Last updated October 2026
St Hildas Collegiate is a state-integrated, girls’ secondary school for Years 7 to 13 at 2 Cobden Street, Dunedin. It opened in 1896 and had 464 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 it as a Christian school in the Anglican tradition, with weekly chapel and religious education classes from Year 7 to Year 12, and lists design, art, photography, music, dance and drama as curriculum subjects alongside private instrumental tuition and sport from lunchtime games to national tournaments.
Boarders live at Tolcarne, the school’s boarding residence a short walk away, and international students take English language lessons within their timetable and can stay with homestay families.
At a glance
- Principal
- Nicky Whitham-Blackwell
- Address
- 2 Cobden Street, Dunedin
- Phone
- 03-477 0989
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 464 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
14 international students
MELAA: Middle Eastern, Latin American and African.
What ERO found
The Education Review Office’s latest report on the school is a Te Ara Huarau School Profile Report from January 2024. This kind of report sets out what ERO and the school will evaluate together, here how well teaching and the curriculum help students build the skills and attitudes behind the school’s values.
ERO pointed to consultative leadership that plans change carefully and supports ongoing improvement, curriculum structures that give room for real learning across the breadth of the New Zealand Curriculum, wide-ranging wellbeing and pastoral programmes, and teachers who use a mix of approaches to engage students, meet different learning needs and encourage critical thinking.
Next, the school plans to handle the continuing changes to the national curriculum and NCEA well, including more chances for students to learn te reo and mātauranga Māori and take part in tikanga Māori. It also aims to build its values more firmly into learning programmes, and to use student and parent feedback in its own evaluation of how well teaching helps every student show those values.
Read the ERO reports for St Hildas Collegiate
Enrolling
As a state-integrated school, it gives preference of enrolment to students whose parents have a particular sympathy with its Anglican special character or a particular connection with the school, and attendance dues apply.
Under its enrolment scheme, preference students accepted as Tolcarne boarders come first, then preference students living within Dunedin city, the school’s area of reasonable convenience, with sisters of current students and other connected families ahead of the rest and a ballot when a group has more applicants than places. A limited number of places can go to non-preference students, also by ballot.
Years 7 and 9 are the main intake levels, though girls can start at other year levels when places allow. Families apply online with referee reports and a recent school report, and the school publishes its application closing dates, timeline and schedule of fees on its enrolment page each year. International students apply through the school’s international page.
Schools nearby
In Dunedin City Centre
St Hildas Collegiate is in Dunedin City Centre. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Questions parents ask
Is St Hildas Collegiate 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 7 to 13.
How many students go there?
464 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?
394. 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, 100% 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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