Auckland- Howick

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 (2023-2025)
Group No VP Award VP Award Percentage with VP Award
2023 2024 2025 2023 2024 2025 2023 2024 2025
Female 1,042 1,143 1,206 214 223 262 17.0 16.3 17.8
Male 1,323 1,358 1,505 132 159 172 9.1 10.5 10.3
Māori 201 216 195 25 33 33 11.1 13.3 14.5
Pacific 278 296 362 37 33 38 11.7 10.0 9.5
Asian 1,014 1,189 1,377 100 150 158 9.0 11.2 10.3
MELAA 105 83 111 8 14 11 7.1 14.4 9.0
Other 13 39 41 2 3 5 13.3 7.1 10.9
European/Pākehā 1,068 1,071 1,065 235 208 260 18.0 16.3 19.6
Territorial Total 2,365 2,501 2,711 346 382 434 12.8 13.3 13.8
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 2 131 5 0 93 43 1,468
Male 28 69 8 0 75 1 1,677
Māori 2 10 0 0 20 2 228
Pacific 4 14 0 0 23 1 400
Asian 10 77 8 0 59 12 1,535
MELAA 0 2 0 0 7 2 122
Other 0 2 0 0 3 1 46
European/Pākehā 17 124 9 0 92 29 1,325
Territorial Total 30 200 13 0 168 44 3,145

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.