NTCET statistics

In 2025, a total of 1,543 students completed the Northern Territory Certificate of Education and Training (NTCET). Of this cohort, 1,047 students attended Government schools and 261 students identified as Aboriginal across government and non-government schools.

The top Northern Territory (NT) student is Methuli Kulasekara from The Essington School with an ATAR of 99.80 and a university aggregate of 88.90.

The top Aboriginal student is Molly Suradi from Darwin High School, with an ATAR of 87.65 and a university aggregate of 74.35.

The NTCET top 20 students were from 5 schools across the NT:

The Essington School (11 students)
Darwin High School (5 students)
St Philip's College (2 students)
Casuarina Senior College (1 student)
Taminmin College (1 student).

ATAR scores of the top 20 NT candidates range from 97.35 to 99.80, with a university aggregate range of 84.55 to 88.90.

Download the 2025 NTCET results XLSX (31.1 KB).

Data definitions and caveats

Source	South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE) Board post-clerical results release
Date of extract	2/03/2026
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	Completers are only counted once, at the school through which they obtained their NTCET result. For Stage 1 and Stage 2 subjects, only students who completed the subjects are included.
Data suppression	Details of students in the top 20 have been suppressed where consent was not given to share results publicly.

Sector

2025 NTCET completers, by sector

	Aboriginal	Non-aboriginal	Total
Government	186	861	1,047
Non-government	75	421	496
Total	261	1,282	1,543

Top 20

Top 20 NTCET completers (2025)

Surname	Given names	School name	Aggregate	ATAR
Kulasekara	Methuli	The Essington School	88.90	99.80
Canales Chun	La-on Alexander	St Philip's College	88.75	99.75
Lam	Alvin Yat Fung	The Essington School	88.65	99.65
Abeyaratne	Ruvinya	The Essington School	87.85	99.35
Abraham	Anna	The Essington School	87.80	99.35
Lewis	Haylia Cassie Gayle	Darwin High School	87.50	99.15
Jimmy	Kevin	The Essington School	87.35	99.05
Finch	Tenzin Frederick Matthew	Taminmin College	87.15	98.95
Abeywickrama	Tehan	The Essington School	87.00	98.90
Rathnayake	Herath	The Essington School	86.80	98.75
Wong	Jayden	The Essington School	86.8	98.75
Crowe	Matilda Margolo Slavin	Darwin High School	86.40	98.55
Perera	Mithuru Mudubhashitha	The Essington School	86.40	98.55
Sun	Ruhan	Darwin High School	86.45	98.55
Puri	Bishwesh	Darwin High School	86.35	98.50
Johnson	Jeswin	The Essington School	85.50	98.00
Thotawatta Bandulage	Dinev Jayanitha	St Philip's College	85.20	97.80
Lane	Elijah Daniel	Casuarina Senior College	84.75	97.50
Huang	Liam	Darwin High School	84.70	97.45
Hocking	Jaedon	The Essington School	84.55	97.35

Stage 1 subject completion

Stage 1 subject completion, by learning area (2025)

