List of schools in Christchurch

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There are 145 schools in Christchurch, New Zealand's second most-populous city, serving approximately 59,000 primary and secondary school students. [1] Most schools are large urban schools based in the city of Christchurch itself, including some of the largest in the country, with several small rural primary schools and a combined primary/secondary school on Banks Peninsula.

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In New Zealand schools, students begin formal education in Year 0 or Year 1 at the age of five depending on the school. [2] Year 13 is the final year of formal education. The thirteen years of formal education are generally broken up into primary education (Years 1 to 8) and secondary education (Years 9 to 13). Generally, students complete Years 1 to 6 at a primary school and Years 9 to 13 at a secondary school. Years 7 and 8 may be taken at a primary school, secondary school, or a separate intermediate school. There are also composite schools which cover both primary and secondary education.

State schools are those fully funded by the government and at which no fees for tuition of domestic students (i.e. New Zealand citizens and permanent residents, and Australian citizens) can be charged, although a donation is commonly requested. [3] A state integrated school is a former private school with a special character based on a religious or philosophical belief that has been integrated into the state system. Private schools charge fees to its students for tuition, as do state and state integrated schools for tuition of international students. [4] In Christchurch, approximately 77 percent of students attend state schools, 15.5 percent attend state integrated schools, and 7.5 percent attend private schools. [1]

The roll of each school changes frequently as students start school for the first time, move between schools, and graduate or drop out. The rolls given here are those provided by the Ministry of Education, and are based on figures from April 2023. [5] The Ministry of Education institution number links to Education Counts page for each school.

State schools

State primary and intermediate schools

Cobham Intermediate School (centre) and Burnside Primary School (foreground) Cobham Intermediate School 034.jpg
Cobham Intermediate School (centre) and Burnside Primary School (foreground)

All state primary and intermediate schools in Christchurch (and New Zealand) are coeducational.

NameMOEYearsLocationOpenedRollNotes
Addington School 3271 1–6 Addington 1881278
Avonhead School 3287 1–8 Avonhead 1959 [6] 577
Banks Avenue School 3289 1–6 Dallington 1956 [6] 344
Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto 3291 1–8 Beckenham 1915 [6] 481
Belfast School 3292 1–8 Belfast 1878441
Bishopdale School 3293 1–6 Bishopdale 1957 [6] 150
Breens Intermediate 3299 7–8 Bishopdale 1976 [6] 265
Bromley School 3302 1–6 Bromley 1880342
Burnside Primary School 3305 1–6 Burnside 1956 [7] 315
Casebrook Intermediate 3309 7–8 Casebrook 1966 [8] 470
Cashmere Primary School 3310 1–8 Cashmere 1900384
Chisnallwood Intermediate 3314 7–8 Avondale 1967596
Christchurch East School 3317 1–8 Central City 1873278
Christchurch South Intermediate 3318 7–8 Spreydon 1939497
Cobham Intermediate 3323 7–8 Burnside 1963 [6] 636
Cotswold School 3324 1–6 Bishopdale 1968 [6] 498
Diamond Harbour School 3327 1–8 Diamond Harbour 1945105
Duvauchelle School 3332 1–6 Duvauchelle 186040
Elmwood Normal School 3334 1–6 Merivale 1882 [6] 468
Fendalton Open Air School 3338 1–6 Fendalton 1875 [6] 403
Gilberthorpe School 3346 1–6 Hei Hei 1957209
Governors Bay School 3354 1–8 Governors Bay 186888
Halswell School 3366 1–8 Halswell 1864641
Harewood School 3370 1–6 Harewood 1862176
Heathcote Valley School 3371 1–8 Heathcote Valley 1860199
Heaton Normal Intermediate 3372 7–8 Strowan 1948535
Hoon Hay School 3379 1–6 Hoon Hay 1959 [9] 421
Hornby Primary School 3380 1–6 Hornby 1895224
Ilam School 3384 1–6 Ilam 1950400
Isleworth School 3385 1–6 Bishopdale 1962 [6] 237
Kirkwood Intermediate 3396 7–8 Upper Riccarton 1959 [6] 327
Knights Stream School 579 1–8 Halswell 2019 [10] 405
Linwood Avenue School 3413 1–6 Linwood 1928 [6] 333
Little River School 3418 1–8 Little River 187362
Lyttelton Primary School 686 1–8 Lyttelton 2014 [11] 184
Mairehau School 3425 1–8 Mairehau 1953369
Marshland School 3429 1–8 Marshland 1888 [6] 491
Merrin School 3434 1–8 Avonhead 1966471
Mount Pleasant School 3443 1–8 Mt Pleasant 1928338
Ngutuawa School 3288 1–8 Woolston 2020142
Northcote School 3449 1–6 Redwood 1960 [6] 136
Oaklands School 3450 1–8 Oaklands 1964545
Okains Bay School 3452 1–8 Okains Bay 18727
Opawa School 3455 1–8 Opawa 1872303
Ouruhia Model School 3464 1–8 Ouruhia 191454
Papanui School 3466 1–6 Papanui 1871 [6] 215
Paparoa Street School 3467 1–6 Papanui 1953382
Parkview School 3470 1–8 Parklands 1977 [6] 389
Queenspark School 3479 1–8 Parklands 1977 [6] 508
Rawhiti School 696 1–8 North New Brighton 2015 [12] 524
Redcliffs School 3483 1–8 Redcliffs 1907210
Redwood School 3484 1–6 Redwood 1969260
Riccarton School 3485 1–8 Upper Riccarton 1873 [6] 281
Rowley Avenue School 3492 1–6 Hoon Hay 1973145
Roydvale School 3493 1–6 Burnside 1967 [7] 259
Russley School 3496 1–8 Russley 1963428
Shirley Intermediate 3503 7–8 Shirley 1934 [6] 169
Shirley Primary School 3504 1–6 Shirley 1916318
Somerfield School 3506 1–6 Somerfield 1911455
South Hornby School 3507 1–6 Hornby 1962281
South New Brighton School 3508 1–8 South New Brighton 1922422
Spreydon School 3512 1–6 Spreydon 1865251
St Albans School 3518 1–6 St Albans 1873499
St Martins School 3534 1–8 St Martins 1956 [6] 468
Sumner School 3546 1–8 Sumner 1876326
Templeton School 3555 1–8 Templeton 1861307
Te Waka Unua School 684 1–8 Woolston 2015 [13] 459
Thorrington School 3557 1–6 Cashmere 1958 [6] 388
Waimairi School 3571 1–6 Strowan 1914 [6] 347
Wairakei School 3577 1–6 Bryndwr 1950 [6] 182
Waitākiri Primary School 685 1–6 Burwood 2014 [14] 535
Waltham School 3581 1–8 Waltham 1891262
West Spreydon School 3588 1–6 Spreydon 1926256
Westburn School 3589 1–8 Ilam 1962 [6] 456
Wharenui School 3591 1–8 Riccarton 1907 [6] 354
Whītau School 3415 1–6 Linwood 1908289
Wigram Primary School 3505 1–6 Wigram 1955 [6] 388
Yaldhurst Model School 3602 1–8 Yaldhurst 1876114

