New Plymouth Girls' High School is a girls' state secondary school in Strandon, New Plymouth, New Zealand. The school separated from New Plymouth High School in 1914, leaving New Plymouth Boys' High School on the old site.
It is currently one of two of New Plymouth's girls' schools along with Sacred Heart Girls' College and has a current roll of students.
Students are put into four houses for school activities such as swimming sports, athletics, and house plays. These houses are Tokomaru (yellow), Kurahaupo (blue), Aotea (red) and Tainui (green). The houses are named after four of the first Māori waka to arrive in New Zealand.
Enrolment As of , New Plymouth Girls' High School has a roll of students, of which (%) identify as Māori.
As of , the school has an Equity Index of , placing it amongst schools whose students have socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to deciles 5 and 6 under the former socio-economic decile system).
Notable staff Ida Gaskin – politician, Mastermind winner Leila Hurle – schoolteacher, schools inspector
Principals NameTerm 1 Catherine Grant 1914 2 Flora Hodges 1915–1916 3 Rhoda Barr 1916–1920 4 Ethel May McIntosh 1920–1924 5 Doris Napier Allan 1925–1943 6 Rose Allum 1943–1968 7 Jean Wilson 1968–1974 8 Noeline Bruning 1975–1988 9 Jain Gaudin 1988–2002 10 Annette Sharp 2002–2004 11 Jenny Ellis 2005–2016 12 Victoria Kerr 2017–2020 13 Jacqui Brown 2020–present
Notable alumnae
Mackenzie Barry – association footballer Daisy Basham – radio personality Michaela Blyde – rugby sevens player Kendra Cocksedge – rugby union player Dale Copeland – collage and assemblage artist Trish Gregory – fashion designer and businesswoman Paige Hareb – professional surfer Leila Hurle – schoolteacher, schools inspector Zoe Hobbs - athlete Michele Leggott – poet, academic Melanie Lynskey – actor Margaret Mutu – Ngāti Kahu leader and academic Debbie Ngarewa-Packer – politician Jean Sandel - surgeon Miriam Saphira - psychologist Carmel Sepuloni – politician Holly Shanahan – actress Toni Street – television presenter and sports commentator Beatrice Tinsley – astronomer and cosmologist
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