Promotion from 2 havo, 2 havo/vwo and 2 vwo

Updated on: July 3, 2025

Topics for this chapter

7.1
7.4
7.8

Principles

  • Final grades on the report card are based on the moving year average and are rounded to whole numbers.
  • A final grade or qualification (Physical Education and Quest only) is given for each subject on the class schedule.
  • Subject Group I: Dutch, Cambridge Pre, French, German, Latin, Greek, history, geography, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, economics, drawing. In gymnasium 2, the grades for Latin and Greek are combined into one grade of "classical languages.
  • Subject group II: 3Design, music
  • Subject group III: physical education, Quest

 

The following criteria apply for promotion from 2 havo to 3 havo and from 2 vwo to 3 vwo:

  • All final grades of the subjects in subject group I are 6 or higher.

or

  • One final grade of a subject in subject group I is a 5 and the remaining final grades of the subjects in subject group I are 6 or higher.

or

  • The final grades for the subjects in subject group I are 1 x 4 or 2 x 5 or 1 x 5 and 1 x 4 and the other final grades are 6 or higher and the average of all final grades for the subjects in subject group I is at least 6.0. Dutch, Cambridge Pre and mathematics may not have more than one 5 as a final grade.
  • The courses in subject group III must be completed with "met.

 

In addition, the average of all final grades of the subjects in subject group II must be at least 6.0. The final grades of the courses in subject group II do not result in compensation points.

 

For promotion from 2 havo/vwo to 3 havo the following criteria apply:

  • All final grades of the subjects in subject group I are 6 or higher.

or

  • One final grade of a subject in subject group I is a 5 and the remaining final grades of the subjects in subject group I are 6 or higher.

or

  • The final grades for the subjects in subject group I are 1×4, or 2×5, or 1×5 and 1×4, or 1×3, or 3×5 and the other final grades are 6 or higher and the average of all final grades for the subjects in subject group I is at least 5.8. For the subjects Dutch, Cambridge Pre and mathematics no more than one 5 may be obtained as a final grade.
  • The courses in subject group III must be completed with "met.

 

In addition, the average of all final grades of the subjects in subject group II must be at least 6.0. The final grades of the courses in subject group II do not result in compensation points.

If the promotion standard is not met, graduation may be doubled in 2 havo.

 

The following criteria apply for promotion from 2 havo/vwo to 3 vwo:

  • All final grades in subjects in subject group I are 6 or higher and the average of all final grades in subjects in subject group I is at least 7.0.

or

  • One final grade of a subject in subject group I is a 5 and the average of all final grades of the subjects in subject group I is at least 7.0.

or

  • The final grades for the subjects in subject group I are 1×4 or 2×5 or 1×5 and 1×4 and the average of all final grades in subject group I is at least 7.0. For the subjects Dutch, Cambridge Pre and mathematics no more than one 5 may be obtained as a final grade.
  • The courses in subject group III must be completed with "met.

 

In addition, the average of all final grades of the subjects in subject group II must be at least 6.0. The final grades of the courses in subject group II do not result in compensation points.

Additions

A student who does not meet the transition standards is eligible for consideration if raising one of the final grades by 1 point would meet the transition standards.

A student in 2 gymnasium who is rejected for 3 gymnasium can be promoted to 3 atheneum. The final grade for the subject classical languages does not count.

A student in 2 vwo who is rejected for 3 vwo may be promoted to 3 havo. The meeting may also decide that parents and student may choose between promoting to the havo department or doubling in the vwo department.

If a student from the havo department wishes to be promoted to the vwo department, the promotion meeting will decide on admission. The parent(s)/guardian(s) of the student in question may make their wish known in writing to the conrector of guidance.