State secondary and composite schools

NameMOEYearsGenderLocationOpenedRollNotes
Akaroa Area School 350 1–13Coed Akaroa 1883125
Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery 683 1–13Coed Central City 2014658 Designated Character (s156)
Avonside Girls' High School 324 9–13Girls North New Brighton 19191125
Burnside High School 319 9–13Coed Burnside 19602419
Cashmere High School 340 9–13Coed Somerfield 19562220
Christchurch Boys' High School 327 9–13Boys Fendalton 18811425Boarding
Christchurch Girls' High School 328 9–13Girls Riccarton 18771237Boarding
Haeata Community Campus 704 1–13Coed Wainoni 2017546
Hagley College 336 9–13CoedCentral City18581928 Designated Character (s156) [15]
Hillmorton High School 339 7–13Coed Hillmorton 1961 [6] 1179 [16]
Hornby High School 338 7–13Coed Hornby 1975809 [17]
Mairehau High School 320 9–13CoedMairehau1961399
Papanui High School 316 9–13Coed Papanui 19361529
Riccarton High School 334 9–13Coed Upper Riccarton 19581023
Shirley Boys' High School 321 9–13Boys North New Brighton 19571313
TKKM o Te Whanau Tahi 1618 1–13Coed Spreydon 1990170Kura Kaupapa Māori
TKKM o Whakapūmau 4212 1–13Coed Waltham 188Kura Kaupapa Māori
Te Aratai College 337 7–13Coed Phillipstown 19541012 [18]
Te Pā o Rākaihautū 706 1–13CoedLinwood2015206Kura ā Iwi. Designated Character (s156)

State-integrated schools

State-integrated schools are former private schools with a special character based on a religious or philosophical belief that has been integrated into the state system under the Private Schools Conditional Integration Act 1975. They were established in the early 1970s as a response to the near-collapse of the country's then private Catholic school system, which had run into financial difficulties. The majority of state-integrated schools in Christchurch (and New Zealand) continue to be Catholic schools.

State integrated schools charge "attendance dues" to cover the building and maintenance of school buildings, which are not owned by the government, but otherwise they like state schools cannot charge fees for tuition of domestic students but may request a donation.

