Cathedral Grammar School

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Cathedral Grammar School
Motto
Type	Private co-ed primary
Year established	1881
Address	2 Chester Street West, Christchurch.
Principal	Owen B Arnst
School roll	325
Socio-economic decile (10 is high)	n/a
Ministry of Education Institution no.	368
Website	http://www.cathedralgrammar.school.nz/

The Cathedral Grammar School is an independent, Anglican preparatory day school in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was founded in 1881 (making it one of the oldest schools in New Zealand, and probably the oldest primary/intermediate school) for the education of the 24 boy choristers (who hold scholarships) in the choir of Christchurch Cathedral. It still serves that purpose, although it also educates about another 200 boys and girls from Year 1 (age five) to Year 8 (age twelve). The boys are taught in separate classes to the girls from Year 4 (age eight) onwards.

It is one of only two 'choir schools' in the Southern hemisphere, since Christchurch Cathedral is the only Anglican cathedral in New Zealand which has an English-style male-only Cathedral choir (there are also 16 older choristers-6 'Godley scholars',4 paid 'lay clerks' and 4 volunteers). The only other cathedral choir school in the world outside of Britain is that of St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney.

The headmaster is Owen B. Arnst (M.Ed.Admin., B.Ed., Dip.Tchg.).