Cobham Intermediate School Explained

Cobham Intermediate School
Motto:Achieving For Life
Type:State co-ed intermediate (years 7 and 8)
Moe:3323
Principal:Eddie Norgate (2016–present)
Decile:8[1]
Address:294 Ilam Road
Burnside
Christchurch,
New Zealand
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Cobham Intermediate School is a state intermediate school in the northwestern Christchurch, New Zealand suburb of Burnside.

Cobham was originally named Fendalton Intermediate. However, there was confusion between the school and Fendalton Open Air School, so the governor-general of New Zealand, Viscount Cobham, allowed the school to use his name. At the end of term 1 in 2011 long-running principal Trevor Beaton left Cobham Intermediate to retire. Scott Thelning from Mt. Pleasant School took over as principal in Term 3, 2011.

In March 2018 Cobham student Maia Devereaux invited Women's Minister Julie Anne Genter to come and talk about the gender pay gap to the room 11 and 12 students.[2]

Cobham today

Cobham is currently the largest intermediate school in the South Island and has a total attendance of 726 students.

Achievements

In 2005, Cobham won the Cantamath competition (a mathematics competition for schools around the Canterbury region) in both the year 7 and 8 competition. Many musicians and singers from this school participate in the Lions Primary School Music Festival.

Notable alumni

Notes and References

  1. http://www.minedu.govt.nz/web/downloadable/dl7698_v1/decile-changes-2007-2008-web-state-s-integ.xls Decile change 2007 to 2008 for state & state integrated schools
  2. Web site: Minister for Women says old white men should 'move on' from company boards. Stuff. en. 28 November 2018.