List of schools in Christchurch

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.

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 July 2026.[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)

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

NameMOEYearsLocationOpenedRollNotes
Addington School32711–6Addington1881340
Avonhead School32871–8Avonhead1959[6]591
Banks Avenue School32891–6Dallington1956[6]357
Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto32911–8Beckenham1915[6]472
Belfast School32921–8Belfast1878437
Bishopdale School32931–6Bishopdale1957[6]171
Breens Intermediate32997–8Bishopdale1976[6]273
Bromley School33021–6Bromley1880359
Burnside Primary School33051–6Burnside1956[7]319
Casebrook Intermediate33097–8Casebrook1966[8]441
Cashmere Primary School33101–8Cashmere1900488
Chisnallwood Intermediate33147–8Avondale1967410
Christchurch East School33171–8Central City1873294
Christchurch South Intermediate33187–8Spreydon1939489
Cobham Intermediate33237–8Burnside1963[6]670
Cotswold School33241–6Bishopdale1968[6]545
Diamond Harbour School33271–8Diamond Harbour1945110
Duvauchelle School33321–6Duvauchelle186025
Elmwood Normal School33341–6Merivale1882[6]541
Gilberthorpe School33461–6Hei Hei1957234
Governors Bay School33541–8Governors Bay186892
Halswell School33661–8Halswell1864733
Harewood School33701–6Harewood1862160
Heathcote Valley School33711–8Heathcote Valley1860188
Heaton Normal Intermediate33727–8Strowan1948538
Hoon Hay School33791–6Hoon Hay1959[9]443
Hornby Primary School33801–6Hornby1895257
Ilam School33841–6Ilam1950378
Isleworth School33851–6Bishopdale1962[6]238
Kirkwood Intermediate33967–8Upper Riccarton1959[6]285
Knights Stream School5791–8Halswell2019[10]647
Linwood Avenue School34131–6Linwood1928[6]337
Little River School34181–8Little River187336
Lyttelton Primary School6861–8Lyttelton2014[11]130
Mairehau School34251–8Mairehau1953379
Marshland School34291–8Marshland1888[6]591
Merrin School34341–8Avonhead1966454
Mount Pleasant School34431–8Mt Pleasant1928386
Ngutuawa School32881–8Woolston2020136
Northcote School34491–6Redwood1960[6]156
Oaklands School34501–8Oaklands1964641
Okains Bay School34521–8Okains Bay18729
Opawa School34551–8Opawa1872367
Ouruhia Model School34641–8Ouruhia191422
Papanui School34661–6Papanui1871[6]230
Paparoa Street School34671–6Papanui1953332
Parkview School34701–8Parklands1977[6]380
Queenspark School34791–8Parklands1977[6]453
Rawhiti School6961–8North New Brighton2015[12]520
Redcliffs School34831–8Redcliffs1907253
Redwood School34841–6Redwood1969290
Riccarton School34851–8Upper Riccarton1873[6]367
Rowley Avenue School34921–6Hoon Hay1973227
Roydvale School34931–6Burnside1967[7]284
Russley School34961–8Russley1963425
Shirley Intermediate35037–8Shirley1934[6]192
Shirley Primary School35041–6Shirley1916364
Somerfield School35061–6Somerfield1911554
South Hornby School35071–6Hornby1962306
South New Brighton School35081–8South New Brighton1922381
Spreydon School35121–6Spreydon1865279
St Albans School35181–6St Albans1873572
St Martins School35341–8St Martins1956[6]477
Sumner School35461–8Sumner1876321
Templeton School35551–8Templeton1861283
Te Waka Unua School6841–8Woolston2015[13]494
Thorrington School35571–6Cashmere1958[6]441
Tūora Fendalton School33381–6Fendalton1875[6]419
Waimairi School35711–6Strowan1914[6]320
Wairakei School35771–6Bryndwr1950[6]202
Waitākiri Primary School6851–6Burwood2014[14]539
Waltham School35811–8Waltham1891256
West Spreydon School35881–6Spreydon1926271
Westburn School35891–8Ilam1962[6]457
Wharenui School35911–8Riccarton1907[6]411
Whītau School34151–6Linwood1908295
Wigram Primary School35051–6Wigram1955[6]482
Yaldhurst Model School36021–8Yaldhurst1876125

