Tauranga 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.

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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 877 843 826 132 156 197 13.1 15.6 19.3
Male 972 1,012 985 120 112 174 11.0 10.0 15.0
Māori 570 573 522 71 67 84 11.1 10.5 13.9
Pacific 103 95 105 10 11 20 8.8 10.4 16.0
Asian 161 184 192 18 18 32 10.1 8.9 14.3
MELAA 31 44 26 1 4 6 3.1 8.3 18.8
Other 170 118 23 25 27 4 12.8 18.6 14.8
European/Pākehā 1,197 1,255 1,345 166 182 284 12.2 12.7 17.4
Territorial Total 1,849 1,855 1,811 252 268 371 12.0 12.6 17.0
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 6 62 4 3 117 23 1,023
Male 40 30 31 6 79 3 1,159
Māori 7 14 4 1 58 6 606
Pacific 2 4 1 1 16 0 125
Asian 6 8 5 2 13 3 224
MELAA 1 1 0 0 4 0 32
Other 0 0 1 1 2 0 27
European/Pākehā 39 77 26 6 141 21 1,629
Territorial Total 46 92 35 9 196 26 2,182

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.