The Cathedral Grammar School
Full Primary · Private : Fully Registered · Christchurch
254 students on the roll · privately run — the Ministry does not rate it.
Our independent preparatory school in the heart of Christchurch provides high quality education for pre-school, primary school and intermediate aged girls and boys. Our students advance on their educational journeys with a solid foundation of academic success and well-rounded cha — cathedralgrammar.school.nz
Its rating
Private — the Ministry does not rate private schools. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 2 Chester Street West, Christchurch, 8140
- Roll: 254 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Not applicable
- Opened 1858
- Phone: 03-3650385
- Email: knightc@cathedralgrammar.school.nz
- Website: cathedralgrammar.school.nz
Who the roll is
Students may identify with more than one group — the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.
Other schools near here
- Christ's College — private — not rated · 218 m
- St Michael's Church School — private — not rated · 831 m
- St Mary's School (Christchurch) — decile 4 · EQI 397 · 1.0 km
Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery — decile 7 · EQI 442 · 1.1 km- Te Puna Wai o Waipapa - Hagley College — decile 6 · EQI 468 · 1.1 km
St Margaret's College — private — not rated · 1.1 km
Rangi Ruru Girls' School — private — not rated · 1.3 km- Ferndale Te Ahu — decile 4 · EQI 521 · 1.3 km
The green nearby
Parks whose drawn outline sits within 400 m — measured to the outline itself, so a school on a big reserve’s edge still counts.
- Armagh Reserve · 41 m to its edge
- Hagley Park North — Sports ground · 58 m to its edge
- Cranmer Square — Botanic · 117 m to its edge
- Botanic Gardens — Botanic · 130 m to its edge
Facilities nearby
Council facilities within 400 m of the school’s point — libraries, pools and centres a parent can walk to.
- Rolleston Avenue — Car park · 281 m
- Armagh St — Car park · 350 m
- Aldersgate — Car park · 377 m
The bus stop
The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the school’s pin, not its gate.
- Park Tce near Chester St W — 44 m · route 8
The register nearby
Heritage-register places within 300 m of the school’s point — what stood on the ground around it, or still does.
- Former Dwelling and Setting, Inveresk — 17 Armagh Street
- Former St Margaret's School Building and Setting — 25A Cranmer Square
- Dwelling and Setting, Red House — 25 Armagh Street
- Dwelling and Setting
- Hagley Park Bridge and Setting
- Cranmer Square and Setting — 1P Cranmer Square
- Former Dwelling and Setting, Rolleston House — 2 Gloucester Street
- Christ's College Administration Building and Setting — 33Q Rolleston Avenue
Under the ground
The plans and surveys the site keeps, asked once of the school’s ground — footprints and plan maps, not engineering findings.
- Graded TC3 ground — Green Zone, Technical Category 3, Blue
- The February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over this point — mapped ground failure — a footprint, not a finding
- The liquefaction model grades it “High Liquefaction Vulnerability” — the 2019 screening study
Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 October 2026.
What stood on this ground before → · On the map →
Questions, answered briefly
Full Primary · Private : Fully Registered · Co-Educational.
254 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count.
No — the Ministry does not rate private schools.
Armagh Reserve, Hagley Park North, Cranmer Square and 1 more — green space within 400 m of the school’s point.