, motto_translation = ''Through difficulties to greatness.''
, coordinates =
, type = State Single Sex Girls Secondary (Year 9–13) with Boarding Facilities
, established = 12 February 1917
, MOE = 64
, principal = Lorraine Pound
, colours = Navy and gold
, decile = 9Q
, address = Silver Road,
Epsom, Auckland,
New Zealand
, roll =
()
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Epsom Girls Grammar School
Epsom Girls Grammar School is a state secondary school for girls ranging from years 9 to 13 in
Auckland
Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about ...
, New Zealand. It had a roll of 2,200 as of 2012, including a number of boarders who live in nearby Epsom House, making it one of the largest schools in New Zealand.
The principal is Lorraine Pound, the 11th principal, who succeeded Madeline Gunn in 2016.
She succeeds a long line of distinguished educators such as Margaret Bendall and Miss Adams.
Headmistresses/Principals
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Annie Christina Morrison 1917–1929
* Agnes L. Laudon 1930–1947
* Margaret G. Johnston 1948–1952
* Marjory F.E. Adams 1953–1970
* Alisa M. Blakey 1970–1979
* Gae E. Griffiths 1979–1988
* Verna E. Dowdle 1988–1996
* Margaret A. Bendall 1996–2004
* Annette Sharp 2005–2008
* Madeline J. Gunn 2008–2016
* Lorraine Pound 2016–present
Notable alumnae
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Maggie Jenkins – New Zealand representative footballer
*
Petra Bagust – television presenter
*
Helen Clark
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– 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand
*
Miriam Dell – President, National Council of Women
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* ]Rowena Jackson
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Early life
Jackson was born in Invercargill on 24 March 1926 to William Ernest Jackson and Lilian Jane, née Solomon. As a young chil ...
MBE – ballerina and later artistic director of the New Zealand Ballet Company
* Dorothy Jelicich – Member of Parliament for (–1975)
* Marya Martin – flautist[
* Joan Metge – anthropologist][
* ]Hannah O'Neill
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Early life
O'Neill was born in Japan to a Japanese mother, Sumie, and a New Zealand father, Chris, a professional rugby pl ...
– principal ballerina at the Paris Opera Ballet
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* Wilma Smith – lead violinist in the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
* Freda Stark – dancer
* Olivia Tennet – actress, dancer
* Rima Te Wiata
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Early life
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– comedian and actress
* Karen Walker – fashion designer
* Jean Spencer (born 1940), Olympic gymnast
* Lois White
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– Green Party MP.
* Joan Chapple - first New Zealand female plastic surgeon
See also
* List of schools in New Zealand
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State schools and state integrated schools are primarily funded by the central government. Private schools receive a lower level of state funding (about 25% of their costs). See Secondar ...
References
Book of Memories: Epsom Girls Grammar School 1917–1992
Epsom Girls Grammar School golden jubilee 1917–1967
External links
School website
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Educational institutions established in 1917
Boarding schools in New Zealand
Girls' schools in New Zealand
Secondary schools in Auckland
1917 establishments in New Zealand