List of schools in Christchurch

There are 152 schools in Christchurch, New Zealand's second most-populous city, serving approximately 57,500 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 1 at the age of five.^[2] Year 13 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). In Christchurch, primary education is generally served by a combination of contributing primary schools (Years 1–6), full primary schools (Years 1–8), and intermediate schools (Years 7 and 8), while secondary schools serving Years 9-13 cater for secondary education. There are also a smaller number of combined intermediate and secondary schools serving Years 7-13; composite schools (combined primary and secondary schools) serving Years 1-13; special schools serving children with visual, hearing and intellectual impairments, learning difficulties and behaviourial problems; and teen parent units, providing education and support for teenage parents.

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. 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. 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 November 2015.^[5] The Ministry of Education institution number links to the Te Kete Ipurangi page for each school.

Note that due to the effects of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, some schools that were located in the central city and the eastern suburbs of the city have temporarily moved to other locations due to structural and/or land damage at their existing sites, and these changes are noted below. Throughout 2013, the state school network in Christchurch has been reviewed by the Government, with six schools due to close, six schools merging to form three schools, and another three schools adding years in January 2014.

Primary schools

Contributing primary schools (Year 1–6)

The 37 contributing primary schools cover the first six years of primary education, from age 5 to age 11. Students normally progress afterwards to an intermediate school, though some may go to a combined intermediate and secondary school. The majority are state schools, but there are two integrated contributing primary schools.

Full primary schools (Year 1–8)

Intermediate schools (Years 7–8)

Secondary schools

Year 7–13

Year 9–13

Christchurch Boys' High School

The fourteen Year 9–13 secondary schools in Christchurch serve all five years of secondary education. They are a mixture of state, integrated and private schools, both coeducational and single sex.

Composite schools

St Andrew's College

The eleven composite schools in Christchurch each cover both primary and secondary education. The majority of them are private or state-integrated, although four are state schools, including two Kura Kaupapa Māori and an area school in Akaroa.

Special schools and teen parent units

Former schools

• Aorangi School in Bryndwr closed on 27 January 2010, with pupils disbursing to other schools.^[10]
• Birch Grove School – closed and merged with Mairehau School, April 2004^[11]
• Branston Intermediate, state intermediate at Hornby, closed in January 2014 as part of state school network review.^[12]
• Burwood School, state contributing primary at Burwood, merged with Windsor School in January 2014 to form Waitakiri Primary School.^[13]
• 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.^[14]
• 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.^[14]
• Glenelg Health Came School, Hillsborough – closed January 2012.^[15]
• Glenmoor School, state contributing primary at Mairehau, closed in January 2014 as part of state school network review.^[16]
• 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.^[17][18]
• Kendal School, state contributing primary at Burnside, closed in January 2014 as part of state school network review.^[19]
• Le Bons Bay School, state full primary on Banks Peninsula – closed voluntarily in January 2013 due to declining roll numbers.^[20][21]
• Linwood Intermediate, state intermediate at Linwood, closed in January 2014 as part of state school network review.^[22]
• Lyttelton Main School, state full primary in Lyttelton, merged with Lyttelton West School in May 2014 to form Lyttelton Primary School.^[23]
• Lyttelton West School, state full primary in Lyttelton, merged with Lyttelton Main School in May 2014 to form Lyttelton Primary School.^[23]
• Manning Intermediate, state intermediate at Hoon Hay, closed in January 2014 as part of state school network review.^[24]
• Marylands School
• McKenzie Residential School, special school for learning and social difficulties in Russley, closed in January 2013.^[11]
• 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.^[14]
• 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.
• Richmond School, state contributing primary at Richmond, closed in January 2014 as part of state school network review.^[25]
• Sacred Heart College, opened 1959, amalgamated with Xavier College in 1987 to form Catholic Cathedral College.^[26][27]
• 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.^[28]
• St Joseph's School, Lyttelton, closed January 2009.^[29]
• Xavier College, opened 1945, amalgamated with Sacred Heart College in 1987 to form Catholic Cathedral College.^[27][30]
• Windsor School, state contributing primary at Burwood, merged with Burwood School in January 2014 to form Waitakiri Primary School.^[13]

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.^[31][32]

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.^[33] 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,^[34] 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.^[35] 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.^[36]

The following changes have been confirmed, but have yet to be gazetted.

• Aranui School, Avondale School, Wainoni School and Aranui High School will merge to become a Year 1–13 composite school on the Aranui High site in January 2017.^[37]
• Central New Brighton School, Freeville School and North New Brighton School will merge on the North New Brighton site in January 2015.^[37]

These proposed changes have been announced, but have yet to be confirmed:^[31]

• Banks Avenue School would relocate to a new site in a yet-to-be-determined location.
• Linwood College would relocate to its lower sports fields opposite the current Woolson School on Ferry Road.
• Marshland School would relocate to a new site in the Prestons residential development, approximately 600 metres east-south-east of its existing site.
• Ouhuria Model School would relocate to a new site in western Belfast around 2016.
• Sockburn School would relocate to a new site on the corner of The Runway and Kittyhawk Avenue in the Wigram Skies residential development.
• South Hornby School would relocate to the former Branston Intermediate site.
• Spreydon School would relocate to the former Manning Intermediate site.
• A new school would be built in western Halswell.

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 until at least 2014.
2. ↑ Years 1 to 8 are currently based at Halswell Residential College. Years 9 to 13 are currently based at the University of Canterbury's Dovedale campus. Both of these sites are temporary until a new permanent site in the central city is found.
3. ↑ Teen Parent Unit rolls are returned with their host school. In the case of Kimihia Parent's College, the host school is Linwood College.

References

External links

• Te Kete Ipurangi Ministry of Education website
• ERO school and early childhood education reports Education Review Office
• Decile change 2007 to 2008 for state & state integrated schools