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Auckland Girls' Grammar School

Coordinates: 36°51′25″S 174°45′13″E / 36.8569°S 174.7537°E / -36.8569; 174.7537
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Auckland Girls' Grammar School
The school seen from Hopetoun Street, looking north
Address
Map
Howe Street, Newton, Auckland
Coordinates36°51′25″S 174°45′13″E / 36.8569°S 174.7537°E / -36.8569; 174.7537
Information
TypeState single-sex girls' secondary school (Years 9–13)
MottoLatin: Per Angusta Ad Augusta
"Through trials to triumph"
Established1878
Ministry of Education Institution no.53
PrincipalNgaire Ashmore
School roll922[1] (November 2024)
Colour(s)gold, navy blue   
Socio-economic decile3H[2]
Websiteaggs.school.nz
The school seen from the air in 1934

Auckland Girls' Grammar School (AGGS) is a New Zealand secondary school for girls located in Newton, Auckland. Established in 1878 as Auckland Girls' High School, it is one of the oldest secondary institutions in the country.[3] The school closed its site temporarily in 1888 due to financial difficulties[4] and classes for girls were held at Auckland Grammar School[5] until the girls' school moved to new premises in Howe Street in 1909[6] and the name of the school changed to Auckland Girls' Grammar School.[7][8][9] The school received the Goodman Fielder awards for School and Secondary School of the year in 2000.[10]

The main block is listed as a Category 2 Historic Place.[11]

Enrolment

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In 2018, Auckland Girls' Grammar School had 1,030 students enrolled and is 100% female. The number of international students was 22. As of November 2024, Auckland Girls' Grammar School has a roll of 922 students.[1]

As of 2024, the school has an Equity Index of 487,[12] placing it amongst schools whose students have above average socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to deciles 4 and 5 under the former socio-economic decile system).[13]

Headmistresses

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Ngaire Ashmore in 2022

Notable alumnae

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Main category: People educated at Auckland Girls' Grammar School

References

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  1. ^ a b "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  2. ^ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Education: Reports of secondary schools: List of schools". Appendices to the Journals of the House of Representatives (Session 1, E-08): 1. 1882 – via Paperspast.
  4. ^ "More retrenchment". Paperspast. 28 April 1888. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Auckland Grammar School for girls and boys [advertisement]". Auckland Star. 14 March 1903. Retrieved 19 November 2022 – via Paperspast.
  6. ^ "Brief history". Auckland Girls' Grammar School. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Auckland Girls' High School". Paperspast. 16 June 1906. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Grammar School Board". Paperspast. 14 December 1905. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  9. ^ "Education: Secondary education". Paperspast. 1907. p. E12-page 15. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  10. ^ Auckland Girls Grammar School wins Goodman Fielder School of the Year Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ "Auckland Girls Grammar School Main Blk". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  12. ^ "New Zealand Equity Index". New Zealand Ministry of Education.
  13. ^ "School Equity Index Bands and Groups". www.educationcounts.govt.nz. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  14. ^ Fry, Ruth. "Sarah Sophia Stothard". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  15. ^ Creese, Mary R. S. (2010). Ladies in the laboratory III : South African, Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian women in science : nineteenth and early twentieth centuries : a survey of their contributions. Thomas M. Creese. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7289-9. OCLC 659564120.
  16. ^ Wellington, Victoria University of (24 April 2018). "The aftermath of WWI | News | Victoria University of Wellington". www.wgtn.ac.nz. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  17. ^ Wilson, Maureen. "Rua Isobel Gardner". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  18. ^ Pickmere, Arnold (5 May 2006). "Obituary: Louise Gardner". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  19. ^ "Charmaine Pountney 1955–1959" (PDF). Epsom Girls' Grammar School. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  20. ^ "Upper Hutt College awards, 1984; Pepper, Hearfield, Tungatt Cup; for outstanding achievement in sport; Ngaire Ashmore". Upper Hutt City Libraries. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  21. ^ "New Principal for Auckland Girls' Grammar School". Auckland Girls' Grammar School. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  22. ^ "Frankie wants to go to Hollywood". SUGA Magazine. 1 October 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  23. ^ "Zoë Bell". IMDb. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  24. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Old Girls' Achievers". Auckland Girls' Grammar School. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  25. ^ Staff writer (24 May 2008). "Generosity, gusto: ahead of her time". Otago Daily Times. p. 34.
  26. ^ "Lana Coc-Kroft, comfortable in her own skin". The New Zealand Herald. 14 March 2003. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  27. ^ Cadzow, Jane (13 December 2016). "How Parris Goebel went from high school drop-out to hip-hop dance queen". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  28. ^ Morgan, Scott (3 December 2010). "Teen's a star in all sports". Stuff.co.nz. Fairfax NZ. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  29. ^ "Story: Lumley, Bernice and Lumley, Doreen". Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  30. ^ a b Husband, Dale (23 April 2017). "Miriama McDowell: Was I ready for this?". E-Tangata. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
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