Auckland Region

School Qualifications: Vocational Pathway Awards

This provides ways to achieve NCEA Levels 1, 2 and 3 and develop pathways that progress to further study, training and employment. The Vocational Pathways provide a framework for students to show how their learning and achievement is valued in the workplace by aligning learning to the skills needed for industry.

School leavers are identified from the Ministry of Education’s ENROL system, while vocational pathway award is obtained from the New Zealand Qualifications Authority.

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Table 1: School leavers with at least one Vocational Pathway Award, at any level (2023-2025)
Group No VP Award VP Award Percentage with VP Award
2023 2024 2025 2023 2024 2025 2023 2024 2025
Female 8,283 8,630 8,938 1,363 1,577 1,950 14.1 15.5 17.9
Male 9,537 9,766 10,340 891 1,002 1,333 8.5 9.3 11.4
Māori 2,886 2,866 2,816 339 367 593 10.5 11.4 17.4
Pacific 4,613 4,587 4,855 431 520 703 8.5 10.2 12.6
Asian 4,702 5,504 6,289 457 567 778 8.9 9.3 11.0
MELAA 627 575 723 62 79 101 9.0 12.1 12.3
Other 184 203 235 20 32 37 9.8 13.6 13.6
European/Pākehā 8,038 8,125 8,170 1,360 1,537 1,839 14.5 15.9 18.4
Regional Total 17,820 18,396 19,278 2,254 2,579 3,283 11.2 12.3 14.6
New Zealand Total 56,658 58,326 60,791 7,273 7,944 9,995 11.4 12.0 14.1

Notes:

  1. ‘x’ = data has been suppressed where there are between 0 and 5 students in the denominator for a specific group, for example Asian students. Where one gender has been suppressed the corresponding gender has also been suppressed. 'na' = not applicable.
  2. Ethnicity is multiple response, that is, students who affiliated in more than one ethnic group have been counted in each ethnic group. Students are only counted once in the total, therefore, the ethnic groups may not sum to the total.
  3. International fee-paying students and adult students (age 19+) are excluded.
Table 2: School leavers with a Vocational Pathway Award, at any level (2025)
Group Construction and Infrastructure Creative Industries Manufacturing and Technology Primary Industries Service Industries Social and Community Services Total Leavers
Female 28 842 29 22 950 173 10,888
Male 194 422 110 15 641 17 11,673
Māori 41 151 13 4 409 22 3,409
Pacific 46 205 20 3 436 24 5,558
Asian 62 328 51 4 326 49 7,067
MELAA 7 33 7 0 50 6 824
Other 4 14 1 0 20 2 272
European/Pākehā 107 784 70 32 799 129 10,009
Regional Total 222 1,264 139 37 1,591 190 22,561

Notes:

  1. ‘x’ = data has been suppressed where there are between 0 and 5 students in the denominator for a specific group, for example Asian students. Where one gender has been suppressed the corresponding gender has also been suppressed. 'na' = not applicable.
  2. Ethnicity is multiple response, that is, students who affiliated in more than one ethnic group have been counted in each ethnic group. Students are only counted once in the total, therefore, the ethnic groups may not sum to the total.
  3. International fee-paying students and adult students (age 19+) are excluded.