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 (2022-2024)
Group No VP Award VP Award Percentage with VP Award
2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024
Female 1,094 1,108 1,139 141 153 190 11.4 12.1 14.3
Male 1,156 1,133 1,183 103 85 130 8.2 7.0 9.9
Māori 285 315 338 27 35 57 8.7 10.0 14.4
Pacific 276 273 260 22 27 28 7.4 9.0 9.7
Asian 405 428 461 38 28 48 8.6 6.1 9.4
MELAA 86 91 102 6 4 14 6.5 4.2 12.1
Other 30 38 51 1 7 4 3.2 15.6 7.3
European/Pākehā 1,579 1,577 1,620 184 190 247 10.4 10.8 13.2
Territorial Total 2,250 2,241 2,322 244 238 320 9.8 9.6 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 2 100 1 1 79 13 1,329
Male 13 79 2 1 38 2 1,313
Māori 1 27 0 0 29 2 395
Pacific 2 14 0 0 12 1 288
Asian 4 25 0 0 19 2 509
MELAA 2 3 0 0 10 0 116
Other 0 2 0 1 1 0 55
European/Pākehā 9 151 3 1 78 13 1,867
Territorial Total 15 179 3 2 117 15 2,642

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.