NTCET statistics

In 2023, 1369 students completed the Northern Territory Certificate of Education and Training (NTCET). Of this cohort, 924 students studied in government schools and 212 identified as being Aboriginal.

The top Northern Territory (NT) student is Al-Hussain Mahmood Al-Ibrahim from Darwin High School with an ATAR of 99.95 and a university aggregate of 89.80.

The top Aboriginal student is Maddison Lea McCormick from Palmerston College, with an ATAR of 83.25 and a university aggregate of 70.70.

The NTCET top 20 students were from 4 schools across the NT.

  • Darwin High School (9 students)
  • The Essington School (6 students)
  • Casuarina Senior College (4 students)
  • St Philip's College (1 student).

ATAR scores of the top 20 NT candidates range from 97.75 to 99.95, with a university aggregate range of 84.75 to 89.80.

Download the 2023 NTCET results XLSX (24.2 KB).

Source South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE) Board post-clerical results release
Date of extract 4/03/2024
NTCET completer Students who attained the NTCET from a government or non-government school during the given year.  
Top 20 The 20 best performing students in the NT, ranked on the basis of university aggregates.
Counting rules 1. Completers are only counted once, at the school through which they obtained their NTCET result.
2. For Stage 1 and Stage 2 subjects, only students who completed the subjects are included.
Data supression Details of students in the top 20 have been suppressed where consent was not given to share results publicly.

2023 NTCET completers, by sector

AboriginalNon-AboriginalTotal
Government 174 750 924
Non-Government 38 407 445
Total 212 1157 1369

Top 20 NTCET completers (2023)

Surname Given Names School NameAggregateATAR
Al-Ibrahim Al-Hussain Mahmood Darwin High School 89.80 99.95
Materazzo Andrew Maurizio Darwin High School 89.05 99.90
Niblock Harold Wilding Darwin High School 88.30 99.60
Herath Mudiyanselage Senaru Pramod Darwin High School 88.30 99.60
Ogeleye Oreoluwa The Essington School 87.95 99.50
Twyford Oscar Vincent Darwin High School 87.45 99.20
Nguyen Vy Minh Darwin High School 87.45 99.20
Nice Grace Maria Darwin High School 87.25 99.10
Sabu Sania The Essington School 87.20 99.05
Michael Stella May Casuarina Senior College 86.80 98.85
Hamaguchi Ayu The Essington School 86.60 98.80
Greenwood Shannen William Casuarina Senior College 86.50 98.75
Choudhary Shivam The Essington School 86.30 98.60
Perera Warnakulasuriya Nilein Senuth St Philip's College 86.00 98.40
Kokkinomagoulos Argiro Darwin High School 85.85 98.35
Saeed Muhammad Adil Darwin High School 85.70 98.30
Love Nathan Robert Casuarina Senior College 85.45 98.10
Nguyen Sarah Tam Casuarina Senior College 85.40 98.10
Hornby Emma The Essington School 85.10 97.95
Lee Anson Hao Yung The Essington School 84.75 97.75

Stage 1 subject completion, by learning area (2023)

