital assessment journey. 

Create a student login account

You must create an NZQA student login account if you don't already have one.

Create your account  (external link)

Go to our log in options page

What you can do using your student login

Your student login lets you access a lot of information.

You’ll use your student login to:

  • complete your digital exam
  • access your results
  • access and print your School Results Summary and electronic NZ Record of Achievement
  • access your assessed NCEA and NZ Scholarships exams, whether they were completed digitally or on paper
  • download and print personalised Request Review applications form for NCEA/NZ Scholarship reviews
  • apply online for NCEA reconsideration
  • order documents like NCEA certificates and NZ Records of Achievement.

The benefits of doing things online

There are lots of benefits to having an online account.

You can:

  • view your marked exams sooner, and all in one place, together with any marked digital answers you produced
  • have a copy of the marked booklet you can share with your teacher
  • access faster and more efficient review and reconsiderations processing, with NZQA holding a digital copy of your answer booklets
  • have greater confidence that your papers won't get lost, compared with when marked papers are physically returned in the post
  • have digital access to your answers anytime, anywhere.

Key dates to note

Date Event
October 2023 NZQA publishes the 2022 candidate information sheet
Late November to late December 2023 NCEA L3 and NZ Scholarship Visual Arts material returned to students by courier
17 January 2024 NCEA Results Release
Late January 2024 NCEA Design and Visual Communication folders returned to schools
23 January 2024 Students access their assessed NCEA exams using their student login
8 February 2024 NZ Scholarship Results Release
9 February 2024 Students access their assessed NZ Scholarship exams using their student login
Mid February 2024 NZ Scholarship Design and Visual Communication folders returned to schools
21 February 2024 Closing date for NCEA reviews and reconsiderations applications
8 March 2024 Closing date for NZ Scholarship reviews and reconsideration applications
30 June 2024 Access closes to assessed online NCEA and NZ Scholarship exams
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Further support and information

  • Call us on 0800 697 296 if you have general questions.
  • For questions about results email our data records team at DMLR@nzqa.govt.nz.
  • For information about the Grade Point Average and overseas admissions, email us at PRS@nzqa.govt.nz.

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