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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.
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 August 2024.[5] The Ministry of Education institution number links to Education Counts page for each school.
All state primary and intermediate schools in Christchurch (and New Zealand) are coeducational.
Name | MOE | Years | Location | Opened | Roll | Notes |
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Addington School | 3271 | 1–6 | Addington | 1881 | 356 | |
Avonhead School | 3287 | 1–8 | Avonhead | 1959[6] | 611 | |
Banks Avenue School | 3289 | 1–6 | Dallington | 1956[6] | 408 | |
Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto | 3291 | 1–8 | Beckenham | 1915[6] | 501 | |
Belfast School | 3292 | 1–8 | Belfast | 1878 | 462 | |
Bishopdale School | 3293 | 1–6 | Bishopdale | 1957[6] | 177 | |
Breens Intermediate | 3299 | 7–8 | Bishopdale | 1976[6] | 281 | |
Bromley School | 3302 | 1–6 | Bromley | 1880 | 372 | |
Burnside Primary School | 3305 | 1–6 | Burnside | 1956[7] | 329 | |
Casebrook Intermediate | 3309 | 7–8 | Casebrook | 1966[8] | 460 | |
Cashmere Primary School | 3310 | 1–8 | Cashmere | 1900 | 430 | |
Chisnallwood Intermediate | 3314 | 7–8 | Avondale | 1967 | 475 | |
Christchurch East School | 3317 | 1–8 | Central City | 1873 | 335 | |
Christchurch South Intermediate | 3318 | 7–8 | Spreydon | 1939 | 511 | |
Cobham Intermediate | 3323 | 7–8 | Burnside | 1963[6] | 654 | |
Cotswold School | 3324 | 1–6 | Bishopdale | 1968[6] | 532 | |
Diamond Harbour School | 3327 | 1–8 | Diamond Harbour | 1945 | 112 | |
Duvauchelle School | 3332 | 1–6 | Duvauchelle | 1860 | 31 | |
Elmwood Normal School | 3334 | 1–6 | Merivale | 1882[6] | 506 | |
Fendalton Open Air School | 3338 | 1–6 | Fendalton | 1875[6] | 446 | |
Gilberthorpe School | 3346 | 1–6 | Hei Hei | 1957 | 217 | |
Governors Bay School | 3354 | 1–8 | Governors Bay | 1868 | 89 | |
Halswell School | 3366 | 1–8 | Halswell | 1864 | 687 | |
Harewood School | 3370 | 1–6 | Harewood | 1862 | 172 | |
Heathcote Valley School | 3371 | 1–8 | Heathcote Valley | 1860 | 201 | |
Heaton Normal Intermediate | 3372 | 7–8 | Strowan | 1948 | 541 | |
Hoon Hay School | 3379 | 1–6 | Hoon Hay | 1959[9] | 453 | |
Hornby Primary School | 3380 | 1–6 | Hornby | 1895 | 248 | |
Ilam School | 3384 | 1–6 | Ilam | 1950 | 411 | |
Isleworth School | 3385 | 1–6 | Bishopdale | 1962[6] | 237 | |
Kirkwood Intermediate | 3396 | 7–8 | Upper Riccarton | 1959[6] | 296 | |
Knights Stream School | 579 | 1–8 | Halswell | 2019[10] | 573 | |
Linwood Avenue School | 3413 | 1–6 | Linwood | 1928[6] | 357 | |
Little River School | 3418 | 1–8 | Little River | 1873 | 55 | |