Learning AreaSubjectGovernmentNon-GovernmentTotal
Arts Creative Arts 319 162 481
Creative Arts: Modified 63 1 64
Dance 64 21 85
Drama 93 32 125
Music Advanced 36 1 37
Music Experience 118 58 176
Visual Arts - Art 408 118 526
Visual Arts - Design 146 0 146
Total 1247 393 1640
Business, Enterprise, And Technology Accounting 169 22 191
Business Innovation 152 143 295
Business Innovation: Modified 19 10 29
Design, Technology And Engineering: Modified 13 0 13
Digital Communication Solutions 276 13 289
Digital Technologies 219 19 238
Industry And Entrepreneurial Solutions 78 0 78
Information Processing And Publishing 106 0 106
Material Solutions 207 105 312
Robotic And Electronic Systems 23 6 29
Workplace Practices 81 27 108
Total 1343 345 1688
Cross-Disciplinary Community Studies 134 48 182
Cross-Disciplinary Studies 401 0 401
Cross-Disciplinary Studies: Modified 26 0 26
Exploring Identities And Futures 165 199 364
Integrated Learning 2408 218 2626
Personal Learning Plan 1508 413 1921
Personal Learning Plan: Modified 50 15 65
Research Practices 27 0 27
Total 4719 893 5612
English English 1330 734 2064
English As An Additional Language 85 0 85
English: Modified 89 17 106
Essential English 1755 256 2011
Total 3259 1007 4266
Health And Physical Education Child Studies 260 65 325
Food And Hospitality 400 99 499
Health And Wellbeing 512 61 573
Health And Wellbeing: Modified 93 8 101
Outdoor Education 296 109 405
Physical Education 591 176 767
Physical Education: Modified 22 14 36
Total 2174 532 2706
Humanities And Social Sciences Aboriginal Studies 84 0 84
Ancient Studies 118 9 127
Economics 7 14 21
Geography 100 43 143
Legal Studies 187 98 285
Media Studies 26 56 82
Modern History 205 126 331
Philosophy 14 24 38
Politics, Power And People 25 0 25
Society And Culture 125 0 125
Society And Culture: Modified 14 4 18
Spiritualities, Religion, And Meaning 0 416 416
Tourism 45 7 52
Women'S Studies 25 0 25
Total 975 797 1772
Languages Chinese (Beginners) 53 16 69
Chinese (Continuers) 17 4 21
Filipino (Continuers) 20 0 20
French (Beginners) 28 21 49
German (Continuers) 0 19 19
Indonesian (Background Speakers) 0 6 6
Indonesian (Beginners) 32 0 32
Indonesian (Continuers) 14 11 25
Italian (Beginners) 31 0 31
Japanese (Beginners) 44 0 44
Japanese (Continuers) 56 8 64
Language And Culture: Modified 7 4 11
Modern Greek (Continuers) 23 0 23
Spanish (Beginners) 77 0 77
Total 402 89 491
Mathematics Essential Mathematics 1589 330 1919
General Mathematics 771 372 1143
Mathematics 625 320 945
Mathematics: Modified 80 32 112
Total 3065 1054 4119
Sciences Agriculture 0 19 19
Biology 369 302 671
Chemistry 410 158 568
Earth And Environmental Science 90 0 90
Nutrition 39 20 59
Physics 288 90 378
Psychology 329 240 569
Scientific Studies 272 69 341
Scientific Studies: Modified 20 11 31
Total 1817 909 2726
Self-Directed Community Learning Programs Community Development 0 4 4
Independent Living 1 0 1
Performance 3 1 4
Self Development 9 4 13
Volunteering 2 0 2
Total 15 9 24
Other Subjects Additional Status 30 5 35
Australian Air Force Cadets 4 0 4
Australian Army Cadets 15 5 20
Australian Music Examinations Board 0 1 1
Commonwealth Society Of Teachers Of Dancing 1 0 1
Duke Of Edinburgh'S Award 241 100 341
Literacy 27 5 32
Ngurruniny Dhukarr Go'Li Ganhamirr 4 0 4
Numeracy 25 4 29
Palmerston Rugby Union Club 0 2 2
Royal Life Saving Society Australia 9 3 12
Self-Directed Aboriginal Cultural Learning 4 0 4
Sport Skills And Management 3 1 4
St. John Ambulance Australia Cadets 0 1 1
Stv One And All Sailing Program 0 2 2
Surf Life Saving South Australia (Slssa) 1 0 1
Work Skills And Career Development 15 2 17
Total 379 131 510

Stage 2 subject completion, by learning area (2023)

