Rain or Shine: AGGS at Polyfest’s 50th Anniversary

Auckland Girls’ Grammar School again shone brightly at the 50th anniversary of Polyfest, which took place across four days in early April.  AGGS has a super proud history at the event and its across-the-board success continued again in 2025.  Although there were three weather-disputed days, students, teachers, families, organisers, supporters, and a plethora of spectators […]

Achieving Excellence: The AGGS 2025 Strategy

AGGS current academic excellence hasn’t happened by accident.  Intricate planning and a willingness to step outside the box has gone into its 2024 numbers – NCEA Levels 1,2 and 3 in the 90 percentile and UE at 87 percent.  The man crunching the data numbers and helping lead the way forward for AGGS in its […]

AGGS feature in Stuff Polyfest preview

Hype’s building in the lead up to Polyfest’s 50th anniversary.  And as the mainstream media look back on what’s been and look ahead to this year’s momentous celebrations,  smiling AGGS faces are centrestage.  Check out the link to Stuff’s Polyfest preview below.  https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360619115/record-number-groups-perform-polyfest-stage-50th-anniversary Meantime,  AGGS’ preparations have been going on in-secret within the school grounds.  […]

Auckland Girls’ Grammar School: A Message for the City

AGGS is shouting its 2024 academic success loud and proud with its first Auckland city billboard.Screening this week on the corner of Ponsonby and Great North Roads, the billboard celebrates the outstanding academic success of Auckland Girls’Grammar School last year.As the billboard screams, AGGS Level 1 NCEA success rate was 90.1 percent, Level 2 was 94.7 […]

March AGGS Video Profile:

AGGS’ 2025 Head Girls are a hopeful future doctor and hopeful future pro rugby player and physiotherapist, who both want to make the world a better place.Amarante Sititi (sister of All Black Wallace Sititi) and Mele Ikatonga Moa believe AGGS has provided them with the perfect education and are embracing the opportunities they face in […]

AGGS Prefects Get Comms Masterclass from Wendy Petrie

AGGS’ Leading students head into the rest of 2025 with bolstered communication skills after learning the tricks of the trade from one of Aotearoa’s best. Former TVNZ veteran newsreader Wendy Petrie spent a sunny February afternoon at school atAGGS with this year’s prefects, coaching them on comms, public speaking and media/social media. It’s the second year […]

AGGS Smashes Academic Records—Again!

Auckland Girls’ Grammar School has delivered near-perfect academic results for 2024.  Following excellent 2023 results, AGGS has notched-it-up even more, with all its NCEA numbers in the 90 percentiles and its UE success rates pushing 90. For perspective,  The national average for NCEA Level 1 for 2024 is 44.9 percent.  AGGS’ 90.1 percent success rate […]