Best intermediate schools in Canterbury
9 intermediate schools ranked by the SchoolsNearMe composite — a 5-axis score (academic, outcomes, retention, wellbeing, trajectory) compared against EQI-band peers. Methodology.
Data refreshed from Education Counts 2026-05-27. Schools without enough data to score on the composite are omitted from this page but still appear in the directory.
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Wellbeing63Trajectory49ERO review83 - View profile →
67
/ 100 composite
Wellbeing71Trajectory45ERO review76 - 3He Tīwai Mātauranga Heaton Normal Intermediate
Merivale · Intermediate · 530 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)
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Wellbeing64Trajectory46ERO review77 - 4Christchurch South Karamata Intermediate School
Spreydon · Intermediate · 512 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)
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/ 100 composite
Wellbeing60Trajectory47ERO review76 - View profile →
57
/ 100 composite
Wellbeing77Trajectory21ERO review63 - View profile →
56
/ 100 composite
Wellbeing47Trajectory61ERO review61 - View profile →
55
/ 100 composite
Wellbeing0Trajectory100ERO review74 - 8Wairarapa Cobham Intermediate
Fendalton · Intermediate · 648 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)
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/ 100 composite
Wellbeing0Trajectory35ERO review85 - View profile →
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Wellbeing0Trajectory0ERO review76
About this ranking
SchoolsNearMe's composite combines five axes — academic achievement, post-school destinations, Y9→Y13 retention, wellbeing (low stand-down rate), and roll trajectory — into a single 0–100 score. The math compares each school against its EQI-band peers (12 bands covering NZ's socio-economic spread), so a school serving more disadvantaged students isn't unfairly penalised against schools serving the most-advantaged.
Schools below 30 students aren't given a rollup score (per-axis data is still on each profile). Schools without composite-eligible data don't appear on this page.
Source data: Education Counts (NCEA, retention, destinations, discipline, funding) · Ministry of Education (roll, EQI, identity).