Learning AreaSubjectGovernmentNon-GovernmentTotal
Arts Creative Arts 119 41 160
Creative Arts: Modified 4 0 4
Dance 28 6 34
Drama 5 17 22
Music Explorations 26 7 33
Music Performance - Ensemble 29 4 33
Music Performance - Solo 28 3 31
Music Studies 13 1 14
Visual Arts - Art 69 21 90
Visual Arts - Design 21 0 21
Total 342 100 442
Business, Enterprise, And Technology Accounting 45 12 57
Business Innovation 91 45 136
Business Innovation: Modified 0 1 1
Design, Technology And Engineering: Modified 5 0 5
Digital Communication Solutions 38 3 41
Digital Technologies 32 0 32
Industry And Entrepreneurial Solutions 25 11 36
Information Processing And Publishing 20 0 20
Material Solutions 37 10 47
Robotic And Electronic Systems 11 0 11
Workplace Practices 38 59 97
Workplace Practices A 2 0 2
Total 344 141 485
Cross-Disciplinary Activating Identities And Futures 0 38 38
Arts And The Community 10 9 19
Communication And The Community 16 9 25
Cross-Disciplinary Studies 13 0 13
Cross-Disciplinary Studies: Modified 34 3 37
Foods And The Community 8 5 13
Health, Recreation, And The Community 15 1 16
Humanities And Social Sciences Connections 108 3 111
Industry Connections A 5 6 11
Industry Connections B 0 18 18
Integrated Learning A 53 49 102
Integrated Learning B 115 0 115
Interdisciplinary Connections 126 9 135
Practical Connections 105 9 114
Research Project A 0 2 2
Research Project B 70 9 79
Science, Technology And The Community 6 1 7
Stem Connections 126 19 145
Work And The Community 13 3 16
Total 823 193 1016
English English 391 244 635
English As An Additional Language 19 0 19
English Literary Studies 93 83 176
English: Modified 36 5 41
Essential English 186 92 278
Total 725 424 1149
Health And Physical Education Child Studies 56 14 70
Food And Hospitality 37 19 56
Health And Wellbeing 163 25 188
Health And Wellbeing: Modified 16 0 16
Outdoor Education 40 32 72
Physical Education 73 54 127
Total 385 144 529
Humanities And Social Sciences Aboriginal Studies 32 0 32
Ancient Studies 36 13 49
Economics 6 8 14
Geography 22 1 23
Legal Studies 66 16 82
Media Studies 13 28 41
Modern History 69 47 116
Philosophy 0 21 21
Politics, Power And People 17 0 17
Society And Culture 63 78 141
Society And Culture: Modified 5 0 5
Spiritualities, Religion, And Meaning 0 132 132
Women'S Studies 17 0 17
Total 346 344 690
Languages Chinese (Background Speakers) 3 0 3
Chinese (Beginners) 2 0 2
Chinese (Continuers) 7 0 7
Filipino (Continuers) 15 0 15
French (Beginners) 0 4 4
German (Continuers) 0 5 5
Indonesian (Background Speakers) 0 2 2
Indonesian (Beginners) 5 0 5
Indonesian (Continuers) 10 2 12
Italian (Beginners) 8 0 8
Italian (Continuers) 1 0 1
Japanese (Beginners) 6 0 6
Japanese (Continuers) 24 8 32
Language And Culture: Modified 7 0 7
Modern Greek (Continuers) 3 0 3
Spanish (Beginners) 15 0 15
Spanish (Continuers) 6 0 6
Total 112 21 133
Mathematics Essential Mathematics 78 42 120
General Mathematics 251 190 441
Mathematical Methods 125 90 215
Mathematics: Modified 33 5 38
Specialist Mathematics 22 24 46
Total 509 351 860
Sciences Agricultural Production 0 7 7
Biology 129 100 229
Chemistry 115 58 173
Nutrition 17 13 30
Physics 60 50 110
Psychology 87 116 203
Scientific Studies 27 7 34
Scientific Studies: Modified 1 1 2
Total 436 352 788
Other Subjects Australian Army Cadets 1 1 2
Australian Music Examinations Board 0 1 1
Community-Led Aboriginal Cultural Learning 7 0 7
Duke Of Edinburgh'S Award 0 3 3
Royal Life Saving Society Australia 2 0 2
Total 10 5 15

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