State secondary and composite schools

NameMOEYearsGenderLocationOpenedRollNotes
Akaroa Area School3501–13CoedAkaroa1883115
Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery6831–13CoedCentral City2014649Designated Character (s156)
Avonside Girls' High School3249–13GirlsNorth New Brighton19191,088
Burnside High School3199–13CoedBurnside19602,724
Cashmere High School3409–13CoedSomerfield19562,434
Christchurch Boys' High School3279–13BoysFendalton18811,426Boarding
Christchurch Girls' High School3289–13GirlsRiccarton18771,299Boarding
Haeata Community Campus7041–13CoedWainoni2017604
Hagley College3369–13CoedCentral City18582,037Designated Character (s156)[15]
Hillmorton High School3397–13CoedHillmorton1961[6]1,430[16]
Hornby High School3387–13CoedHornby19751,022[17]
Mairehau High School3209–13CoedMairehau1961410
Papanui High School3169–13CoedPapanui19361,416
Riccarton High School3349–13CoedUpper Riccarton19581,103
Shirley Boys' High School3219–13BoysNorth New Brighton19571,315
TKKM o Te Whanau Tahi16181–13CoedSpreydon1990230Kura Kaupapa Māori
TKKM o Whakapūmau42121–13CoedWaltham224Kura Kaupapa Māori
Te Aratai College3377–13CoedPhillipstown19541,260[18]
Te Pā o Rākaihautū7061–13CoedLinwood2015207Kura 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 School821–10CoedChristianAidanfield465
Catholic Cathedral College5317–13CoedCatholicCentral City1987601
Christ The King School33161–8CoedCatholicBurnside1959317
Christchurch Adventist School3171–13CoedAdventistPapanui1925285
Emmanuel Christian School11681–10CoedChristianBishopdale287
Hillview Christian School3411–10CoedChristianSt Martins548
Marian College3439–13GirlsCatholicCentral City[nb 1]1982430
Middleton Grange School3351–13CoedChristianUpper Riccarton19641,385
New Brighton Catholic School34451–8CoedCatholicNew Brighton195
Our Lady of the Assumption School34611–8CoedCatholicHoon Hay327
Our Lady of Victories School34631–8CoedCatholicSockburn1956254
Rudolf Steiner School4191–13CoedWaldorfOpawa1975282
Sacred Heart School32701–8CoedCatholicAddington1877185
Star of the Sea School35441–8CoedCatholicSumner1928101
St Albans Catholic School35171–6CoedCatholicSt Albans1955111
St Anne's School35201–8CoedCatholicWoolston179
St Bede's College3159–13BoysCatholicPapanui1911802Boarding
St Bernadette's School35211–8CoedCatholicHei Hei1962166
St Francis of Assisi Catholic School7381–8CoedCatholicMairehau2016466
St James School35231–6CoedCatholicAranui1965100
St Joseph's School35311–8CoedCatholicPapanui433
St Mark's School41351–8CoedAnglicanOpawa234
St Mary's School35351–8CoedCatholicCentral City1894123
St Patrick's School35371–8CoedCatholicBryndwr171
St Peter's School35421–8CoedCatholicBeckenham1927156
St Teresa's School35431–8CoedCatholicRiccarton171
St Thomas of Canterbury College3317–13BoysCatholicSockburn1961700
Tamariki School41431–8CoedWoolston196649Special Character school, based on principles of A.S. Neill
Villa Maria College3267–13GirlsCatholicUpper Riccarton1918829

Private schools

NameMOEYearsGenderCategoryLocationOpenedRollNotes
Cathedral Grammar School3681–8CoedAnglicanCentral City1881245
Christ's College3309–13BoysAnglicanCentral City1850706Boarding
Jean Seabrook Memorial School21261–8CoedRichmond
Medbury School41181–8BoysIlam1923372Boarding
Nova Montessori School15821–8CoedMontessoriNew Brighton198838
Rangi Ruru Girls' School3257–13GirlsPresbyterianMerivale1889705Boarding
Selwyn House School41381–8GirlsMerivale1929294Boarding
Seven Oaks School6101–8CoedHalswell2009
Seven Oaks Secondary School6959–13CoedHalswell2013[19]
St Andrew's College3181–13CoedPresbyterianStrowan19171,634Boarding
St Margaret's College3331–13GirlsAnglicanMerivale1910867Boarding
St Michael's Church School41361–8CoedAnglicanCentral City1851126

