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.

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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 310 317 314 114 117 132 26.9 27.0 29.6
Male 390 393 434 59 45 50 13.1 10.3 10.3
Māori 97 68 69 22 17 19 18.5 20.0 21.6
Pacific 83 66 97 17 15 16 17.0 18.5 14.2
Asian 108 119 166 22 28 24 16.9 19.0 12.6
MELAA 35 45 47 5 8 8 12.5 15.1 14.5
Other 18 10 16 2 2 5 10.0 16.7 23.8
European/Pākehā 496 529 506 135 126 149 21.4 19.2 22.7
Territorial Total 700 710 748 173 162 182 19.8 18.6 19.6
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 1 73 4 0 52 10 446
Male 1 17 3 2 24 4 484
Māori 0 7 0 0 13 0 88
Pacific 0 5 2 0 9 2 113
Asian 2 15 0 0 5 2 190
MELAA 0 5 1 0 2 0 55
Other 0 4 0 0 1 0 21
European/Pākehā 0 73 4 2 64 12 655
Territorial Total 2 90 7 2 76 14 930

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.