John-Paul Lay
Having completed NCEA Level 3 in 2020, John-Paul is very familiar with the curriculum and its demands on students. John-Paul received the award for New Zealand’s top scholar in Chemistry for 2020, and in addition won 7 other NZQA scholarships including Outstanding scholarships in English and Media Studies, and scholarship in calculus, classical studies, history, physics, and statistics. He was one of 12 recipients of the NZQA Premier Awards recognising the very top Yr 13 students in New Zealand.
John-Paul graduated from Christ’s College, Christchurch, and is currently in his fourth year at the University of Canterbury finishing his BSc in Physics and Maths, having completed his BE (Hons) in Electrical Engineering in 2023 (a course to which he gained direct entry in 2021). He is a recipient of the UC Academic Excellence (Hiranga) Scholarship, UC Emerging Leaders (Horomata) Scholarship, UC Engineering Top Scholars Award, and AIMS scholarship.
A keen debater, football player and musician, J-P is also a bit of a jazz aficionado and aspires to one day match Roger Ebert with his ever-growing list of film reviews.
John-Paul can assist your child in mathematics (calculus), chemistry and physics. Specialist scholarship tuition available on request.