Far North District

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 343 327 319 79 81 82 18.7 19.9 20.4
Male 420 415 408 32 35 58 7.1 7.8 12.4
Māori 550 546 521 70 64 89 11.3 10.5 14.6
Pacific 39 43 45 4 5 8 9.3 10.4 15.1
Asian 12 10 25 2 2 0 14.3 16.7 0.0
MELAA 6 7 6 0 1 0 0.0 12.5 0.0
Other 6 5 4 0 1 1 0.0 16.7 20.0
European/Pākehā 322 277 297 53 68 70 14.1 19.7 19.1
Territorial Total 763 742 727 111 116 140 12.7 13.5 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 1 31 0 3 60 2 401
Male 3 12 4 1 40 1 466
Māori 3 17 1 2 78 2 610
Pacific 0 2 1 0 5 0 53
Asian 0 0 0 0 0 0 25
MELAA 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Other 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
European/Pākehā 1 33 4 2 36 1 367
Territorial Total 4 43 4 4 100 3 867

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.