NameMOEYearsGenderCategoryLocationOpenedRollNotes
Aidanfield Christian School 82 1–10CoedChristian Aidanfield 400
Catholic Cathedral College 531 7–13CoedCatholic Central City 1987513
Christ The King School 3316 1–8CoedCatholic Burnside 1959317
Christchurch Adventist School 317 1–13CoedAdventist Papanui 1925262
Emmanuel Christian School 1168 1–10CoedChristian Bishopdale 256
Hillview Christian School 341 1–10CoedChristian St Martins 527
Marian College 343 9–13GirlsCatholic Central City [nb 1] 1982417
Middleton Grange School 335 1–13CoedChristian Upper Riccarton 19641387
New Brighton Catholic School 3445 1–8CoedCatholic New Brighton 192
Our Lady of the Assumption School 3461 1–8CoedCatholic Hoon Hay 287
Our Lady of Victories School 3463 1–8CoedCatholic Sockburn 1956252
Rudolf Steiner School 419 1–13CoedWaldorf Opawa 1975351
Sacred Heart School 3270 1–8CoedCatholic Addington 1877185
Star of the Sea School 3544 1–8CoedCatholic Sumner 192886
St Albans Catholic School 3517 1–6CoedCatholic St Albans 1955111
St Anne's School 3520 1–8CoedCatholic Woolston 164
St Bede's College 315 9–13BoysCatholic Papanui 1911823Boarding
St Bernadette's School 3521 1–8CoedCatholic Hei Hei 1962106
St Francis of Assisi Catholic School 738 1–8CoedCatholic Mairehau 2016389
St James School 3523 1–6CoedCatholic Aranui 1965107
St Joseph's School 3531 1–8CoedCatholic Papanui 419
St Mark's School 4135 1–8CoedAnglican Opawa 216
St Mary's School 3535 1–8CoedCatholic Central City 1894122
St Patrick's School 3537 1–8CoedCatholic Bryndwr 174
St Peter's School 3542 1–8CoedCatholic Beckenham 1927153
St Teresa's School 3543 1–8CoedCatholic Riccarton 172
St Thomas of Canterbury College 331 7–13BoysCatholic Sockburn 1961665
Tamariki School 4143 1–8Coed Woolston 196650 Special Character school, based on principles of A.S. Neill
Villa Maria College 326 7–13GirlsCatholic Upper Riccarton 1918824

Private schools

NameMOEYearsGenderCategoryLocationOpenedRollNotes
Cathedral Grammar School 368 1–8CoedAnglican Central City 1881269
Christ's College 330 9–13BoysAnglican Central City 1850709Boarding
Jean Seabrook Memorial School 2126 1–8Coed Richmond
Medbury School 4118 1–8Boys Ilam 1923400Boarding
Nova Montessori School 1582 1–8CoedMontessori New Brighton 198853
Rangi Ruru Girls' School 325 7–13GirlsPresbyterian Merivale 1889703Boarding
Selwyn House School 4138 1–8Girls Merivale 1929288Boarding
Seven Oaks School 610 1–8Coed Halswell 200976
Seven Oaks Secondary School 695 9–13Coed Halswell 20130 [19]
St Andrew's College 318 1–13CoedPresbyterian Strowan 19171603Boarding
St Margaret's College 333 1–13GirlsAnglican Merivale 1910843Boarding
St Michael's Church School 4136 1–8CoedAnglican Central City 1851158

Special schools and teen parent units

NameMOETypeGenderLocationAuthorityRollNotes
Allenvale Special School and Residential Centre 3275 Intellectual impairmentsCoed Bryndwr State141
Ferndale School 3339 Intellectual impairmentsCoedMerivaleState133
Halswell Residential College 522 Intellectual impairmentsBoys Aidanfield State18
Kimihia Parents' College 2761 Teen Parent UnitWoolstonState0 [nb 2]
Kingslea School 518 Learning / Social DifficultiesCoed Shirley State138
Southern Regional Health School 1631 Hospital school Coed Hillmorton State18
Ko Taku Reo 903 Deaf / Hearing-impairedCoed Sumner State123

Former schools

2013 state school network review

During 2013, Education Minister Hekia Parata announced a multitude of proposed changes to the state school network in Christchurch. In addition, Parata announced changes to some schools in the Selwyn and Waimakariri Districts. [42] [41]

In January 2014, six schools closed, four schools merged into two, and three schools added years in the first phase of changes. A third merger between Lyttelton Main School and Lyttelton West School took effective on 5 May 2014. The minister also confirmed and gazetted that Phillipstown School and Woolston School would merge on the Woolston site in January 2014. [32] However, in June 2013, Phillipstown School asked the High Court for a judicial review, claiming Parata had acted illegally and made errors in her decision to close and merge the school. The review was accepted by the court, [43] and the hearing began on 30 September 2013. On 10 October 2013, the High Court ruled in favour of Phillipstown School and overruled the Minister's decision. [44] However, the merger went ahead, and on 2 February 2015, Te Waka Unua opened as the merged school on the site of the former Woolston School. [13]

Footnotes

Notes

  1. Marian College is currently based in the spare capacity at Catholic Cathedral College, after damage and liquefaction from the 2011 Christchurch earthquake deemed the existing site in Shirley unusable. A new site is being built near St Bede's College with expected completion in 2023.
  2. Teen Parent Unit rolls are returned with their host school. In the case of Kimihia Parent's College, the host school is Linwood College.

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