Last updated November 2026
Whanganui Girls’ College is a state, girls’ secondary school for Years 9 to 13 at 21 Jones Street, Whanganui East, Whanganui. It opened in 1891 and had 362 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
It has no home zone, so any student can apply.
At a glance
- Principal
- Nita Pond
- Address
- 21 Jones Street, Whanganui East, Whanganui
- Phone
- 06 349 0944
Home zone
No home zone: any student can apply to enrol. If more students apply than there are places, the school decides how places are offered.
NCEA results
School leavers with NCEA Level 2 or above, compared with all New Zealand school leavers.
This school New Zealand
School leavers are students who left school that year, whatever year level they left from.
Who goes here
Share of the 362 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
12 international students
MELAA: Middle Eastern, Latin American and African.
Stand-downs and suspensions
Cases per 1,000 students in 2025, adjusted for the ages of the school’s students, compared with all New Zealand schools.
These measure how a school responds to behaviour, and schools set their own thresholds, so they are not a measure of how students behave.
What ERO found
The Education Review Office’s latest report on the school is a Te Ara Huarau School Profile Report from August 2023. This kind of report sets out what ERO and the school will evaluate together, here how well junior school teaching responds to each student’s learning needs so they are ready for the senior school.
ERO pointed to a positive culture built on strong relationships between staff, students and whānau, pastoral and academic mentoring shaped around each student, a collaborative staff and a cohesive leadership team, and students who have a real say in decisions about their learning and school life.
From here the school plans to build a schoolwide assessment framework for junior literacy and numeracy, give teachers professional learning in assessment and a deeper grasp of curriculum levels in those areas, develop a curriculum shaped by the knowledge of local hapū and iwi, and use its Effective Teacher Profile in planning and teaching.
Read the ERO reports for Whanganui Girls’ College
Enrolling
The school has no home zone, so any student can apply to enrol directly with the school.
Schools nearby
In Whanganui East
Whanganui Girls' College is in Whanganui East. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Questions parents ask
Is Whanganui Girls' College zoned?
No. It has no home zone, so any student can apply to enrol.
What years does it teach?
Years 9 to 13.
How many students go there?
362 at 1 Sep 2026.
Does it ask for donations?
No. It is in the donation scheme, so it only asks for donations for school camps.
What is its Equity Index?
493. The Ministry of Education’s Equity Index estimates the socio-economic barriers a school’s students face, from 344 (fewest) to 569 (most). It is used to share out funding, not as a measure of quality.
Is it a single-sex school?
Yes. It takes girls only.
How did its school leavers do in NCEA?
In 2025, 81% of its school leavers had NCEA Level 2 or above, compared with 77.8% of all New Zealand school leavers.
Updated automatically when the Ministry publishes new data.
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Sources and data notes 1
- School facts: School details and roll: Ministry of Education school directory, 29 Oct 2026 (CC BY 4.0). NCEA results, roll history and stand-downs: Education Counts, school leavers 2023 to 2025, stand-downs 2025, rolls 2021 to 2025 (CC BY 4.0).