Middleton Grange School

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Middleton Grange School
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Middleton Grange School in 2024
Address
Middleton Grange School
30 Acacia Avenue
Upper Riccarton
Christchurch 8041
New Zealand
Coordinates 43°32′13″S172°34′34″E / 43.5369°S 172.5760°E / -43.5369; 172.5760
Information
Type State Integrated Composite(Years 1–13)
MottoIn thy light shall we see light
Established1964
Ministry of Education Institution no. 335
PrincipalMike Vannoort
School roll1395 [1] (August 2024)
Socio-economic decile9Q [2]
Website middleton.school.nz

Middleton Grange School (abbreviated MGS) in Christchurch, New Zealand, is a state-integrated Christian co-educational Year 1 to 13 school. It's currently New Zealand's largest evangelical Christian school.

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History

Established in 1964 by the Christian Schools Trust, as an independent Christian school and became integrated into the state system in 1996.

Middleton Grange School belongs to the Christchurch Christian Schools Network (CSN) and the New Zealand Association for Christian Schools (NZACS).

The school premises used to house the Christchurch headquarters of the Maxim Institute, a conservative Christian thinktank. Bruce Logan was once Middleton Grange's former curriculum director.

In 2010, the school was ordered to apologise and compensate a former employee for firing him because of his homosexuality. [3]

In 2018, the school held a mufti day for a gold coin donation called 'dress as refugees' to support World Vision. The school asked students to dress as refuges in old ragged cloths. The former principal Richard Vanderpyl said that the mufti say was a good way to develop understanding and compassion is to experience a little bit of what it feels like to be poor. The school received two complaints from parents due to the mufti day. [4]

Structure

Middleton Grange School's academic structure consists of four departments, Primary School, Middle School, Senior College and International College.

Primary School consists of students from years 1–6, Middle School consists of students from years 7–10 and Senior College consists of students from years 11–13.

Primary School, Middle School and Senior College all have separate heads. The Head of Primary School is Christine Buckley, the Head of Middle School is Tony Kendrew, and the Head of Senior College is Shane McConnell. [5]

Years 7–13 all have Deans or Learning Team Leaders for each year. The current principal is Mike Vannoort.

Academics

As a state-integrated school, Middleton Grange follows the New Zealand Curriculum (NZC). In Years 11 to 13, students complete the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA), the main secondary school qualification in New Zealand

Attendance

Primary School

Each year group in the primary school approximately 48 pupils

Attendance of 1 July 2019 [6]
Year GroupAttendance
146
239
348
455
546
655

Middle School (Year 7–10)

Each year group has on average 124 pupils

Attendance of 1 July 2019 [6]
Year GroupAttendance
7110
8108
9127
10133

Senior College (Year 11–13)

Each year group has 197 pupils on average

Attendance of 1 July 2019 [6]
Year GroupAttendance
11208
12192
13179

In total, the school has 1346 pupils

Houses

Pupils and teachers are divided into specific houses which then compete in (mostly) sporting and cultural activities. There are four of these, named after early British explorers of Antarctica, as Robert Falcon Scott stayed at Middleton Grange's original gentry house before embarking on his ill-fated expedition.

Middleton Grange House Names & their Colours
ScottNamed after Robert Falcon Scott CVO (6 June 1868 – 29 March 1912), who was a British Royal Naval officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery Expedition, 1901–04, and the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition, 1910–13.
WilsonNamed after Dr Edward Adrian Wilson ("Uncle Bill") (23 July 1872 – 29 March 1912). He was a notable English polar explorer, physician, naturalist, painter and ornithologist.
ShackletonNamed after Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton CVO OBE, (15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922), an Anglo-Irish explorer who was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.
BowenNamed after Sir Charles Bowen (1830 – 12 December 1917). He was a prominent mountaineer and explorer of the Andes, and a Christchurch City Council member.

Notable alumni

Notable staff

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References

  1. ↑ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  2. ↑ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Gay coach sacked from Christian school". The Press . 21 July 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  4. ↑ "'Dress as refugees' day defended by school principal". Newshub. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  5. ↑ "Senior Leadership Team". Middleton Grange School. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  6. 1 2 3 Counts, Education. "Ministry of Education – Education Counts". www.educationcounts.govt.nz. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  7. ↑ "Charges against Graham Capill allege decade of abuse". New Zealand Herald. 11 June 2005. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
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