Lyttelton Primary School | 686 | 1–8 | Lyttelton | 2014[11] | 187 | |
Mairehau School | 3425 | 1–8 | Mairehau | 1953 | 377 | |
Marshland School | 3429 | 1–8 | Marshland | 1888[6] | 562 | |
Merrin School | 3434 | 1–8 | Avonhead | 1966 | 491 | |
Mount Pleasant School | 3443 | 1–8 | Mt Pleasant | 1928 | 360 | |
Ngutuawa School | 3288 | 1–8 | Woolston | 2020 | 151 | |
Northcote School | 3449 | 1–6 | Redwood | 1960[6] | 152 | |
Oaklands School | 3450 | 1–8 | Oaklands | 1964 | 630 | |
Okains Bay School | 3452 | 1–8 | Okains Bay | 1872 | 5 | |
Opawa School | 3455 | 1–8 | Opawa | 1872 | 343 | |
Ouruhia Model School | 3464 | 1–8 | Ouruhia | 1914 | 49 | |
Papanui School | 3466 | 1–6 | Papanui | 1871[6] | 213 | |
Paparoa Street School | 3467 | 1–6 | Papanui | 1953 | 392 | |
Parkview School | 3470 | 1–8 | Parklands | 1977[6] | 380 | |
Queenspark School | 3479 | 1–8 | Parklands | 1977[6] | 487 | |
Rawhiti School | 696 | 1–8 | North New Brighton | 2015[12] | 555 | |
Redcliffs School | 3483 | 1–8 | Redcliffs | 1907 | 225 | |
Redwood School | 3484 | 1–6 | Redwood | 1969 | 300 | |
Riccarton School | 3485 | 1–8 | Upper Riccarton | 1873[6] | 364 | |
Rowley Avenue School | 3492 | 1–6 | Hoon Hay | 1973 | 194 | |
Roydvale School | 3493 | 1–6 | Burnside | 1967[7] | 288 | |
Russley School | 3496 | 1–8 | Russley | 1963 | 464 | |
Shirley Intermediate | 3503 | 7–8 | Shirley | 1934[6] | 197 | |
Shirley Primary School | 3504 | 1–6 | Shirley | 1916 | 357 | |
Somerfield School | 3506 | 1–6 | Somerfield | 1911 | 501 | |
South Hornby School | 3507 | 1–6 | Hornby | 1962 | 307 | |
South New Brighton School | 3508 | 1–8 | South New Brighton | 1922 | 419 | |
Spreydon School | 3512 | 1–6 | Spreydon | 1865 | 278 | |
St Albans School | 3518 | 1–6 | St Albans | 1873 | 568 | |
St Martins School | 3534 | 1–8 | St Martins | 1956[6] | 505 | |
Sumner School | 3546 | 1–8 | Sumner | 1876 | 367 | |
Templeton School | 3555 | 1–8 | Templeton | 1861 | 311 | |
Te Waka Unua School | 684 | 1–8 | Woolston | 2015[13] | 473 | |
Thorrington School | 3557 | 1–6 | Cashmere | 1958[6] | 423 | |
Waimairi School | 3571 | 1–6 | Strowan | 1914[6] | 368 | |
Wairakei School | 3577 | 1–6 | Bryndwr | 1950[6] | 199 | |
Waitākiri Primary School | 685 | 1–6 | Burwood | 2014[14] | 569 | |
Waltham School | 3581 | 1–8 | Waltham | 1891 | 273 | |
West Spreydon School | 3588 | 1–6 | Spreydon | 1926 | 293 | |
Westburn School | 3589 | 1–8 | Ilam | 1962[6] | 480 | |
Wharenui School | 3591 | 1–8 | Riccarton | 1907[6] | 458 | |
Whītau School | 3415 | 1–6 | Linwood | 1908 | 325 | |
Wigram Primary School | 3505 | 1–6 | Wigram | 1955[6] | 486 | |
Yaldhurst Model School | 3602 | 1–8 | Yaldhurst | 1876 | 108 |
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.
