# Southland Girls' High School **Type:** Secondary (Year 7-15) (State) **Gender:** Girls School **Address:** 328 Tweed Street, Georgetown, Invercargill **Region:** Otago, Southland **Total roll:** 1,063 **Equity Index (EQI):** 463 **Founded:** 1879 **Website:** ## Latest ERO review (2022-11-09) **Author:** Dr Lesley Patterson, Southern Region | Te Tai Tini **Composite score:** 80/100 **Source:** ### Key findings - High expectations of leaders for students and staff contributing to consistently high levels of student achievement across the school - An embedded culture of self-improvement and willingness to try new things based on sound evidence and research - Strong pastoral systems and processes that ensure that students are cared for, nurtured and educated in a place where students are at the centre of all teaching and learning - School will prioritise consulting with whānau, hapū and iwi to develop stronger partnerships - Increasing ways to ensure equity and inclusivity for all learners is a priority moving forward ### Verbatim quotes from ERO > _"High expectations of leaders for students and staff contributing to consistently high levels of student achievement across the school."_ — ERO, 2022-11-09 (leadership) > _"Strong pastoral systems and processes that ensure that students are cared for, nurtured and educated in a place where students are at the centre of all teaching and learning."_ — ERO, 2022-11-09 (wellbeing) > _"extend capabilities in te reo, tikanga and Mātauranga Māori for all members of the school community"_ — ERO, 2022-11-09 (maori) ## Audited financials (year ended 2024) - **Total revenue:** $14.30M - **Surplus/(deficit):** +$238,370 - **Net assets/equity:** $2.18M - **Audit opinion:** unmodified - **Source:** ## International student programme - **Boarding:** Available - **SIEBA member:** yes - **Source:** ## Tags `accepts_international_students` · `sieba_member` · `consistent_excellence` · `surplus_latest_year` · `audit_unmodified_multi_year` · `holidays_act_disclosure_open` · `state_school` · `single_sex_girls` · `secondary_school` · `roll_1000_to_2000` · `boarding_facility` · `international_students_accepted` · `reviewed_by_prolific_director` ## Machine-readable siblings - JSON: - ERO history (markdown): --- Methodology: · Every claim above links to its source document.