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Nathan Wallis: Dealing with disappointing NCEA grades

Publish Date
Sat, 17 Jan 2026, 5:53pm
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Nathan Wallis: Dealing with disappointing NCEA grades

Publish Date
Sat, 17 Jan 2026, 5:53pm

NCEA results are officially out.

Most kids would have genuinely worked as hard as they could to get the grades they hoped for - even the kids who act like they don't really care. 

And for many it won't have turned out as hey had planned - whether that meant not quite meeting the dizzying heights of their ambition or an actual fail grade. But it's unavoidable - at some stage through their school career - and life for that matter, most of us have to deal with the disappointment of failure.

They need to learn how to deal with that disappointment - but it will of course still be there, so how are parents supposed to help their children through it?

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