Ministry of Education directory
Schools in Christchurch City
Every school in Christchurch City: 144 schools with 64,471 students between them.
Schools144open at Jul 2026
Students64,471on the combined roll
State-integrated299 private
With a zone114operate an enrolment scheme
Source · Ministry of Education School Directory — extracted Aug 2026 · 144 schools · Reviewed Aug 2026 · Method
Each dot is one school, placed at its directory coordinates and sized by roll. · Not a map — no boundaries are drawn, and none are implied.
Every school
| School | Type | Years | Roll | Zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addington Te Kura Taumatua | Contributing | Years 1–6 | 340 | Yes |
| Aidanfield Christian School | Composite | Years 1–13 | 465 | Yes |
| Akaroa Area School | Composite | Years 1–13 | 115 | — |
| Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery | Composite | Years 1–13 | 649 | — |
| Avonhead School - Rakipaoa | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 591 | Yes |
| Avonside Girls' High School | Secondary (Year 9-15) | Years 9–13 | 1,089 | Yes |
| Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 472 | Yes |
| Bishopdale School Te Kura o Papakōhatu | Contributing | Years 1–6 | 171 | Yes |
| Breens Intermediate | Intermediate | Years 7–8 | 274 | Yes |
| Burnside High School | Secondary (Year 9-15) | Years 9–13 | 2,725 | Yes |
| Casebrook Intermediate | Intermediate | Years 7–8 | 441 | Yes |
| Cashmere High School | Secondary (Year 9-15) | Years 9–13 | 2,434 | Yes |
| Cashmere Primary Te Pae Kererū | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 488 | Yes |
| Catholic Cathedral College | Secondary (Year 7-15) | Years 7–13 | 601 | — |
| Chisnallwood Intermediate | Intermediate | Years 7–8 | 410 | Yes |
| Christ The King School (Burnside) | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 317 | Yes |
| Christ's College | Secondary (Year 9-15) | Years 9–13 | 706 | — |
| Christchurch Adventist School | Composite | Years 1–13 | 285 | Yes |
| Christchurch Boys' High School | Secondary (Year 9-15) | Years 9–13 | 1,426 | Yes |
| Christchurch East School | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 294 | Yes |
| Christchurch Girls' High School -Te Kura o Hine Waiora | Secondary (Year 9-15) | Years 9–13 | 1,299 | Yes |
| Christchurch North College | Secondary (Year 7-15) | Years 7–13 | 61 | — |
| Christchurch South Karamata Intermediate School | Intermediate | Years 7–8 | 489 | Yes |
| Cotswold Mātāhae School | Contributing | Years 1–6 | 545 | Yes |
| Diamond Harbour School | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 110 | — |
| Duvauchelle School | Contributing | Years 1–6 | 25 | Yes |
| Elmwood Normal School | Contributing | Years 1–6 | 541 | Yes |
| Emmanuel Christian School | Composite (Year 1-10) | Years 1–10 | 287 | Yes |
| Ferndale Te Ahu | Specialist School | — | 141 | — |
| Gilberthorpe School | Contributing | Years 1–6 | 234 | Yes |
| Haeata Community Campus | Composite | Years 1–13 | 606 | Yes |
| Harewood School | Contributing | Years 1–6 | 160 | Yes |
| He Tīwai Mātauranga Heaton Normal Intermediate | Intermediate | Years 7–8 | 538 | Yes |
| Heathcote Valley School | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 188 | Yes |
| Hillview Christian School | Composite | Years 1–13 | 548 | Yes |
| Hoon Hay Te Kura Kōaka | Contributing | Years 1–6 | 443 | Yes |
| Hornby High School | Secondary (Year 7-15) | Years 7–13 | 1,022 | Yes |
| Hornby Primary School | Contributing | Years 1–6 | 257 | Yes |
| Ilam School | Contributing | Years 1–6 | 378 | Yes |
| Kahikatea Kirkwood Intermediate | Intermediate | Years 7–8 | 285 | Yes |
| Kimihia Parents' College | Teen Parent Unit | — | — | — |
| Kingslea School | Specialist School | — | 123 | — |
| Knights Stream School- Mingimingi Hautoa | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 647 | Yes |
| Ko Taku Reo - Deaf Education New Zealand | Specialist School | — | 104 | — |
| Little River School | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 36 | — |
| Lyttelton Primary School | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 130 | Yes |
| Mairehau High School | Secondary (Year 9-15) | Years 9–13 | 411 | Yes |
