Although academic achievement is the cornerstone of the school, student achievement can take various forms. Some students strive at the highest level to attain excellence endorsements in NCEA and Level 4 Scholarship. These same students are often striving to gain entry to University and gaining University Scholarships. Other students are looking at different pathways into work, apprenticeships, other Tertiary providers, or a combination of the above. Whatever their aspirations are our role is to provide a successful pathway for each of our students so they can leave school with the academic attainment, skills, abilities and attitudes to be successful beyond school.

Approximately half of our students consistently gain endorsements in NCEA while a significant number consistently gain Scholarship Awards. We want our students to gain an NCEA qualification that is fit for purpose and can successfully lead them to their next level of learning, preferably into a Level 4 tertiary qualification. The school offers a broad range of NCEA subjects that cater for our diverse student body. These include specific programmes to assist those students to gain their NCEA literacy and numeracy requirements. Cambridge AS level is offered at Year 12 in English and Mathematics and senior computer programming students are able to enter for the University of Waikato Computer Science Scholarships. At Year 13 selected students are also able to study University-based papers.

A number of our senior students participate in our vast array of Vocational Pathways programmes. These programmes include Gateway and STAR courses that provide students with work-based opportunities while still continuing to study at school. Our Secondary Tertiary Partnership Programme, better known as our Trades Academy Programme with Wintec, now provides trades based programmes for over 100 senior students who see a trade as their likely destination.