How ATAR Works in Northern Territory
Northern Territory Certificate of Education and Training (NTCET)
The NTCET System
NTCET is a two-year certificate completed in Year 11 (Stage 1) and Year 12 (Stage 2), following the same framework as SACE in South Australia. Only Stage 2 results count toward ATAR. Each subject grade (A+ to E-) is converted to a numerical score, scaled by SATAC, and your best 90 credits are summed into an aggregate. This is converted into an ATAR — a percentile rank from 0.00 to 99.95.
Score Range
0 – 20
Per subject raw score range
English Requirement
Must complete a Stage 2 English subject
TAC Body
SATAC
South Australian Tertiary Admissions Centre
How Your Aggregate is Formed
The Northern Territory uses the SACE framework for its secondary certificate. NTCET Stage 2 subjects (Year 12) are worth either 10 or 20 credits each. SATAC uses your best 90 credits of Stage 2 subjects — approximately 4.5 full-year subjects — to form an aggregate. Results are scaled by SATAC to account for subject difficulty before conversion to an ATAR.
Once your raw subject scores have been through the scaling process, they are combined according to the rules above. The resulting aggregate is a single number that represents your overall performance across your best subjects.
Converting Aggregate to ATAR
Your aggregate score is compared against the aggregates of every other student in your state who is eligible for an ATAR. This comparison produces a percentile rank from 0.00 to 99.95, reported in increments of 0.05.
The rank includes the entire age cohort, not just students who completed Year 12 or sat exams. This means an ATAR of 90.00 indicates performance above approximately 90 percent of the relevant age group in your state.
Disclaimer
The information on this page is a simplified overview. Official ATAR calculations involve detailed statistical processes managed by SATAC. Always refer to the South Australian Tertiary Admissions Centre for authoritative information.