Auckland schools boast best-ever NCEA results - have we been too generous? 21 Jan, 2021 05:50 AM 6 minutes to read Mt Albert Grammar School headmaster Patrick Drumm: "We are absolutely delighted. These are easily the best results we have ever had." Photo / Dean Purcell Mt Albert Grammar School headmaster Patrick Drumm: "We are absolutely delighted. These are easily the best results we have ever had." Photo / Dean Purcell Exam results in some Auckland schools have jumped - raising questions over whether bonus credits awarded because of the Covid-19 lockdowns were too generous. Mt Albert Grammar School headmaster Patrick Drumm said pass rates in all three levels of the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) were "the best we've ever had".