Learning area	Subject	Government	Non-government	Total
Arts	Creative arts	559	206	765
	Creative arts: modified	143	4	147
	Dance	30	36	66
	Drama	81	32	113
	Music advanced	24	2	26
	Music experience	135	26	161
	Visual arts - art	394	109	503
	Visual arts - design	159	0	159
	Total	1,525	415	1,940
Business, enterprise, and technology	Accounting	116	11	127
	Business innovation	152	137	289
	Business innovation: modified	46	0	46
	Design, technology and engineering: modified	36	1	37
	Digital communication solutions	178	3	181
	Digital technologies	156	8	164
	Industry and entrepreneurial solutions	105	10	115
	Information processing and publishing	97	0	97
	Material solutions	144	123	267
	Robotic and electronic systems	63	0	63
	Workplace practices	114	184	298
	Total	1,207	477	1,684
Cross-disciplinary	Community studies	41	32	73
	Cross-disciplinary studies	1,125	0	1,125
	Cross-disciplinary studies: modified	17	7	24
	Exploring identities and futures	1,363	730	2,093
	Exploring identities and futures: modified	109	1	110
	Integrated learning	2,381	425	2,806
	Personal learning plan	81	14	95
	Total	5,117	1,209	6,326
English	English	1,317	779	2,096
	English as an additional language	82	0	82
	English: modified	211	18	229
	Essential english	1,777	565	2,342
	Total	3,387	1,362	4,749
Health and physical education	Child studies	309	104	413
	Food and hospitality	360	187	547
	Health and wellbeing	314	108	422
	Health and wellbeing: modified	140	19	159
	Outdoor education	175	133	308
	Physical education	421	262	683
	Physical education: modified	59	3	62
	Total	1,778	816	2,594
Humanities and social sciences	Aboriginal studies	82	24	106
	Ancient studies	109	0	109
	Economics	1	6	7
	Geography	110	1	111
	Legal studies	246	83	329
	Media studies	0	54	54
	Modern history	228	139	367
	Politics, power and people	19	0	19
	Society and culture	104	0	104
	Society and culture: modified	17	6	23
	Spiritualities, religion, and meaning	0	487	487
	Tourism	45	0	45
	Women's studies	67	0	67
	Total	1,028	800	1,828
Languages	Chinese (beginners)	53	0	53
	Chinese (continuers)	6	0	6
	First Language - Tiwi	0	8	8
	French (continuers)	0	45	45
	German (continuers)	0	39	39
	Indonesian (background speakers)	0	5	5
	Indonesian (beginners)	35	14	49
	Indonesian (continuers)	7	21	28
	Italian (beginners)	37	0	37
	Japanese (beginners)	66	47	113
	Japanese (continuers)	19	13	32
	Language and culture	0	9	9
	Language and culture: modified	6	0	6
	Modern Greek (beginners)	23	0	23
	Spanish (beginners)	72	0	72
	Total	324	201	525
Mathematics	Essential mathematics	1,517	535	2,052
	General mathematics	691	474	1,165
	Mathematics	429	333	762
	Mathematics: modified	205	23	228
	Total	2,842	1,365	4,207
Sciences	Agriculture	0	21	21
	Biology	486	304	790
	Chemistry	394	209	603
	Earth and environmental science	378	11	389
	Nutrition	61	13	74
	Physics	251	165	416
	Psychology	227	267	494
	Scientific studies	303	50	353
	Scientific studies: modified	51	1	52
	Total	2,151	1,041	3,192
Others	Additional status	14	5	19
	Australian Army Cadets	12	5	17
	Australian Calisthenics Federation	0	1	1
	Australian Music Examinations Board	2	4	6
	Australian Sailing	1	0	1
	Co-delivered Aboriginal Cultural Learning	18	0	18
	Commonwealth Society of Teachers of Dancing	2	0	2
	Community development	11	3	14
	Duke of Edinburgh's Award	183	95	278
	Exploring Identities and Futures	10	1	11
	Independent Living	2	0	2
	Literacy	14	5	19
	Numeracy	13	5	18
	Performance	2	0	2
	Recreation skills and management	1	2	3
	Royal Life Saving Society Australia	14	9	23
	Self development	14	5	19
	Self-directed Aboriginal cultural learning	1	0	1
	Sport skills and management	10	6	16
	Surf Life Saving South Australia (SLSSA)	1	6	7
	Volunteering	5	4	9
	Work skills and career development	25	12	37
	YMCA	4	0	4
	Total	359	168	527

Stage 2 subject completion

Stage 2 subject completion, by learning area (2025)

