Auckland- Whau

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 487 443 458 74 82 105 13.2 15.6 18.7
Male 593 553 581 47 61 94 7.3 9.9 13.9
Māori 147 130 153 11 14 15 7.0 9.7 8.9
Pacific 365 356 349 30 32 36 7.6 8.2 9.4
Asian 266 281 326 32 36 53 10.7 11.4 14.0
MELAA 57 47 67 7 6 6 10.9 11.3 8.2
Other 10 4 9 1 1 3 9.1 20.0 25.0
European/Pākehā 448 379 369 65 83 120 12.7 18.0 24.5
Territorial Total 1,080 996 1,039 121 143 199 10.1 12.6 16.1
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 37 2 0 48 20 563
Male 25 22 9 0 46 0 675
Māori 2 1 0 0 12 0 168
Pacific 9 5 3 0 17 5 385
Asian 7 19 3 0 20 8 379
MELAA 1 2 1 0 3 0 73
Other 0 0 0 0 3 0 12
European/Pākehā 14 36 6 0 58 14 489
Territorial Total 28 59 11 0 94 20 1,238

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.