Rotorua 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 (2022-2024)
Group No VP Award VP Award Percentage with VP Award
2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024
Female 394 381 418 97 74 88 19.8 16.3 17.4
Male 549 466 514 76 50 49 12.2 9.7 8.7
Māori 558 496 558 95 70 71 14.5 12.4 11.3
Pacific 74 71 76 9 7 10 10.8 9.0 11.6
Asian 58 65 87 8 5 12 12.1 7.1 12.1
MELAA 5 3 7 5 2 2 50.0 40.0 22.2
Other 5 9 5 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
European/Pākehā 462 419 474 102 72 80 18.1 14.7 14.4
Territorial Total 943 847 932 173 124 137 15.5 12.8 12.8
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 1 28 0 0 59 3 506
Male 8 10 6 0 25 2 563
Māori 3 22 2 0 47 0 629
Pacific 0 2 0 0 9 0 86
Asian 1 1 0 0 7 3 99
MELAA 0 1 0 0 1 0 9
Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
European/Pākehā 8 24 5 0 44 3 554
Territorial Total 9 38 6 0 84 5 1,069

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.