Last updated October 2026
New Plymouth Girls’ High School is a state, girls’ secondary school for Years 9 to 13 at 60 Northgate, New Plymouth. It opened in 1885 and had 1,289 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
It has no home zone, so any student can apply. The school’s website describes Scotlands Hostel, its boarding house for girls, with a separate flat-style house for Year 13 boarders. Its site also covers sport, visual and performing arts, co-curricular activities and careers, and for international students it mentions programmes for gifted and talented students and multi-level study from Year 10.
At a glance
- Principal
- Jacqui Brown
- Address
- 60 Northgate, New Plymouth
- Phone
- 06 757 3899
Home zone
No home zone: any student can apply to enrol. If more students apply than there are places, the school decides how places are offered.
NCEA results
School leavers with NCEA Level 2 or above, compared with all New Zealand school leavers.
This school New Zealand
School leavers are students who left school that year, whatever year level they left from.
Who goes here
Share of the 1,289 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
12 international students
MELAA: Middle Eastern, Latin American and African.
Stand-downs and suspensions
Cases per 1,000 students in 2025, adjusted for the ages of the school’s students, compared with all New Zealand schools.
These measure how a school responds to behaviour, and schools set their own thresholds, so they are not a measure of how students behave.
What ERO found
The Education Review Office’s latest report on the school is a School Evaluation Report from December 2024. ERO found that a large majority of students are engaged in their learning, progressing well and achieving well.
Most students gain NCEA Levels 1, 2 and 3, a large majority gain University Entrance, and almost all Year 10 students pass the NCEA literacy and numeracy assessments. ERO noted strong, strategic leadership, early support plans for students with additional learning needs, and well-linked attendance, engagement and pastoral systems.
ERO also raised clear concerns. Less than half of students attend school regularly, so the school is not yet meeting Ministry of Education attendance targets, and Māori students’ results at NCEA Level 1 still lag behind.
Next steps are to build a shared understanding of high-quality teaching that meets students’ learning and pastoral needs, including Māori students at Level 1, deepen staff learning about students’ cultural identity, and keep analysing attendance data to find out what lifts regular attendance.
Read the ERO reports for New Plymouth Girls’ High School
Enrolling
The school has no home zone, so any student can apply. The school welcomes applications at every year level, and families apply online, with one form covering both school and hostel places.
The school holds an open day for the next year’s intake and enrolment conversations at its main contributing schools. It publishes the details on its enrolment page each year.
Schools nearby
In Strandon New Plymouth
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Read our Strandon New Plymouth guide →Questions parents ask
Is New Plymouth Girls' High School zoned?
No. It has no home zone, so any student can apply to enrol.
What years does it teach?
Years 9 to 13.
How many students go there?
1,289 at 1 Sep 2026.
Does it ask for donations?
No. It is in the donation scheme, so it only asks for donations for school camps.
What is its Equity Index?
447. The Ministry of Education’s Equity Index estimates the socio-economic barriers a school’s students face, from 344 (fewest) to 569 (most). It is used to share out funding, not as a measure of quality.
Is it a single-sex school?
Yes. It takes girls only.
How did its school leavers do in NCEA?
In 2025, 90.1% of its school leavers had NCEA Level 2 or above, compared with 77.8% of all New Zealand school leavers.
Updated automatically when the Ministry publishes new data.
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Sources and data notes 1
- School facts: School details and roll: Ministry of Education school directory, 22 Oct 2026 (CC BY 4.0). NCEA results, roll history and stand-downs: Education Counts, school leavers 2023 to 2025, stand-downs 2025, rolls 2021 to 2025 (CC BY 4.0).