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 (2022-2024)
Group No VP Award VP Award Percentage with VP Award
2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024
Female 8,323 8,322 8,789 1,387 1,363 1,585 14.3 14.1 15.3
Male 9,543 9,562 9,890 824 892 997 7.9 8.5 9.2
Māori 2,977 2,910 2,909 304 339 365 9.3 10.4 11.1
Pacific 4,627 4,635 4,643 416 432 514 8.2 8.5 10.0
Asian 4,533 4,704 5,572 447 458 568 9.0 8.9 9.3
MELAA 583 631 599 62 62 80 9.6 8.9 11.8
Other 144 184 205 29 20 31 16.8 9.8 13.1
European/Pākehā 8,060 8,071 8,287 1,336 1,360 1,548 14.2 14.4 15.7
Regional Total 17,866 17,884 18,679 2,211 2,255 2,582 11.0 11.2 12.1
New Zealand Total 56,636 57,029 59,455 7,587 7,274 7,956 11.8 11.3 11.8

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 (2024)
Group Construction and Infrastructure Creative Industries Manufacturing and Technology Primary Industries Service Industries Social and Community Services Total Leavers
Female 12 779 15 12 708 108 10,374
Male 110 352 109 15 442 16 10,887
Māori 22 133 11 2 196 20 3,274
Pacific 29 182 15 1 283 20 5,157
Asian 22 278 39 1 228 24 6,140
MELAA 5 19 3 0 46 10 679
Other 2 17 4 0 12 0 236
European/Pākehā 62 723 75 26 644 75 9,835
Regional Total 122 1,131 124 27 1,150 124 21,261

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.