--- title: 'Proposed Changes' url: 'https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/news/term-2-2025/proposed-changes' markdown: 'https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/news/term-2-2025/proposed-changes.md' date: '2025-08-04' description: 'As many of you will be aware, there was an announcement today from Erica Stanford, Minister of Education, about changes to our national qualification. Today’s announcement proposed the following; Removing NCEA Level 1 and introducing a new Foundational Award Introducing new qualifications at Years…' --- Proposed Changes Proposed Changes ![ncea changes](https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/images/1/e/a/4/b/1ea4b53e20e0a11abf92e0aaa49611fdb6d84757-proposed-ncea-changes.jpg "ncea changes") # Proposed Changes Monday, 4th August 2025 at 3:00pm #### As many of you will be aware, there was an announcement today from Erica Stanford, Minister of Education, about changes to our national qualification. Today’s announcement proposed the following; - Removing NCEA Level 1 and introducing a new Foundational Award - Introducing new qualifications at Years 12 and 13 which would replace NCEA Levels 2 and 3 - Working with industry to integrate Vocational Education and Training (VET) subjects into the senior secondary qualification - Shifting focus to a structured subject approach and introducing compulsory subjects in the curriculum Strengthening achievement requirements Having heard about the proposed changes this morning, we now need to do further work to fully understand them. While the temptation is always there to take a position, understanding the detail is going to be essential. The other important thing that we’ll be doing is encouraging students who are currently working towards their NCEA qualifications to keep up their hard work as they approach exams and move into the business end of the school year. Consultation is open on the new proposals from today until 15th September, 2025. The proposed rollout of the new qualifications is 2028-2030, aligned with the phasing in of an updated curriculum. I have included a document [HERE](https://tinyurl.com/2kypdejv) for parents from the Ministry of Education which gives you more information about the proposed changes and a way to share your thoughts and ideas. Have a great week. Fiona Barker PRINCIPAL Navigate - [ Home ](https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/) - [ About Us ](https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/about-us) - [ Enrolment ](https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/enrolment) - [ Learning ](https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/learning-areas) Contact Contact us: [https://greenbayhigh.school.kiwi/contact\_us](https://greenbayhigh.school.kiwi/contact_us)Green Bay High School 143 - 161 Godley Road, Green Bay Auckland 0643 New Zealand PO BOX 80002 | | | |---|---| | Tel | [+64 9 817 8173](tel:+6498178173) | | Absences | [Ext. 234 or press ‘1’ (one)](tel:+6498178173,234) | | Email | | | CONTACT US | [https://greenbayhigh.school.kiwi/contact\_us](https://greenbayhigh.school.kiwi/contact_us) | For contact details of individual staff, including Year level deans, please navigate to our [staff directory](https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/about-us/staff) Kōtuitui Community Green Bay High School is proudly part of the Kōtuitui community of learning, a learning network of 12 West Auckland schools. To learn more about the Kōtuitui community please click [HERE](https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/community/kotuitui). [![Kotuitui Community of Learning](https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/user/themes/gbhs/images/kotuitui.svg)](https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/community/kotuitui) --- ## Navigation - Parent: [Term 2 2025](https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/news/term-2-2025.md) - Previous: [Professional Choral Recording](https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/news/term-2-2025/professional-choral-recording.md) - Next: [Readers' Cup 2025](https://greenbayhigh.school.nz/news/term-2-2025/readers-cup-2025.md)