2024 NTCET data

In 2024, 1,468 students completed the Northern Territory Certificate of Education and Training (NTCET). Of this cohort, 993 students studied in government schools and 260 identified as being Aboriginal.

The top Northern Territory (NT) student is Samuel Ricketts from The Essington School with an ATAR of 99.90 and a university aggregate of 89.25.

The top Aboriginal student is Ramona Joan Dooley from St Philip's College, with an ATAR of 92.3 and a university aggregate of 78.1.

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

Darwin High School (13 students)
The Essington School (5 students)
Casuarina Senior College (1 student)
Our Lady Of The Sacred Heart Catholic College (NT) (1 student).

ATAR scores of the top 20 NT candidates range from 98.15 to 99.90, with a university aggregate range of 85.40 to 89.25.

Download the 2024 NTCET results XLSX (32.8 KB).

Data definitions and caveats

Source	South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE) Board post-clerical results release
Date of extract	3/03/2025
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

2024 NTCET completers, by sector

	Aboriginal	Non-aboriginal	Total
Government	192	801	993
Non-government	68	407	475
Total	260	1208	1468

Top 20

Top 20 NTCET completers (2024)

Surname	Given names	School name	Aggregate	ATAR
Ricketts	Samuel	The Essington School	89.25	99.90
Manimaran	Rupendren	Darwin High School	89.10	99.90
Roomes	Hunter	The Essington School	88.65	99.80
Qasim	Muhammad	Darwin High School	88.45	99.70
Zheng	Zirui	Darwin High School	88.45	99.70
Jia	Naomi Ziyun	Darwin High School	88.35	99.65
van der Geest-Hester	Paddy	Our Lady Of The Sacred Heart Catholic College (NT)	87.80	99.40
Mondol	Pothik Vincent	Darwin High School	87.25	99.15
Diamandopoulos	Paraskevi	Darwin High School	87.15	99.10
Mules	Jasper	The Essington School	86.85	98.95
Pandithage	Darshi Gune	Casuarina Senior College	86.60	98.85
Francis	Gabriella Anne	Darwin High School	86.50	98.80
Hasan	Mohammad Niyaz	Darwin High School	86.45	98.75
Abraham	Joe	The Essington School	86.25	98.65
Khan	Shanum	The Essington School	86.20	98.65
Freeland	Nathaniel Joseph	Darwin High School	86.05	98.55
Wiltshire	Phoebe Louise	Darwin High School	85.90	98.45
Lubis	Taufiq Hidayatullah	Darwin High School	85.80	98.35
Durrheim	Joel Nathan	Darwin High School	85.65	98.30
Freijah	Tahlia	Darwin High School	85.40	98.15

Stage 1 subject completion

Stage 1 subject completion, by learning area (2024)