Name | MOE | Years | Gender | Category | Location | Opened | Roll | Notes |
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Aidanfield Christian School | 82 | 1–10 | Coed | Christian | Aidanfield | 441 | ||
Catholic Cathedral College | 531 | 7–13 | Coed | Catholic | Central City | 1987 | 589 | |
Christ The King School | 3316 | 1–8 | Coed | Catholic | Burnside | 1959 | 323 | |
Christchurch Adventist School | 317 | 1–13 | Coed | Adventist | Papanui | 1925 | 274 | |
Emmanuel Christian School | 1168 | 1–10 | Coed | Christian | Bishopdale | 267 | ||
Hillview Christian School | 341 | 1–10 | Coed | Christian | St Martins | 553 | ||
Marian College | 343 | 9–13 | Girls | Catholic | Central City[nb 1] | 1982 | 424 | |
Middleton Grange School | 335 | 1–13 | Coed | Christian | Upper Riccarton | 1964 | 1395 | |
New Brighton Catholic School | 3445 | 1–8 | Coed | Catholic | New Brighton | 208 | ||
Our Lady of the Assumption School | 3461 | 1–8 | Coed | Catholic | Hoon Hay | 332 | ||
Our Lady of Victories School | 3463 | 1–8 | Coed | Catholic | Sockburn | 1956 | 257 | |
Rudolf Steiner School | 419 | 1–13 | Coed | Waldorf | Opawa | 1975 | 318 | |
Sacred Heart School | 3270 | 1–8 | Coed | Catholic | Addington | 1877 | 184 | |
Star of the Sea School | 3544 | 1–8 | Coed | Catholic | Sumner | 1928 | 82 | |
St Albans Catholic School | 3517 | 1–6 | Coed | Catholic | St Albans | 1955 | 109 | |
St Anne's School | 3520 | 1–8 | Coed | Catholic | Woolston | 178 | ||
St Bede's College | 315 | 9–13 | Boys | Catholic | Papanui | 1911 | 814 | Boarding |
St Bernadette's School | 3521 | 1–8 | Coed | Catholic | Hei Hei | 1962 | 147 | |
St Francis of Assisi Catholic School | 738 | 1–8 | Coed | Catholic | Mairehau | 2016 | 450 | |
St James School | 3523 | 1–6 | Coed | Catholic | Aranui | 1965 | 111 | |
St Joseph's School | 3531 | 1–8 | Coed | Catholic | Papanui | 439 | ||
St Mark's School | 4135 | 1–8 | Coed | Anglican | Opawa | 235 | ||
St Mary's School | 3535 | 1–8 | Coed | Catholic | Central City | 1894 | 121 | |
St Patrick's School | 3537 | 1–8 | Coed | Catholic | Bryndwr | 180 | ||
St Peter's School | 3542 | 1–8 | Coed | Catholic | Beckenham | 1927 | 171 | |
St Teresa's School | 3543 | 1–8 | Coed | Catholic | Riccarton | 174 | ||
St Thomas of Canterbury College | 331 | 7–13 | Boys | Catholic | Sockburn | 1961 | 688 | |
Tamariki School | 4143 | 1–8 | Coed | Woolston | 1966 | 52 | Special Character school, based on principles of A.S. Neill | |
Villa Maria College | 326 | 7–13 | Girls | Catholic | Upper Riccarton | 1918 | 827 |
Name | MOE | Years | Gender | Category | Location | Opened | Roll | Notes |
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Cathedral Grammar School | 368 | 1–8 | Coed | Anglican | Central City | 1881 | 280 | |
Christ's College | 330 | 9–13 | Boys | Anglican | Central City | 1850 | 739 | Boarding |
Jean Seabrook Memorial School | 2126 | 1–8 | Coed | Richmond | ||||
Medbury School | 4118 | 1–8 | Boys | Ilam | 1923 | 387 | Boarding | |
Nova Montessori School | 1582 | 1–8 | Coed | Montessori | New Brighton | 1988 | 43 | |
Rangi Ruru Girls' School | 325 | 7–13 | Girls | Presbyterian | Merivale | 1889 | 703 | Boarding |
Selwyn House School | 4138 | 1–8 | Girls | Merivale | 1929 | 303 | Boarding | |
Seven Oaks School | 610 | 1–8 | Coed | Halswell | 2009 | 46 | ||
Seven Oaks Secondary School | 695 | 9–13 | Coed | Halswell | 2013 | 0 | [19] | |
St Andrew's College | 318 | 1–13 | Coed | Presbyterian | Strowan | 1917 | 1611 | Boarding |
St Margaret's College | 333 | 1–13 | Girls | Anglican | Merivale | 1910 | 848 | Boarding |
St Michael's Church School | 4136 | 1–8 | Coed | Anglican | Central City | 1851 | 165 |
Name | MOE | Type | Gender | Location | Authority | Roll | Notes |
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Allenvale Special School and Residential Centre | 3275 | Intellectual impairments | Coed | Bryndwr | State | 131 | |
Ferndale School | 3339 | Intellectual impairments | Coed | Merivale | State | 132 | |
Halswell Residential College | 522 | Intellectual impairments | Boys | Aidanfield | State | 11 | |
Kimihia Parents' College | 2761 | Teen Parent Unit | Woolston | State | 0[nb 2] | ||
Kingslea School | 518 | Learning / Social Difficulties | Coed | Shirley | State | 139 | |
Southern Regional Health School | 1631 | Hospital school | Coed | Hillmorton | State | 19 | |
Ko Taku Reo | 903 | Deaf / Hearing-impaired | Coed | Sumner | State | 118 |
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]