| Mairehau Primary School | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 379 | Yes |
| Marian College | Secondary (Year 9-15) | Years 9–13 | 430 | Yes |
| Mastery Schools New Zealand - Arapaki | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 112 | — |
| Medbury Preparatory School | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 372 | — |
| Merrin School Ngā Whetū Kohara | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 454 | Yes |
| Middleton Grange School | Composite | Years 1–13 | 1,385 | Yes |
| Mt Pleasant School | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 386 | Yes |
| New Brighton Catholic School (Chch) | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 195 | — |
| Ngutuawa School | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 136 | Yes |
| Nova Montessori School | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 38 | — |
| Oaklands Te Kura o Ōwaka | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 641 | Yes |
| Okains Bay School | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 9 | — |
| Our Lady of the Assumption School (Chch) | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 327 | Yes |
| Our Lady of Victories | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 254 | Yes |
| Our Lady Star of the Sea School (Christchurch) | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 101 | — |
| Ōuruhia Model School | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 22 | Yes |
| Papanui High School | Secondary (Year 9-15) | Years 9–13 | 1,421 | Yes |
| Papanui Primary School | Contributing | Years 1–6 | 230 | Yes |
| Paparoa Street School | Contributing | Years 1–6 | 332 | Yes |
| Pareawa Banks Avenue School | Contributing | Years 1–6 | 357 | Yes |
| Parkview Pārua | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 380 | Yes |
| Pītau-Allenvale School | Specialist School | — | 135 | — |
| Pūtahi Belfast School | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 437 | Yes |
| Queenspark Te Hua Mānuka | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 453 | Yes |
| Rangi Ruru Girls' School | Secondary (Year 7-15) | Years 7–13 | 705 | — |
| Rāwhiti School | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 521 | Yes |
| Redwood School (Christchurch) | Contributing | Years 1–6 | 290 | Yes |
| Riccarton High School | Secondary (Year 9-15) | Years 9–13 | 1,103 | Yes |
| Rudolf Steiner School (Chch) | Composite | Years 1–13 | 282 | Yes |
| Sacred Heart School (Christchurch) | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 185 | Yes |
| Selwyn House School | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 294 | — |
| Shirley Boys' High School - Ngā Tama o Ōruapaeroa | Secondary (Year 9-15) | Years 9–13 | 1,315 | Yes |
| Somerfield Te Kura Wairepo | Contributing | Years 1–6 | 554 | Yes |
| South New Brighton School | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 381 | Yes |
| Southern Health School | Specialist School | — | 19 | — |
| St Albans Catholic School (Christchurch) | Contributing | Years 1–6 | 111 | Yes |
| St Albans School | Contributing | Years 1–6 | 572 | Yes |
| St Andrew's College (Christchurch) | Composite | Years 1–13 | 1,634 | — |
| St Anne's School (Woolston) | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 179 | Yes |
| St Bede's College | Secondary (Year 9-15) | Years 9–13 | 802 | Yes |
| St Bernadette's School (Hornby) | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 166 | Yes |
| St Francis of Assisi Catholic School | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 466 | Yes |
| St James School (Aranui) | Contributing | Years 1–6 | 100 | Yes |
| St Joseph's School (Papanui) | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 433 | Yes |
| St Margaret's College | Composite | Years 1–13 | 867 | — |
| St Mark's School (Christchurch) | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 234 | Yes |
| St Martins School | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 477 | Yes |
| St Mary's School (Christchurch) | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 123 | — |
| St Michael's Church School | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 126 | — |
