Saint Hilda's Collegiate School is a secondary school for girls in

Dunedin Dunedin ( ; mi, Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from , the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Th ...

, New Zealand.

History

Founded as an Anglican school in 1896 by the first bishop of Dunedin, Bishop

Samuel Nevill Samuel Tarratt Nevill (13 May 183729 October 1921), was the first Anglican Bishop of Dunedin, before becoming Primate of New Zealand. Life A scion of the ancient Nevilles, he was educated at Nottingham High School, before attending St Aidan's ...

and staffed by the Sisters of the Church. The sisters withdrew from the school in the 1930s. St Hilda's is the only school of the Anglican Diocese of Dunedin. It is integrated into the New Zealand state school system. It has a roll of approximately 450 girls with around one third of the school being boarders from both around New Zealand and overseas. The school is named after

Saint Hilda Hilda (or Hild) of Whitby (c. 614 – 680) was a Christian saint and the founding abbess of the monastery at Whitby, which was chosen as the venue for the Synod of Whitby in 664. An important figure in the Christianisation of Anglo-Saxon En ...

, a 7th-century English abbess remembered for the influential role she played in the

Synod of Whitby In the Synod of Whitby in 664, King Oswiu of Northumbria ruled that his kingdom would calculate Easter and observe the monastic tonsure according to the customs of Rome rather than the customs practiced by Irish monks at Iona and its satellite ins ...

. Saint Hilda is considered one of the patron saints of learning and culture, including poetry. Occupying a site bounded by Cobden Street, Heriot Row and Royal Terrace, the original buildings have been demolished and the site redeveloped from the mid 20th century. Some of the new buildings were designed by

Ted McCoy Edward John McCoy (23 February 1925 – 17 January 2018), generally known as Ted McCoy, was a New Zealand architect whose practice was based in Dunedin. He designed the sanctuary of St Paul's Cathedral (completed 1970), and the Richardson (form ...

. The chapel includes copies of windows from the first chapel.

Notable alumni and staff

* Fiona J. McDonald, graduate * Bessie Te Wenerau Grace, staff * * Louise Petherbridge - actor and director

References

External links

* Girls' schools in New Zealand Boarding schools in New Zealand Secondary schools in Dunedin Educational institutions established in 1896 1896 establishments in New Zealand Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia {{NewZealand-school-stub