Learning area	Subject	Government	Non-government	Total
Arts	Creative arts	303	133	436
	Creative arts: modified	109	3	112
	Dance	79	27	106
	Drama	84	42	126
	Music advanced	48	2	50
	Music experience	58	71	129
	Visual arts - art	560	87	647
	Visual arts - design	101	0	101
	Total	1342	365	1707
Business, enterprise, and technology	Accounting	99	0	99
	Business innovation	224	166	390
	Business innovation: modified	4	0	4
	Design, technology and engineering: modified	37	0	37
	Digital communication solutions	150	11	161
	Digital technologies	180	33	213
	Industry and entrepreneurial solutions	80	30	110
	Information processing and publishing	88	0	88
	Material solutions	180	103	283
	Robotic and electronic systems	69	0	69
	Workplace practices	63	17	80
	Total	1174	360	1534
Cross-disciplinary	Community studies	34	48	82
	Cross-disciplinary studies	542	2	544
	Cross-disciplinary studies: modified	36	1	37
	Exploring identities and futures	371	476	847
	Exploring identities and futures: modified	26	1	27
	Integrated learning	2285	302	2587
	Personal learning plan	1103	266	1369
	Personal learning plan: modified	39	4	43
	Research practices	2	0	2
	Total	4438	1100	5538
English	English	1400	664	2064
	English as an additional language	97	18	115
	English: modified	129	14	143
	Essential english	1866	500	2366
	Total	3492	1196	4688
Health and physical education	Child studies	262	93	355
	Food and hospitality	352	135	487
	Health and wellbeing	426	88	514
	Health and wellbeing: modified	104	1	105
	Outdoor education	182	97	279
	Physical education	429	334	763
	Physical education: modified	16	0	16
	Total	1771	748	2519
Humanities and social sciences	Aboriginal studies	73	39	112
	Ancient studies	173	25	198
	Economics	10	5	15
	Geography	63	10	73
	Legal studies	210	95	305
	Media studies	2	75	77
	Modern history	160	86	246
	Politics, power and people	34	0	34
	Society and culture	145	0	145
	Society and culture: modified	10	0	10
	Spiritualities, religion, and meaning	1	377	378
	Tourism	64	0	64
	Women's studies	74	0	74
	Total	1019	712	1731
Languages	Australian languages - first language	5	0	5
	Chinese (beginners)	36	0	36
	Chinese (continuers)	11	0	11
	Filipino (continuers)	13	0	13
	French (beginners)	2	8	10
	German (continuers)	0	26	26
	Hungarian (continuers)	1	0	1
	Indonesian (background speakers)	0	1	1
	Indonesian (beginners)	17	0	17
	Indonesian (continuers)	14	2	16
	Italian (beginners)	33	0	33
	Japanese (beginners)	38	0	38
	Japanese (continuers)	30	19	49
	Language and culture: modified	19	0	19
	Modern Greek (beginners)	23	0	23
	Spanish (beginners)	109	5	114
	Total	351	61	412
Mathematics	Essential mathematics	1521	362	1883
	General mathematics	730	360	1090
	Mathematics	505	342	847
	Mathematics: modified	98	21	119
	Total	2854	1085	3939
Sciences	Agriculture	0	13	13
	Biology	388	304	692
	Chemistry	392	240	632
	Earth and environmental science	114	0	114
	Nutrition	36	10	46
	Physics	320	162	482
	Psychology	291	188	479
	Scientific studies	304	33	337
	Scientific studies: modified	57	0	57
	Total	1902	950	2852
Self-directed community learning programs	Community development	9	0	9
	Independent living	2	1	3
	Performance	0	1	1
	Recreation skills and management	3	0	3
	Self development	10	3	13
	Volunteering	2	1	3
	Total	26	6	32
Others	Additional status	36	7	43
	Australian Air Force Cadets	0	1	1
	Australian Army Cadets	3	3	6
	Australian Calisthenics Federation	0	1	1
	Australian Music Examinations Board	2	0	2
	Cecchetti Ballet Australia Inc	0	1	1
	Commonwealth Society of Teachers of Dancing	1	1	2
	Development Netball NT	0	3	3
	Duke of Edinburgh's Award	288	118	406
	Literacy	32	5	37
	Numeracy	29	4	33
	Palmerston Rugby Union Club	3	0	3
	Royal Life Saving Society Australia	2	4	6
	Self-directed Aboriginal cultural learning	1	0	1
	Surf Life Saving South Australia (SLSSA)	0	1	1
	Work skills and career development	17	8	25
	Total	414	157	571

Stage 2 subject completion

Stage 2 subject completion, by learning area (2024)

