Education in Christchurch

Christchurch is the location of Burnside High School, the second largest school in New Zealand with 2,788 pupils. Cashmere High School at Rose Street is another large co-educational secondary school. In recent years, Papanui High School has undergone rapid growth to reach a similar size. Riccarton High School was one of the first state schools in the country to adopt a strong values base – the Riccarton Way. There are Several Single Sex Schools, Shirley Boys High School & Christchurch Boys High School are the two state boys High Schools available. Avonside Girls High School & Christchurch Girls High School are the main state Girls schools in Christchurch. Christchurch is also well-known for several very traditional schools of the English public school type, such as St Margaret's College, Christ's College, St Bede's College, St Andrew's College, Villa Maria College and Rangi Ruru Girls' School, but also has several less conventional schools such as Unlimited Paenga Tawhiti and Hagley Community College.

A number of tertiary education institutions have campuses in Christchurch, or in the surrounding areas.

University of Canterbury

Lincoln University

Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology

University of Otago Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences