Wellington 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 1,098 1,107 1,135 152 188 223 12.2 14.5 16.4
Male 1,134 1,149 1,224 86 132 99 7.0 10.3 7.5
Māori 313 326 338 35 57 45 10.1 14.9 11.7
Pacific 271 250 281 27 28 33 9.1 10.1 10.5
Asian 428 452 543 28 47 48 6.1 9.4 8.1
MELAA 90 95 132 4 14 9 4.3 12.8 6.4
Other 38 48 72 7 4 3 15.6 7.7 4.0
European/Pākehā 1,569 1,579 1,573 190 248 254 10.8 13.6 13.9
Territorial Total 2,232 2,256 2,359 238 320 322 9.6 12.4 12.0
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 6 105 3 0 100 16 1,358
Male 10 50 4 0 38 1 1,323
Māori 2 17 2 0 24 3 383
Pacific 1 7 1 0 23 2 314
Asian 4 23 2 0 22 2 591
MELAA 0 2 1 0 6 1 141
Other 0 1 0 0 2 0 75
European/Pākehā 12 130 5 0 97 16 1,827
Territorial Total 16 155 7 0 138 17 2,681

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.