Learning area	Subject	Government	Non-government	Total
Arts	Creative arts	125	55	180
	Creative arts A: modified	7	2	9
	Creative arts B: modified	4	0	4
	Dance	18	8	26
	Drama	16	9	25
	Music explorations	19	8	27
	Music performance - ensemble	19	7	26
	Music performance - solo	19	2	21
	Music studies	6	0	6
	Visual arts - art	93	34	127
	Visual arts - design	20	0	20
	Total	346	125	471
Business, enterprise, and technology	Accounting	38	13	51
	Business innovation	69	53	122
	Business innovation: modified	33	5	38
	Design, technology and engineering: modified	1	0	1
	Digital communication solutions	53	17	70
	Digital technologies	41	10	51
	Industry and entrepreneurial solutions	15	15	30
	Information processing and publishing	25	0	25
	Material solutions	28	34	62
	Robotic and electronic systems	15	0	15
	Workplace practices	7	63	70
	Workplace practices A	3	0	3
	Total	328	210	538
Cross-disciplinary	Activating identities and futures	83	27	110
	Activating identities and futures: modified	14	0	14
	Arts and the community	15	13	28
	Communication and the community	14	0	14
	Cross-disciplinary studies A: modified	22	2	24
	Cross-disciplinary studies B: modified	10	1	11
	Foods and the community	4	0	4
	Health, recreation, and the community	7	0	7
	Humanities and social sciences connections	108	3	111
	Industry connections A	16	5	21
	Industry connections B	2	0	2
	Integrated learning A	80	173	253
	Integrated learning B	83	8	91
	Interdisciplinary connections	148	13	161
	Practical connections	106	38	144
	Research project B	0	14	14
	Research project: modified	1	0	1
	Science, technology and the community	4	0	4
	STEM connections	113	37	150
	Work and the community	8	14	22
	Total	838	348	1,186
English	English	436	234	670
	English as an additional language	39	0	39
	English literary studies	93	93	186
	English: modified	38	7	45
	Essential English	188	85	273
	Total	794	419	1,213
Health and physical education	Child studies	95	29	124
	Food and hospitality	61	31	92
	Health and wellbeing	115	40	155
	Health and wellbeing A: modified	37	0	37
	Health and wellbeing B: modified	11	0	11
	Outdoor education	43	45	88
	Physical education	50	64	114
	Physical education A: modified	5	0	5
	Total	417	209	626
Humanities and social sciences	Aboriginal studies	25	15	40
	Ancient studies	47	3	50
	Economics	7	1	8
	Geography	8	3	11
	Legal studies	49	35	84
	Media studies	13	33	46
	Modern history	82	14	96
	Philosophy	0	30	30
	Politics, power and people	17	0	17
	Society and culture	64	0	64
	Society and culture A: modified	14	2	16
	Spiritualities, religion, and meaning	1	129	130
	Women's studies	49	1	50
	Total	376	266	642
Languages	Arabic (continuers)	1	0	1
	Bengali (continuers)	2	0	2
	Chinese (background speakers)	4	1	5
	Chinese (beginners)	13	0	13
	Chinese (continuers)	6	0	6
	Filipino (continuers)	6	1	7
	French (beginners)	1	2	3
	French (continuers)	0	1	1
	German (continuers)	0	6	6
	Hindi (continuers)	1	0	1
	Hungarian (continuers)	1	0	1
	Indonesian (beginners)	3	0	3
	Indonesian (continuers)	8	0	8
	Italian (beginners)	8	0	8
	Japanese (beginners)	6	0	6
	Japanese (continuers)	9	7	16
	Khmer (continuers)	1	0	1
	Language and culture A: modified	16	0	16
	Modern Greek (beginners)	5	0	5
	Nepali (continuers)	3	0	3
	Punjabi (continuers)	1	0	1
	Sinhala (continuers)	2	0	2
	Spanish (beginners)	32	1	33
	Spanish (continuers)	0	1	1
	Tamil (continuers)	1	0	1
	Vietnamese (background speakers)	11	0	11
	Vietnamese (continuers)	1	0	1
	Total	142	20	162
Mathematics	Essential mathematics	88	56	144
	General mathematics	263	138	401
	Mathematical methods	137	104	241
	Mathematics: modified	33	5	38
	Specialist mathematics	26	19	45
	Total	547	322	869
Sciences	Agricultural production	0	7	7
	Biology	121	124	245
	Chemistry	131	73	204
	Earth and environmental science	13	0	13
	Nutrition	26	10	36
	Physics	99	61	160
	Psychology	87	69	156
	Scientific studies	75	10	85
	Scientific studies A: modified	1	0	1
	Total	553	354	907
Others	Additional status	4	0	4
	Australian Air Force Cadets	1	0	1
	Australian Army Cadets	1	2	3
	Australian Music Examinations Board	1	2	3
	AUSTSWIM (SA business centre)	0	1	1
	Commonwealth Society of Teachers of Dancing	1	0	1
	Community-led Aboriginal cultural learning	35	10	45
	Duke of Edinburgh's Award	10	13	23
	Higher ed TAS subject	6	14	20
	Royal Life Saving Society Australia	1	2	3
	Total	60	44	104

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