Epsom Girls' Grammar School

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Epsom Girls' Grammar School
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Epsom Girls' Grammar School and Ōhinerau / Mount Hobson seen from Maungawhau / Mount Eden
Address
Epsom Girls' Grammar School
Silver Road,
Epsom, Auckland,
New Zealand
Coordinates 36°52′38″S174°46′28″E / 36.87722°S 174.77444°E / -36.87722; 174.77444
Information
TypeState Single Sex Girls Secondary (Year 9–13) with Boarding Facilities
Motto Latin: Per Angusta, Ad Augusta
(Through difficulties to greatness.)
Established12 February 1917
Sister school Auckland Grammar School
Ministry of Education Institution no. 64
PrincipalBrenda McNaughton
School roll2,206 [1] (February 2024)
Colour(s)Navy and gold
  
Socio-economic decile9Q [2]
Website Epsom Girls Grammar School

Epsom Girls Grammar School is a state secondary school for girls ranging from years 9 to 13 in Auckland, New Zealand. It has a roll of 2,200 as of 2024, making it one of the largest schools in New Zealand.

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The principal is Brenda McNaughton, the 12th principal, who succeeded Lorraine Pound in 2024. [3] [4] She succeeds a long line of distinguished educators such as Margaret Bendall and Marjory Adams. [5]

History

Epsom Girls' Grammar School was established through an endowment of land in 1850 and officially opened on 12 February 1917 with 174 students. [6] Establishing Epsom Girls' was described as a "struggle", as "despite a clear need for a second girls’ school in Auckland, education administrators continued to prioritise boys’ education. Eventually EGGS emerged as an old, adapted Villa and a handful of classrooms on the Silver Road site. When the doors opened in 1917 the School had already exceeded capacity." [7]

Boarding facilities are provided on-site at Epsom House, providing full accommodation for 150 students from overseas and rural New Zealand. [8]

The Old Girls Association was established in 1921, and holds a number of events each year for alumnae. [9]

In 2021, Metro (magazine) reported that Epsom Girls Grammar School was the top performing non-religious state school in Auckland over the last five years (based on Ministry of Education data of the five-year average of university entrance attainment). [10]

Property prices in the Epsom Girls Grammar School and Auckland Grammar School school zones (known as the "double Grammar zone") are particularly high - Epsom Girls is the second most expensive school zone to buy in within Auckland (with the first being Auckland Grammar School). [11] The zone covers large swathes of four of the city’s highest value suburbs – Remuera, Epsom, Parnell and Mount Eden. Real estate agents have commented that being in the "double Grammar zone" could add up to $500,000 to the value of a family home. [12]

Principals

Notable alumnae

See also

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