New Zealand - Gisborne - Gisborne Girls' High School - Form 3I - 1991 Do you have more information about the school or the people in this photo? Please use the comment section below to share. To search for other photos from this school, please type the schools name in to our search engine. Gisborne Girls High School - Gisborne Girls High School is a girls' secondary school situated in Gisborne, New Zealand. It was founded in 1956 when Gisborne High School was split into two single-sex schools - Because of expansion after World War II, it was decided to split it into two separate schools. In 1956, the girls moved to new buildings on the present site to create Gisborne Girls High School, whilst the boys stayed on the original site and the school was renamed Gisborne Boys' High School. - The Gisborne High Schools Hostel began life as two separate hostels. The Rectory, a hostel for Gisborne Boys High School was established in 1915 and Ayton House, a Girls High School Hostel in Stanley Road was built a few years later. In 1984 the Rectory was completely remodelled as a combined hostel for both schools. Ayton House was combined with The Rectory, to become a co-educational boarding facility just over a kilometre from the heart of Gisborne City. The Rectory accommodates up to 130 girls and boys attending Gisborne Girls High School and Gisborne Boys High School. Many of the boarders are international students from all over the world who are learning English through the special programmes offered by the two schools. #gisborne #school