Leila Agnes Sophie Hurle (5 June 1901 – 24 February 1989) was a New Zealand principal and senior school inspector. She was born in New Plymouth, New Zealand on 5 June 1901.[1] She is buried at Te Henui Cemetery in New Plymouth.[2]

As a high school student at New Plymouth Girls’ High School in 1920, Hurle won honorable mention in the Royal Colonial Institute Essay Competition, open to students in all the British colonies,[3] and won the Empire Day Essay Challenge Cup for her school.[4] She received a Master of Arts from Otago University, where she won the James Clark Prize in Latin.[1] She worked at New Plymouth Girls’ High School for five years, studied French at the Sorbonne, and returned to New Zealand to teach languages at Christchurch Girls' High School for eight years, before being appointed as headmaster of Timaru Girls' High School in 1938.[1][5] She returned to New Plymouth Girls’ High School as headmaster in 1942,[6] a position she held in parallel to being a school inspector.[7] In 1947, she led the inaugural panel selecting students for post-primary teacher training bursaries.[8]

New Plymouth Girls' High School awards a Leila Hurle prize at its annual prize giving.[9]

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  1. ^ a b c Hughes, Beryl. "Leila Agnes Sophie Hurle". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Cemetery Search". New Plymouth District Council. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Royal Colonial Institute: Essay Competition". Evening Post. 2 February 1920.
  4. ^ "Personal". Taranaki Daily News. 3 September 1920.
  5. ^ "New Lady Principal". Evening Post. 3 February 1938. Also published in New Zealand Herald and Auckland Star.
  6. ^ "AtoJs Online — Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives — 1944 Session I — E-02 EDUCATION: PRIMARY AND POST-PRIMARY EDUCATION [In continuation of E.-2 of 1943]". Atojs.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  7. ^ "AtoJs Online — Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives — 1943 Session I — E-02 EDUCATION: PRIMARY AND POST-PRIMARY EDUCATION [In continuation of E.—2 of 1942]". Atojs.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  8. ^ "AtoJs Online — Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives — 1948 Session I — E-02 EDUCATION: PRIMARY AND POST-PRIMARY EDUCATION [In continuation of E.-2 of 1947]". Atojs.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  9. ^ "Prizegiving 2011" (PDF). New Plymouth Girls' High School. 9 November 2011. p. 2. Retrieved 8 December 2014.


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