Bay of Plenty Region

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 1,638 1,654 1,665 316 264 324 16.2 13.8 16.3
Male 1,936 1,867 2,044 222 200 197 10.3 9.7 8.8
Māori 1,598 1,541 1,676 221 180 191 12.1 10.5 10.2
Pacific 180 205 218 18 20 25 9.1 8.9 10.3
Asian 231 258 322 28 24 36 10.8 8.5 10.1
MELAA 51 37 57 10 4 8 16.4 9.8 12.3
Other 162 182 132 23 25 28 12.4 12.1 17.5
European/Pākehā 2,103 2,021 2,160 356 296 331 14.5 12.8 13.3
Regional Total 3,574 3,521 3,709 538 464 521 13.1 11.6 12.3
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 2 111 5 7 201 17 1,989
Male 36 51 38 9 88 2 2,241
Māori 9 47 5 0 141 0 1,867
Pacific 1 5 0 0 21 2 243
Asian 1 9 1 0 23 3 358
MELAA 1 3 1 0 3 1 65
Other 6 13 5 1 10 1 160
European/Pākehā 27 111 34 15 161 14 2,491
Regional Total 38 162 43 16 289 19 4,230

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.