Last updated October 2026
Southland Girls’ High School is a state, girls’ secondary school for Years 7 to 13 at 328 Tweed Street, Georgetown, Invercargill. It opened in 1879 and had 1,075 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes parts of Georgetown; the zone map below shows the full boundary. Girls can board full-time or Monday to Friday at Enwood House, a block from the school, and the school offers Cambridge IGCSE exams a year earlier than usual alongside NCEA. Its website also covers performing arts, sport, cultural clubs and education outside the classroom, and it takes international students, who can board or live in a homestay and get ESOL and IELTS tuition.
At a glance
- Principal
- John Grogan
- Address
- 328 Tweed Street, Georgetown, Invercargill
- Phone
- 03 211 6030
Home zone
Parts of these suburbs: Georgetown Invercargill: check your street.
Zone boundaries are set by the school’s enrolment scheme and can change. Confirm your address with the school before you rely on it.
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 1,075 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
8 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.
Suspensions: fewer than 5 cases in 2025, so no rate is shown.
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 School Evaluation Report from February 2026. ERO found most students have positive learning and wellbeing outcomes.
A large majority of junior students achieve at expected curriculum levels, almost all meet the NCEA literacy and numeracy requirements by the end of Year 11, and NCEA results are equitable for Māori students at Levels 2 and 3 and University Entrance.
ERO noted well-coordinated wellbeing systems, a strong focus on literacy and numeracy, and closer work with Māori and Pacific families. Some groups of junior students still lag behind, and only a small majority of students attend regularly, which is below the government target, though attendance is improving.
ERO’s priorities for the school are consistent, high-quality teaching in every classroom, faster progress in reading, writing and maths for junior students, higher regular attendance, and continued professional learning to strengthen te reo Māori, tikanga and mātauranga Māori in teaching.
Read the ERO reports for Southland Girls’ High School
Enrolling
Students who live in the home zone have the right to enrol. Out-of-zone places are offered under the school’s enrolment scheme, by ballot when there are more applicants than places.
Families apply online and upload documents such as a birth certificate. Accepted students and their whānau then have an interview with a senior leader before starting, followed by a New Entrant Day or Options Expo.
Students moving from another New Zealand secondary school are asked to contact the school first, and the school publishes its key enrolment dates on its enrolment page each year.
Schools nearby
In Georgetown Invercargill
Southland Girls' High School is in Georgetown Invercargill. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Georgetown Invercargill guide →Questions parents ask
Is Southland Girls' High School zoned?
It has a home zone covering parts of Georgetown Invercargill.
What years does it teach?
Years 7 to 13.
How many students go there?
1,075 at 1 Sep 2026.
Does it ask for donations?
It may. It is not in the donation scheme, so it can ask families for donations.
What is its Equity Index?
463. 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, 89.4% 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, 22 Oct 2026 (CC BY 4.0). Home zone: Ministry of Education enrolment zones (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).