Breaking the Glass Ceiling - DP Gavin Morgan

Gavin Morgan the first male DP at AGGS talks about our school.  Do have a listen. 

AGGS OPEN DAY 31 MAY 2018

Please come and visit us on Thursday 31 May, anytime between 9.30 a.m and 12.30 p.m. Our senior students will lead tours of the school and the Principal, will give short talks at 10 am. 11 am and 12 noon.  If you can't make it during the day, or even if you have and would like to find out more about our school, come along to our Information Evening, on the same day, Thursday 31 May from 6.30 to 8.30 p.m.   Light refreshments will be served and it would be useful for catering purposes if you could let us know if you plan to attend the Information Evening by calling our school office on 307 4180 or e-mailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . 

PUHORO STEM PROGRAMME

Providing young Māori secondary school students the chance to experience and pursue careers in science.

Participating in the program, Auckland Grammar Girls School student Heeni Blakey (Tuwharetoa) says, “There aren't many Māori kids in science and there are less girls, and I think this has opened a pathway for me to get into science.

Students from 11 Auckland schools met at Massey's Auckland campus in Albany for an interactive field trip which explores hands on science linked to their NCEA study.

This is a new experience, I haven't learnt these things at school so it's good to come here to the institute,” says Blakey.

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Fifteen Months on Principal Ashmore Speaks

It’s been a whirlwind 15 months or so for Ngaire Ashmore.

Since her appointment as Auckland Girls’ Grammar School, Principal Ashmore’s been hard at work with transformation the name of the game.

“The first thing I wanted to do when I came to Auckland Girls’ was to look at how we could raise academic achievement, I think Auckland Girls is a school which should be right up there on the academic stage so that’s been a real focus.”

Ashmore empowered her staff to encourage students to be all they could be. And it’s working.

At the start of 2018 Ashmore and her team received the news that AGGS’ NCEA Level 1 pass rates had gone from 78 to 90 percent, Level 2 from 84 to 94 percent and Level 3 from 68 all the way up to 80 percent.   An impressive start to Ashmore’s tenure as principal.

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