Taranaki Diocesan School for Girls
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Taranaki Diocesan School for Girls in brief
Taranaki Diocesan School for Girls is a small state integrated girls' secondary school (Year 9–13) in Stratford, Stratford, with 120 students on the roll. Its Equity Index of 461 sits in the middle of the national range, so its students come from a broad cross-section of backgrounds. EQI reflects funding need, not school quality. Teaching is in English. As a state-integrated school it enrols by preference for its special character rather than by home zone. It opened in 1914.
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Taranaki Diocesan School for Girls
61 Broadway North, Stratford, Stratford
This state-integrated school enrols by preference criteria, so zone rules don't apply in the same way. The map shows the school location — check the school's own enrolment scheme.
Taranaki Diocesan School for Girls is a state-integrated school. Places go first to applicants with a preference connection to the school's special character (for example, a faith connection), so the usual in-zone and ballot rules don't apply in the same way. Where a geographic priority exists, it works within those preference criteria. Check the school's own enrolment scheme before relying on a zone result.
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- Taranaki Diocesan School for Girls is a state-integrated school with no enrolment scheme listed. That does not make it open enrolment: admission turns first on its special-character preference criteria — a religious or philosophical connection the school sets out — rather than on where you live.
- Year levels: Year 9–13
- Roll size: Small school
- School website: taranakidio.school.nz
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What families ask about Taranaki Diocesan School for Girls
- Does Taranaki Diocesan School for Girls have an enrolment zone?
- Taranaki Diocesan School for Girls is a state-integrated school, so places go first to applicants who meet its special-character preference criteria. Any geographic priority applies within those criteria, so an address alone doesn't decide it — check the school's own enrolment scheme.
- What year levels does Taranaki Diocesan School for Girls teach?
- Taranaki Diocesan School for Girls teaches Year 9–13.
- What is Taranaki Diocesan School for Girls's Equity Index?
- The listed EQI is 461. EQI reflects socioeconomic barriers used for funding; it is not a school-quality score.
- How large is the school?
- The latest listed roll is 120 students.
- When was the latest listed ERO review?
- No recent ERO review date is available in the current public data.
The basics
Ministry of Education records
- Teaching language
- All students taught in English
- Opened
- 1914
- Principal
- Maria Taylor
- Urban/rural setting
- Small urban area
- Donation requests
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