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Columba College

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Established
  
1915

School roll
  
594 (July 2016)

Phone
  
+64 3-467 5188

Founded
  
1915

Principal
  
Juliette Hayes

Ministry of Education Institution no.
  
386

Socio-economic decile
  
10Z

Total enrollment
  
550 (2010)

Ministry of education institution number
  
386

Columba College

Type
  
Integrated single sex girls secondary(Year 7-13) co-education primary(Year 1-6)

Motto
  
Gratia et Disciplina Bona "Grace and Good Discipline"

Address
  
399 Highgate, Kaikorai, Dunedin 9010, New Zealand

Similar
  
John McGlashan College, Kavanagh College, Otago Girls High School, Otago Boys' High School, St Hilda's Collegiate

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Columba College (Irish: Coláiste Choilm) is an integrated Presbyterian school in Roslyn, Dunedin, New Zealand. The roll is made up of pupils of all ages. The majority of pupils are in the girls secondary, day and boarding school, but there is also a primary school consisting of boys and girls in years 1-6.

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History

Columba College was established in 1915 by the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand as a private day and boarding school for girls with co-educational primary classes and a kindergarten. The Rev'd Alexander Whyte was a key figure in the foundation of Columba College, through his vision for a Presbyterian girls school.

Columba College was created from two earlier Dunedin girls' schools, Girton College and Braemar House. Girton College had been founded in 1886 by the first woman graduate of the University of Otago, Caroline Freeman, who later sold it to Frances Ross in 1891. Ross subsequently purchased Braemar House, combined it with Girton College, and became the first Head Mistress of the newly created Columba College. The schools moved to the current site, at Bishopscourt, a property purchased from the first Anglican bishop for Otago and Southland, Bishop Nevill which had a large house on it designed by William Mason (architect) built in 1872.

Columba College became integrated as a composite school under the terms of the Private Schools' Integration Act in 1994.

Boarding facilities

Attached to the school are boarding facilities, catering for approximately 100 international and domestic students from years 7 to 13. Students live in one of two on-campus buildings, Katharine Buchan House (years 12 to 13) or Bishopscourt (years 7 to 11).

Notable alumnae

  • Frances Hodgkins - artist, at Braemar House
  • Cilla McQueen - poet
  • References

    Columba College Wikipedia