Hamilton City

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.

Identical information is available for the region's territorial authorities using the drop down menu above. For other territorial authorities first choose the appropriate region from the drop down menu above.

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 1,300 1,178 1,256 197 180 286 13.2 13.3 18.5
Male 1,425 1,396 1,449 135 131 198 8.7 8.6 12.0
Māori 854 843 870 97 75 182 10.2 8.2 17.3
Pacific 229 260 261 24 16 48 9.5 5.8 15.5
Asian 402 414 522 42 42 56 9.5 9.2 9.7
MELAA 100 93 98 10 9 8 9.1 8.8 7.5
Other 38 41 19 4 4 8 9.5 8.9 29.6
European/Pākehā 1,682 1,527 1,636 236 232 327 12.3 13.2 16.7
Territorial Total 2,725 2,574 2,705 332 311 484 10.9 10.8 15.2
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 3 90 8 3 180 21 1,542
Male 60 37 29 7 81 1 1,647
Māori 13 40 2 3 134 7 1,052
Pacific 6 13 0 0 29 3 309
Asian 8 16 4 0 29 3 578
MELAA 1 0 1 0 5 1 106
Other 1 3 1 0 2 1 27
European/Pākehā 49 95 30 9 149 14 1,963
Territorial Total 63 127 37 10 261 22 3,189

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.