| St Patrick's School (Bryndwr) | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 171 | Yes |
| St Peter's School Te Kura Haoika | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 156 | Yes |
| St Teresa's School (Riccarton) | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 171 | Yes |
| St Thomas of Canterbury College | Secondary (Year 7-15) | Years 7–13 | 700 | Yes |
| Sumner School | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 321 | Yes |
| Tamariki School | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 49 | — |
| Te Ahuwai Bromley School | Contributing | Years 1–6 | 359 | Yes |
| Te Ara Koropiko West Spreydon School | Contributing | Years 1–6 | 271 | Yes |
| Te Ara Maurea Roydvale School | Contributing | Years 1–6 | 284 | Yes |
| Te Aratai College | Secondary (Year 7-15) | Years 7–13 | 1,264 | Yes |
| Te Hiwa Shirley Primary School | Contributing | Years 1–6 | 366 | Yes |
| Te Huarahi Linwood Avenue School | Contributing | Years 1–6 | 338 | Yes |
| Te Kāpehu Riccarton School | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 367 | Yes |
| Te Kōmanawa Rowley School | Contributing | Years 1–6 | 227 | Yes |
| Te Kura o Huriawa Thorrington | Contributing | Years 1–6 | 441 | Yes |
| Te Kura o Matarangi - Northcote School | Contributing | Years 1–6 | 156 | Yes |
| Te Kura o Mōkihi Spreydon School | Contributing | Years 1–6 | 279 | Yes |
| Te Kura o Ōhinetahi - Governors Bay | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 92 | Yes |
| Te Kura o Ōpāwaho – Opawa School | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 367 | Yes |
| Te Kura o Rātā Templeton School | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 283 | Yes |
| Te Kura o Te Mātāpuna Isleworth School | Contributing | Years 1–6 | 238 | Yes |
| Te Kura o te Tauawa Halswell School | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 733 | Yes |
| Te Kura Tuarua o Horomaka Hillmorton High School | Secondary (Year 7-15) | Years 7–13 | 1,431 | Yes |
| Te Manu Tukutuku South Hornby School | Contributing | Years 1–6 | 306 | Yes |
| Te Oraka | Intermediate | Years 7–8 | 192 | Yes |
| Te Pā o Rākaihautū | Composite | Years 1–13 | 207 | Yes |
| Te Parito Kōwhai Russley School | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 425 | Yes |
| Te Puna Wai o Waipapa - Hagley College | Secondary (Year 9-15) | Years 9–13 | 2,076 | Yes |
| Te Raekura Redcliffs School | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 253 | Yes |
| Te Rito Harakeke - Marshland School | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 591 | Yes |
| Te Waka Unua School | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 494 | Yes |
| Te Whānau o Ōtūmatua | Specialist School | — | 13 | — |
| The Cathedral Grammar School | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 245 | — |
| TKKM o Te Whanau Tahi | Composite | Years 1–13 | 230 | — |
| TKKM o Waitaha | Composite | Years 1–13 | 224 | — |
| Tuia Burnside Primary School | Contributing | Years 1–6 | 319 | Yes |
| Tūora Fendalton School | Contributing | Years 1–6 | 419 | Yes |
| Villa Maria College | Secondary (Year 7-15) | Years 7–13 | 829 | Yes |
| Waimairi School | Contributing | Years 1–6 | 320 | Yes |
| Wairakei School (Christchurch) | Contributing | Years 1–6 | 202 | Yes |
| Wairarapa Cobham Intermediate | Intermediate | Years 7–8 | 670 | Yes |
| Waitākiri Primary School | Contributing | Years 1–6 | 539 | Yes |
| Waltham School | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 256 | Yes |
| Westburn Te Kura O Hereora | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 457 | Yes |
| Wharenui School | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 411 | Yes |
| Whītau School | Contributing | Years 1–6 | 296 | Yes |
| Wigram Primary School - Te Piki Kāhu | Contributing | Years 1–6 | 482 | Yes |
| Yaldhurst School – Tōtara Tūkaha | Full Primary | Years 1–8 | 125 | Yes |
Source · Ministry of Education School Directory — extracted Aug 2026 · Roll at Jul 2026. Equity Index is deliberately not listed here — it describes a community, not a school, and belongs beside its explanation on each school's own page. · Reviewed Aug 2026 · Method