Last updated October 2026
Columba College is a state-integrated, girls’ composite school for Years 1 to 13 at 399 Highgate, Roslyn, Dunedin. It opened in 1915 and had 607 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes 68 suburbs, among them Broad Bay, Ravensbourne, Brockville, Caversham, Musselburgh and Halfway Bush; the zone map below shows the full boundary.
The school’s site describes Presbyterian foundations and GRACE values, a co-educational junior school where every child learns Mandarin Chinese and te reo Māori, and girls-only middle and senior schools taught by specialist teachers, with te reo Māori, Chinese, French and German among the language options. Girls can board on campus from Year 7, and international students apply through the school’s own international enrolment form.
At a glance
- Principal
- Aaron Everett (Acting)
- Address
- 399 Highgate, Roslyn, Dunedin
- Phone
- 03-467 5188
Home zone
Suburbs in the zone: all of Belleknowes Dunedin, Green Island Dunedin, Wakari, Mornington Dunedin, Dunedin City Centre, Careys Bay Dunedin, Shiel Hill, Woodhaugh Dunedin, Roslyn Dunedin, Ravensbourne, Brockville, Halfway Bush, Maia, Balaclava, St Leonards, Burnside Dunedin, Saddle Hill, Fairfield, Waverley, North East Valley Dunedin, Pine Hill Dunedin, Leith Valley, Kenmure Dunedin, Caversham, Vauxhall, The Glen, Normanby, Bradford, Lookout Point, Port Chalmers, Glenleith, The Cove, Allanton Dunedin, South Dunedin, Kensington, Larnachs Castle, Momona, East Taieri Dunedin, Waitati Dunedin, Roseneath Dunedin, Dalmore, Portobello Dunedin, Sawyers Bay Dunedin, Opoho, Māori Hill, Concord, Saint Kilda, Ōtākou, Kaikorai, Broad Bay, Musselburgh, Outram, Tainui, Andersons Bay Dunedin, Liberton Dunedin, Abbotsford, Macandrew Bay, Mosgiel Dunedin, North Dunedin, Ocean View Dunedin, Karitane Dunedin, Blackhead, Waldronville Dunedin, Waikouaiti, Brighton, Ocean Grove, Middlemarch and Saint Clair.
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 607 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
20 international students
MELAA: Middle Eastern, Latin American and African.
What ERO found
The Education Review Office’s latest report on the school is a School Evaluation Report from September 2024. ERO judged student outcomes to be both equitable and of a very high standard. Most Year 7 to 10 students achieve at or above expected curriculum levels across the learning areas, and most Year 10 students meet the NCEA literacy and numeracy requirements.
In the senior school, most students gain merit or excellence endorsements, several have earned New Zealand Scholarship awards, and Māori students achieve NCEA at rates similar to their peers. Attendance is above the Ministry of Education’s national target.
ERO also noted a revised middle school programme shaped by wide consultation, programmes that support students who need extra help and stretch those with particular abilities, and pastoral care in which teachers know students well throughout their time at the school.
The agreed next steps are to build on the school’s recent review of its pastoral, curriculum and cultural work to understand its effect on every student’s wellbeing, progress and achievement, and to keep strengthening bicultural and multicultural responsiveness, including a stronger presence of te reo Māori and tikanga Māori and closer links with the community.
Read the ERO reports for Columba College
Enrolling
As a state-integrated school, it gives preference of enrolment to students whose families have a particular family, religious or philosophical sympathy with its special character or a particular connection to the school, and attendance dues apply.
Under its enrolment scheme, students accepted as boarders come first, then preference students living within the Dunedin city boundary, with siblings, children of former students and children of staff and clergy ahead of others, then preference students from outside the city, and then non-preference students if places remain.
Families apply online, and the school holds open days for boarding and day students before applications close. It publishes its open day and closing dates, enrolment scheme and fee schedules on its admissions page each year, and international students apply through a separate online form.
Schools nearby
In Roslyn Dunedin
Columba College is in Roslyn Dunedin. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Roslyn Dunedin guide →Questions parents ask
Is Columba College zoned?
It has a home zone covering all of Belleknowes Dunedin, Green Island Dunedin, Wakari, Mornington Dunedin, Dunedin City Centre, Careys Bay Dunedin, Shiel Hill, Woodhaugh Dunedin, Roslyn Dunedin, Ravensbourne, Brockville, Halfway Bush, Maia, Balaclava, St Leonards, Burnside Dunedin, Saddle Hill, Fairfield, Waverley, North East Valley Dunedin, Pine Hill Dunedin, Leith Valley, Kenmure Dunedin, Caversham, Vauxhall, The Glen, Normanby, Bradford, Lookout Point, Port Chalmers, Glenleith, The Cove, Allanton Dunedin, South Dunedin, Kensington, Larnachs Castle, Momona, East Taieri Dunedin, Waitati Dunedin, Roseneath Dunedin, Dalmore, Portobello Dunedin, Sawyers Bay Dunedin, Opoho, Māori Hill, Concord, Saint Kilda, Ōtākou, Kaikorai, Broad Bay, Musselburgh, Outram, Tainui, Andersons Bay Dunedin, Liberton Dunedin, Abbotsford, Macandrew Bay, Mosgiel Dunedin, North Dunedin, Ocean View Dunedin, Karitane Dunedin, Blackhead, Waldronville Dunedin, Waikouaiti, Brighton, Ocean Grove, Middlemarch and Saint Clair.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 13.
How many students go there?
607 at 1 Sep 2026.
Does it ask for donations?
It may. It is not in the donation scheme, so it can ask families for donations.
What is its Equity Index?
391. 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, 98.3% of its school leavers had NCEA Level 2 or above, compared with 77.8% of all New Zealand school leavers.
School details and roll: Ministry of Education school directory, 25 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). Updated automatically when the Ministry publishes new data.
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