Waipa 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 329 356 332 85 97 101 20.5 21.4 23.3
Male 365 378 401 39 32 51 9.7 7.8 11.3
Māori 134 143 148 15 14 23 10.1 8.9 13.5
Pacific 22 12 16 1 2 4 4.3 14.3 20.0
Asian 34 54 66 4 3 6 10.5 5.3 8.3
MELAA x x 6 x x 3 x x 33.3
Other x x 0 x x 0 x x na
European/Pākehā 561 596 582 113 121 129 16.8 16.9 18.1
Territorial Total 694 734 733 124 129 152 15.2 14.9 17.2
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 0 28 1 7 71 6 433
Male 12 20 8 3 17 0 452
Māori 4 4 1 1 17 1 171
Pacific 0 1 1 0 2 0 20
Asian 0 0 0 0 5 1 72
MELAA 0 2 0 0 1 0 9
Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
European/Pākehā 10 43 7 9 72 4 711
Territorial Total 12 48 9 10 88 6 885

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.