Marlborough Girls' College

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Marlborough Girls' College
Location
Marlborough Girls' College
21 McLauchlan Street
Springlands
Blenheim 7201
New Zealand
Coordinates 41°30′25″S173°56′38″E / 41.5070°S 173.9438°E / -41.5070; 173.9438
Information
TypeState Single-Sex Girls' Secondary (Year 9–13)
Motto Latin: Virtutem Doctrina Parat
(Learning Prepares for Life)
Established1963
Ministry of Education Institution no. 289
PrincipalMary-Jeanne Lynch [1]
School roll929 [2] (July 2025)
Socio-economic decile7O [3]
Website mgc.school.nz

Marlborough Girls' College is a state single-sex secondary school in Blenheim, New Zealand. The school was established in 1963 after splitting from Marlborough College (now Marlborough Boys' College). Serving Years 9 to 13, the college has 929 students as of July 2025. [2]

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History

This school was established in 1963. [4] Previously Blenheim was served by the co-educational Marlborough College, which subsequently continued to serve as Marlborough Boys' College. [5]

Enrolment

As of July 2025, Marlborough Girls' College has a roll of 929 students, of which 221 (23.8%) identify as Māori. [2]

As of 2025, the school has an Equity Index of 452, [6] placing it amongst schools whose students have average socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to deciles 5 and 6 under the former socio-economic decile system). [7]

Houses

The Marlborough Girls' College has four houses:

Notable staff

Notable alumnae

References

  1. ↑ Redmond, Adele (28 September 2017). "New Marlborough Girls' College principal Mary-Jeanne Lynch brings co-location experience". Stuff . Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  3. ↑ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Archived from the original on 24 January 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Marlborough Girls College". University of Canterbury. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2008.
  5. ↑ "History of Marlborough Boys College". Archived from the original on 15 June 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  6. ↑ "New Zealand Equity Index". New Zealand Ministry of Education.
  7. ↑ "School Equity Index Bands and Groups". www.educationcounts.govt.nz. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  8. ↑ Kitt, Jeffrey (15 August 2017). "JS Parker remembered for his view of the world through colour and shape". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  9. 1 2 "About Us". Megs & Soph. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  10. ↑ Caldwell, Olivia (8 October 2017). "Blenheim's Anna Tempero wins category at NZ gym nationals". Nelson Mail.
  11. ↑ "MSN Encarta". Archived from the original on 1 November 2009.


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