Learning area	Subject	Government	Non-government	Total
Arts	Creative arts	115	45	160
	Creative arts: modified	1	0	1
	Dance	14	7	21
	Drama	19	2	21
	Music explorations	16	11	27
	Music performance - ensemble	27	10	37
	Music performance - solo	25	13	38
	Music studies	15	0	15
	Visual arts - art	51	19	70
	Visual arts - design	34	0	34
	Total	317	107	424
Business, enterprise, and technology	Accounting	58	10	68
	Business innovation	73	44	117
	Business innovation: modified	14	0	14
	Design, technology and engineering: modified	1	1	2
	Digital communication solutions	91	3	94
	Digital technologies	27	1	28
	Industry and entrepreneurial solutions	34	4	38
	Information processing and publishing	28	0	28
	Material solutions	32	28	60
	Robotic and electronic systems	12	0	12
	Workplace practices	34	47	81
	Workplace practices A	1	0	1
	Total	405	138	543
Cross-disciplinary	Activating identities and futures	0	43	43
	Arts and the community	5	5	10
	Communication and the community	15	17	32
	Cross-disciplinary studies	5	0	5
	Cross-disciplinary studies: modified	26	1	27
	Foods and the community	6	0	6
	Health, recreation, and the community	15	0	15
	Humanities and social sciences connections	130	4	134
	Industry connections A	5	1	6
	Integrated learning A	81	80	161
	Integrated learning B	96	4	100
	Interdisciplinary connections	142	6	148
	Practical connections	108	15	123
	Research project A	0	6	6
	Research project B	67	24	91
	Research project: modified	6	1	7
	Science, technology and the community	1	0	1
	STEM connections	121	30	151
	Work and the community	10	0	10
	Total	839	237	1076
English	English	374	261	635
	English as an additional language	56	0	56
	English literary studies	83	59	142
	English: modified	39	5	44
	Essential English	151	93	244
	Total	703	418	1121
Health and physical education	Child studies	70	28	98
	Food and hospitality	54	11	65
	Health and wellbeing	134	40	174
	Health and wellbeing: modified	42	1	43
	Outdoor education	20	43	63
	Physical education	48	61	109
	Physical education: modified	0	3	3
	Total	368	187	555
Humanities and social sciences	Aboriginal studies	35	0	35
	Ancient studies	27	0	27
	Economics	3	11	14
	Geography	11	18	29
	Legal studies	37	24	61
	Media studies	9	24	33
	Modern history	63	52	115
	Philosophy	0	13	13
	Politics, power and people	16	0	16
	Society and culture	57	2	59
	Society and culture: modified	18	0	18
	Spiritualities, religion, and meaning	0	231	231
	Women's studies	17	1	18
	Total	293	376	669
Languages	Additional language - Alyawarr	1	0	1
	Additional language - Anmatyerr	1	0	1
	Additional language - Eastern Arrernte	1	0	1
	Additional language - Martutjarr	1	0	1
	Additional language - Noongar	1	0	1
	Additional language - Pertrame	1	0	1
	Additional language - Pintupi/Luritja	1	0	1
	Additional language - Pitjantjatjara	1	0	1
	Additional language - Western Arrarnta	5	0	5
	Arabic (continuers)	3	0	3
	Bengali (continuers)	1	0	1
	Chinese (background speakers)	0	2	2
	Chinese (beginners)	16	1	17
	Chinese (continuers)	7	2	9
	Filipino (continuers)	16	0	16
	French (beginners)	5	4	9
	German (continuers)	0	8	8
	Indonesian (background speakers)	0	1	1
	Indonesian (beginners)	11	0	11
	Indonesian (continuers)	6	3	9
	Italian (beginners)	10	0	10
	Japanese (beginners)	5	0	5
	Japanese (continuers)	14	2	16
	Korean (background speakers)	1	0	1
	Modern Greek (continuers)	6	0	6
	Nepali (continuers)	2	0	2
	Sinhala (continuers)	1	0	1
	Spanish (beginners)	16	0	16
	Tamil (continuers)	3	0	3
	Vietnamese (background speakers)	3	0	3
	Total	139	23	162
Mathematics	Essential mathematics	78	80	158
	General mathematics	300	182	482
	Mathematical methods	136	92	228
	Mathematics: modified	42	3	45
	Specialist mathematics	39	22	61
	Total	595	379	974
Sciences	Agricultural production	0	5	5
	Biology	130	100	230
	Chemistry	125	68	193
	Earth and environmental science	3	1	4
	Nutrition	37	4	41
	Physics	76	35	111
	Psychology	89	84	173
	Scientific studies	73	11	84
	Ccientific studies: modified	0	3	3
	Total	533	311	844
Others	Additional status	2	0	2
	Australian Air Force Cadets	1	0	1
	Australian Army Cadets	0	1	1
	Australian Music Examinations Board	6	2	8
	Cecchetti Ballet Australia Inc	0	1	1
	Community-led Aboriginal cultural learning	3	0	3
	Duke of Edinburgh's Award	4	4	8
	Higher ed TAS subject	2	0	2
	Royal Life Saving Society Australia	0	1	1
	Total	18	9	27

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