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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 524 572 613 174 198 209 24.9 25.7 25.4
Male 654 675 732 114 134 184 14.8 16.6 20.1
Māori 200 229 216 32 52 67 13.8 18.5 23.7
Pacific 79 76 90 11 13 9 12.2 14.6 9.1
Asian 102 121 149 21 29 34 17.1 19.3 18.6
MELAA 41 38 64 5 8 4 10.9 17.4 5.9
Other 11 16 16 2 2 5 15.4 11.1 23.8
European/Pākehā 943 997 1,031 252 286 347 21.1 22.3 25.2
Territorial Total 1,178 1,247 1,345 288 332 393 19.6 21.0 22.6
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 7 65 4 2 139 2 822
Male 19 53 18 7 99 0 916
Māori 3 21 5 2 40 0 283
Pacific 1 3 0 0 5 0 99
Asian 2 9 0 0 24 0 183
MELAA 0 1 0 0 3 0 68
Other 0 2 0 0 3 0 21
European/Pākehā 21 108 20 9 206 2 1,378
Territorial Total 26 118 22 9 238 2 1,738

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.