Papanui High School

Papanui High School
In Opere Felicitas "Be happy in your work"
Address
30 Langdons Road, Papanui, Christchurch, New Zealand
Coordinates	Coordinates: 43°29′35″S 172°36′25″E / 43.4931°S 172.6069°E / -43.4931; 172.6069
Information
Type	State co-educational secondary (Year 9-13)
Established	1936
Ministry of Education Institution no.	316
Principal	Jeff Smith
School roll	1580 (July 2016)
Socio-economic decile	7O^[1]
Website	papanui.school.nz

Papanui High School (PHS) is a secondary school (years 9-13) in Papanui, a suburb of Christchurch city, New Zealand.

With a roll of 1580 students, it is one of the five largest secondary schools in Christchurch.

Papanui High School is a coeducational secondary school. It is located between Northlands Mall and Firestone former tyre factory, opposite the Christchurch Sanitarium Health Food Company factory. The school was founded as Papanui Technical College in 1936 and was officially renamed Papanui High School in 1949.^[2]

The current principal is Jeff Smith. In 2006 66% of Year 11 students gained NCEA Level 1. That figure rose to 70% in 2007 and 75% in 2008. NCEA performance in Level 2 also reached the national average.^[3]

Notable alumni

Shane Bond – cricketer
Lewis Brown – rugby league player
Andy Caddick – cricketer
George Naoupu – rugby union player
Melodie Robinson – rugby union player

References

↑ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
↑ Suzanne Borgfeldt (25 June 2001). "[NZ] TECHNICAL COLLEGE-CHRISTCHURCH"".
↑ NQF School Profile Papanui High School [NZQA ]

Schools in Christchurch and Canterbury, New Zealand

State primary & intermediate	Breens Intermediate Chisnallwood Intermediate Christchurch East School Christchurch South Intermediate Cobham Intermediate Discovery 1 School Fendalton Open Air School Linwood North School Russley School Tamariki School

State secondary & composite	Akaroa Area School Amuri Area School Aranui High School Ashburton College Avonside Girls' High School Burnside High School Cashmere High School Cheviot Area School Christchurch Boys' High School Christchurch Girls' High School Darfield High School Ellesmere College Geraldine High School Hagley Community College Hillmorton High School Hornby High School Hurunui College Kaiapoi High School Kaikoura High School Lincoln High School Linwood College Mackenzie College Mairehau High School Mount Hutt College Mountainview High School Opihi College Oxford Area School Papanui High School Rangiora High School Riccarton High School Shirley Boys' High School Timaru Boys' High School Timaru Girls' High School Twizel Area School Unlimited Paenga Tawhiti Waimate High School

State-integrated	Aidanfield Christian School Catholic Cathedral College Christchurch Adventist School Craighead Diocesan School Hillview Christian School Marian College Middleton Grange School Rangiora New Life School Rolleston Christian School Roncalli College Rudolf Steiner School St Bede's College St Thomas of Canterbury College Tamariki School Villa Maria College

Private	Cathedral Grammar School Christ's College Medbury School Rangi Ruru Girls' School St Andrew's College St Margaret's College St Michael's Church School

Special	Van Asch College

Future	Rolleston Secondary School (2017)

Defunct	Aorangi School Burwood School Christchurch West High School Christchurch Normal School Marylands School Phillipstown School

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