Last updated October 2026
Avonside Girls’ High School is a state, girls’ secondary school for Years 9 to 13 at 209 Travis Road, North New Brighton, Christchurch. It opened in 1927 and had 1,086 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes all of South New Brighton, North New Brighton, New Brighton and Southshore, and parts of Burwood, Parklands and Waimairi Beach; the zone map below shows the full boundary.
The school shares a purpose-built campus with Shirley Boys’ High School, and each school keeps its own culture and teaching spaces. Its site lists te reo Māori from Year 9 to Year 13, a Te Ao Haka course for senior students, kapa haka, music groups from orchestra and jazz band to rock band, drama, dance, a school musical, sport, learning support and a programme for international students with homestays.
At a glance
- Principal
- Catherine Law
- Address
- 209 Travis Road, North New Brighton, Christchurch
- Phone
- 03 389 7199
Home zone
Suburbs in the zone: all of North New Brighton, New Brighton, South New Brighton and Southshore.
Parts of Burwood, Parklands and Waimairi Beach: 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 1,086 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
59 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 November 2023. This kind of report sets out what ERO and the school will evaluate together, here the effect on students’ achievement, engagement and wellbeing as the school builds its Year 9 and 10 curriculum around strong relationships and high academic expectations.
ERO noted that leaders had been taking part in professional learning for this work, the board had funded staff to lead changes to curriculum and teaching, self-review is well established, and junior students choose interest-based classes, each overseen by a group of teachers who follow their progress and wellbeing.
From here the school plans to give teachers targeted professional learning on curriculum design and teaching, develop a vision for learning that speaks to students and shapes the curriculum, and strengthen teaching that adapts to each student’s needs in mixed classrooms.
Read the ERO reports for Avonside Girls’ High School
Enrolling
Avonside Girls’ High School has an enrolment scheme, so girls who live in the home zone have the right to enrol and need to show proof of their address. Out-of-zone places are offered each year under the scheme in priority order, starting with sisters of current students, and by ballot when a group has more applicants than places.
The school publishes its enrolment dates on its enrolment page each year, and international students apply through its international pages.
Schools nearby
In North New Brighton
Avonside Girls' High School is in North New Brighton. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our North New Brighton guide →Questions parents ask
Is Avonside Girls' High School zoned?
It has a home zone covering all of North New Brighton, New Brighton, South New Brighton and Southshore and parts of Burwood, Parklands and Waimairi Beach.
What years does it teach?
Years 9 to 13.
How many students go there?
1,086 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?
472. 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, 77.8% 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, 23 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).