Auckland- Orakei

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.

Identical information is available for the region's territorial authorities using the drop down menu above. For other territorial authorities first choose the appropriate region from the drop down menu above.

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 281 310 321 110 114 117 28.1 26.9 26.7
Male 415 390 397 67 59 46 13.9 13.1 10.4
Māori 77 97 70 20 22 17 20.6 18.5 19.5
Pacific 82 83 67 20 17 16 19.6 17.0 19.3
Asian 117 108 119 28 22 28 19.3 16.9 19.0
MELAA 37 35 47 4 5 8 9.8 12.5 14.5
Other 19 18 10 9 2 2 32.1 10.0 16.7
European/Pākehā 475 496 534 122 135 127 20.4 21.4 19.2
Territorial Total 696 700 718 177 173 163 20.3 19.8 18.5
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 0 72 0 0 45 2 438
Male 1 30 4 0 9 5 443
Māori 0 9 0 0 8 0 87
Pacific 0 12 1 0 3 1 83
Asian 0 20 0 0 7 1 147
MELAA 0 3 0 0 4 1 55
Other 0 1 1 0 1 0 12
European/Pākehā 1 81 3 0 40 5 661
Territorial Total 1 102 4 0 54 7 881

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.