Special schools and teen parent units

NameMOETypeGenderLocationAuthorityRollNotes
Allenvale Special School and Residential Centre3275Intellectual impairmentsCoedBryndwrState135
Ferndale School3339Intellectual impairmentsCoedMerivaleState141
Halswell Residential College522Intellectual impairmentsBoysAidanfieldState13
Kimihia Parents' College2761Teen Parent UnitWoolstonState0[nb 2]
Kingslea School518Learning / Social DifficultiesCoedShirleyState123
Southern Regional Health School1631Hospital schoolCoedHillmortonState20
Ko Taku Reo903Deaf / Hearing-impairedCoedSumnerState104

Former schools

  • Aorangi School in Bryndwr closed on 27 January 2010, with pupils disbursing to other schools.[20]
  • Birch Grove School – closed and merged with Mairehau School, April 2004[21]
  • Branston Intermediate, state intermediate at Hornby, closed in January 2014 as part of state school network review; Hornby High School added Years 7 and 8 as a result.[22] In July 2017, South Hornby School relocated to the former school site.
  • Burwood School, state contributing primary at Burwood, merged with Windsor School in January 2014 to form Waitakiri Primary School.[14]
  • Central New Brighton School, state full primary in New Brighton, merged with Freeville School and North New Brighton School in January 2015 to form Rawhiti School.[12]
  • Christchurch West High School, amalgamated with Technical High School in 1965 to become Hagley High School (now Hagley Community College)
  • Freeville School, state full primary in New Brighton, merged with Central New Brighton School and North New Brighton School in January 2015 to form Rawhiti School.[12]
  • Glenelg Health Came School, Hillsborough – closed January 2012.[23]
  • Glenmoor School, state contributing primary at Mairehau, closed in January 2014 as part of state school network review.[24]
  • Hammersley Park School, state contributing primary in Shirley – closed voluntarily in January 2013 due to declining roll numbers and uneconomic costs to repair earthquake damage.[25][26]
  • Kendal School, state contributing primary at Burnside, closed in January 2014 as part of state school network review.[27]
  • Le Bons Bay School, state full primary on Banks Peninsula – closed voluntarily in January 2013 due to declining roll numbers.[28][29]
  • Linwood Intermediate, state intermediate at Linwood, closed in January 2014 as part of state school network review; Linwood College added Years 7 and 8 as a result.[30]
  • Lyttelton Main School, state full primary in Lyttelton, merged with Lyttelton West School in May 2014 to form Lyttelton Primary School.[11]
  • Lyttelton West School, state full primary in Lyttelton, merged with Lyttelton Main School in May 2014 to form Lyttelton Primary School.[11]
  • Manning Intermediate, state intermediate at Hoon Hay, closed in January 2014 as part of state school network review; Hillmorton High School added Years 7 and 8 as a result.[31]
  • Marylands School
  • McKenzie Residential School, special school for learning and social difficulties in Russley, closed in January 2013.[21]
  • North New Brighton School, state full primary in New Brighton, merged with Freeville School and Central New Brighton School in January 2015 to form Rawhiti School.[12]
  • Our Lady of Fatima School, state-integrated Catholic full primary in Mairehau – merged with St Paul's School in January 2016 to form St Francis of Assisi Catholic School.
  • Phillipstown School, state full primary school in Phillipstown merged with Woolston School in January 2015 to form Te Waka Unua School.[32]
  • Richmond School, state contributing primary at Richmond, closed in January 2014 as part of state school network review.[33]
  • A private primary school was opened in 1861 by Edward Morgan in Halswell. Likely closed by 1863, as it was on the site of Craythorne's Hotel.[34][35]
  • Sacred Heart College, opened 1959, amalgamated with Xavier College in 1987 to form Catholic Cathedral College.[36][37]
  • St Joseph's School, Barbadoes St, Christchurch.
  • St Paul's School, state-integrated Catholic full primary in Dallington – school site was red-zoned after 2011 earthquake and temporarily moved to Edgeware; merged with Our Lady of Fatima School in January 2016 to form St Francis of Assisi Catholic School.
  • Sydenham School, once the largest school in New Zealand, stood on the corner of Colombo and Brougham Streets. Closed December 2000.[38]
  • St Joseph's School, Lyttelton, closed January 2009.[39]
  • Xavier College, opened 1945, amalgamated with Sacred Heart College in 1987 to form Catholic Cathedral College.[37][40]
  • Windsor School, state contributing primary at Burwood, merged with Burwood School in January 2014 to form Waitakiri Primary School.[14]
  • Woolston School, state full primary school in Woolston, merged with Phillipstown School in January 2015 to form Te Waka Unua School.[41]

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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