You absolutely fail and you get an "F"
NCEA Level 1 officially starts in Year 11 [going by NZ school years], but some schools do a few NCEA assessments in the years prior as well.
In New Zealand, NCEA is quite common, but some private and public schools don't. You can always call the school. To name one in Auckland is Macleans College. If NCEA isn't done, its most liikely Cambridge, but not always!
ncea 1 and 2
If that exsists, it must be Scholarship.
National certificate of Educational Adchievment.
Lv1:P Lv2:I Lv3:g
level 3
you fail
15
Usually Year 11
You will fail a test.