Cobham Intermediate School | |
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Coordinates | 43°30′39″S172°35′03″E / 43.5108°S 172.5843°E |
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Type | State co-ed intermediate (years 7 and 8) |
Motto | Achieving For Life |
Ministry of Education Institution no. | 3323 |
Principal | Eddie Norgate (2016–present) |
School roll | 654 [1] (August 2024) |
Socio-economic decile | 8 [2] |
Cobham Intermediate School is a state intermediate school in northwestern Christchurch, New Zealand, in the suburb of Burnside.
Cobham was originally named Fendalton Intermediate. However, there was confusion between the school and Fendalton Open Air School, so the governor-general of New Zealand, Viscount Cobham, allowed the school to use his name.[ citation needed ] At the end of term 1 in 2011 long-running principal Trevor Beaton left Cobham Intermediate to retire. Scott Thelning from Mt. Pleasant School took over as principal in Term 3, 2011.
In March 2018 Cobham student Maia Devereaux invited Women's Minister Julie Anne Genter to come and talk about the gender pay gap to the room 11 and 12 students. [3]
Cobham is currently the largest intermediate school in the South Island and has a total attendance of 654 [1] students.
In 2005, Cobham won the Cantamath competition (a mathematics competition for schools around the Canterbury region) in both the year 7 and 8 competition. Many musicians and singers from this school participate in the Lions Primary School Music Festival.[ citation needed ]
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