# Whangārei Girls' High School

**Type:** Secondary (Year 9-15) (State)  
**Gender:** Girls School  
**Address:** 1 Lupton Avenue, Regent, Whangarei  
**Region:** Tai Tokerau  
**Total roll:** 1,509  
**Equity Index (EQI):** 471  
**Founded:** 1878  
**Website:** <http://www.wghs.school.nz>  

## Latest ERO review (2023-04-21)

**Author:** n/a, ERO  
**Source:** <https://www.ero.govt.nz/institution/16/whangarei-girls-high-school#report-27396>

### Key findings
- Governance and leadership prioritise school improvement and equitable outcomes with focus on equity for Māori learners
- School leaders engage with external evaluation as a resource for improvement and innovation
- Kaiako are committed to improved outcomes for ākonga
- Established methods for collecting student voice and experience to inform decision making

### Verbatim quotes from ERO
> _"achieve equity of outcomes for all ākonga, especially Māori"_ — ERO, 2023-04-21 (equity)

> _"Te Ao Māori and Mātauranga Māori embedded within the kura"_ — ERO, 2023-04-21 (maori)

> _"ākonga experiencing a responsive, rich, broad and localised curriculum"_ — ERO, 2023-04-21 (curriculum)

## International student programme

- **ESOL support:** partial
- **Boarding:** Available
- **SIEBA member:** yes
- **Source:** <https://www.wghs.school.nz/53/easy_pages/12-international-team>

## Tags

`accepts_international_students` · `sieba_member` · `state_school` · `single_sex_girls` · `secondary_school` · `roll_1000_to_2000`

## Machine-readable siblings

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

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Methodology: <https://schoolsnearme.co.nz/methodology> · Every claim above links to its source document.