Welcome
Southland Girls High School has been welcoming International Students to our school since 1993. We have a proud history of providing high quality learning opportunities in which girls successfully gain academic qualifications for life.
Southland Girls High School has a dedicated international team who are experienced in caring for students from all over the world. All of our International students experience a high quality education from a high performing school, allowing them to choose subjects that will provide a wide variety of career paths.
Specialist staff support student wellbeing, achievement, and students can choose to live at our high quality boarding house or live in a homestay. We also offer a 24/7 emergency telephone assistance, so our students have the comfort of knowing someone from our International team is always available to them. Our school offers both the NCEA curriculum and IGSCE’s curriculum in Years 9 and 10.
Our International Academic Tutor, Mrs Ineson focuses on making sure that students not only achieve but excel in their chosen subjects, we provide ongoing reporting to parents so they can monitor their daughters progress. All our teachers are experts in teaching girls, and first language support is available to all nationalities.
For all enquiries please email the International Student Manager, Fah Phermphoon at fah.phermphoon@southlandgirls.school.nz
Southland Girls High School has agreed to observe and be bound by the Code of Practice for the Pastoral Care of International Students. Copies of the Code are available from the New Zealand Qualification Authority website here.
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Southland Girls’ High girls are successful young women who enjoy and value all the advantages that our unique environment provides.
We have high expectations of our students, and have contact with our international girls each day at school as they use our international office facilities including a specified room to heat their lunches. We keep in close contact with their parents / agents and find that many visit their girls here in Invercargill during the year.
Our school is located centrally in the City of Invercargill with convenient access to public transport.
Excellent facilities and shops are within walking distance and girls can take full advantage of city resources.
Invercargill is a city of just over 53,000 people, it is recognised as a friendly and safe environment for our international girls.
Find out about our city Invercargill and our beautiful province of Southland at www.southlandnz.com.
Our well-established programme provides specialist tuition in English (ESOL, IELTS). Cambridge Exams are also offered at Year 10. For the rest of the school day our girls are integrated into school classes where they are prepared for National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA), at all levels.
Our international students achieve impressive results in national examinations and top rankings in the school. Over the last few years, three international students have been Dux of our school.
Girls are encouraged to participate fully in all aspects of school life and, develop their talents in all areas.
The school is extremely well equipped with modern classrooms.
Girls have free access to the Internet and computers. The school also has an international sized Gymnasium, dance suite, science rooms and labs, foods rooms and a Performing Arts Centre.
Ensuring our girls have a modern and well maintained learning environment is important to us.
The school is set in landscaped grounds and is only five minutes from the airport.
