# Otago Girls' High School

**Type:** Secondary (Year 9-15) (State)  
**Gender:** Girls School  
**Address:** 41 Tennyson Street, Dunedin  
**Region:** Otago, Southland  
**Total roll:** 698  
**Equity Index (EQI):** 439  
**Founded:** 1870  
**Website:** <http://www.otagogirls.school.nz>  

## Latest ERO review (2024-06-18)

**Author:** Shelley Booysen, ERO  
**Composite score:** 79/100  
**Source:** <https://www.ero.govt.nz/institution/378/otago-girls-high-school#report-30813>

### Key findings
- Students, including Māori and Pacific learners, are continuing to achieve very well in NCEA Levels 1, 2 and 3, as well as in University Entrance
- Most Year 9 and 10 students are achieving at or above national expectations in both literacy and numeracy
- Regular attendance rates are above national averages
- Strategic leadership at curriculum area, senior leadership and board levels continually improves school conditions that promote student success
- Mentorship structures have fostered effective distributed leadership and increased levels of confidence and capability among curriculum leaders

### Verbatim quotes from ERO
> _"Strategic leadership at curriculum area, senior leadership and board levels continually improves school conditions that promote student success."_ — ERO, 2024-06-18 (leadership)

> _"Students, including Māori and Pacific learners, are continuing to achieve very well in NCEA Levels 1, 2 and 3, as well as in University Entrance."_ — ERO, 2024-06-18 (achievement)

> _"Local contexts are increasingly reflected throughout the curriculum in a way that learners can see themselves, their identities and cultures."_ — ERO, 2024-06-18 (curriculum)

## Audited financials (year ended 2022)

- **Total revenue:** $9.00M
- **Surplus/(deficit):** −$398,241
- **Net assets/equity:** $2.54M
- **Audit opinion:** unmodified
- **Source:** <https://www.otagogirls.school.nz/files/1715739009_annual-accounts-2022.pdf>

## International student programme

- **Annual tuition:** NZ$18,000
- **ESOL support:** partial
- **SIEBA member:** yes
- **Source:** <https://www.otagogirls.school.nz/international>

## Tags

`accepts_international_students` · `sieba_member` · `deficit_latest_year` · `holidays_act_disclosure_open` · `state_school` · `single_sex_girls` · `secondary_school` · `international_students_accepted` · `reviewed_by_prolific_director`

## Machine-readable siblings

- JSON: <https://schoolsnearme.co.nz/api/school/otago-girls-high-school/facts.json>
- ERO history (markdown): <https://schoolsnearme.co.nz/api/school/otago-girls-high-school/ero-history.md>

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