Wairarapa Cobham Intermediate
Intermediate · State
- Year levels
- 7–8
- Total roll
- 670
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 294 Ilam Road, Fendalton, Christchurch
- Territorial authority
- Christchurch City
- Phone
- 03-3516381
- office@wci.school.nz
- Website
- http://www.cobham.school.nz
- Directions
- Get directions
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Can my child go here?
This school has an enrolment scheme, so a place is not open to every address. How enrolment zones work
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Zone boundaries shown here are approximate. Ministry of Education data warns these boundaries do not have high spatial precision and can place neighbouring addresses on different sides of a line. This is not a confirmation of enrolment eligibility — always confirm directly with the school. Zone geometry also does not reflect enrolment priority rules (siblings, special character categories, ballots) — it shows the mapped boundary only.
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Source: Ministry of Education, CC BY 3.0 NZ
What would the day look like?
The practical things this school states on its own website — the hours, the uniform, the term dates, and how children get there. These are the school’s own words, not the Ministry’s record and not ERO’s.
Quoted from this school’s own website, as we read it on 13 August 2026. A web page carries no date of its own, so that is the day we read it — not a statement that any of this is still the case. Each line quotes the words it came from.
- Uniform
Not stated on the school’s website.
- Term dates
- Term 1, 2026: Monday 2 February – Thursday 2 April
TERM 1 | Monday 2 February – Thursday 2 April
Year stated as2026
- Term 2, 2026: Monday 20 April – Friday 3 July
TERM 2 | Monday 20 April – Friday 3 July
Year stated as2026
- Term 3, 2026: Monday 20 July – Friday 25 September
TERM 3 | Monday 20 July – Friday 25 September
Year stated as2026
- Term 4, 2026: Monday 12 October – Wednesday 16 December
TERM 4 | Monday 12 October – Wednesday 16 December
Year stated as2026
- Term 1, 2027: Monday 1 February - Friday 9 April
TERM 1 | Monday 1 February - Friday 9 April
Year stated as2027
- Term 2, 2027: Thursday 27 April - Friday 2 July
TERM 2 | Thursday 27 April - Friday 2 July
Year stated as2027
- Term 3, 2027: Monday 19 July - Friday 24 September
TERM 3 | Monday 19 July - Friday 24 September
Year stated as2027
- Term 4, 2027: Monday 11 October - Wednesday 15 December
TERM 4 | Monday 11 October - Wednesday 15 December
Year stated as2027
- Term 1, 2026: Monday 2 February – Thursday 2 April
- How to enrol
- https://cobham.enrol.school.nz/
Click on the Eschool link https://cobham.enrol.school.nz/ to start the enrolment process.
- https://cobham.enrol.school.nz/
What does the school say about itself?
Quoted, not summarised. Every school describes itself well, so this is here to be read as the school’s own case rather than as a finding — and a school that states nothing simply has no row.
Quoted from this school’s own website, as we read it on 13 August 2026. A web page carries no date of its own, so that is the day we read it — not a statement that any of this is still the case. Each line quotes the words it came from.
- International students
- Accepted, as stated
Cobham Intermediate has a strong reputation for its International Student Programme.
- Accepted, as stated
What is on offer beyond the classroom?
The sports, arts, clubs and groups this school names on its own website. Not a complete list of what any school offers, and not a count — a school that names more here has written more down, which is not the same as doing more.
Quoted from this school’s own website, as we read it on 13 August 2026. A web page carries no date of its own, so that is the day we read it — not a statement that any of this is still the case. Each line quotes the words it came from.
- On offer
- Athletics
- Athletics
- Badminton
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Basketball
- Cross-country
- Cross-country
- Cricket
- Cricket
- Football
- Football
- Futsal
- Futsal
- Hockey
- Hockey
- Netball
- Netball
- Rippa rugby
- Rippa rugby
- Rugby union
- Rugby union
- Sailing
- Sailing
- Skiing
- Skiing
- Softball
- Softball
- Squash
- Squash
- Swimming
- Swimming
- Table tennis
- Table tennis
- Touch rugby
- Touch rugby
- Volleyball
- Volleyball
- Water polo
- Water polo
- Ice skating
- Ice skating
- Ten pin bowling
- Ten pin bowling
- Mountain biking
- Mountain biking
- Yoga
- Yoga
- Lawn bowls
- Lawn bowls
- Self-defense
- Self-defense
- Gymnastics
- Gymnastics
- Trampoline
- Trampoline
- Cycling
- Cycling
- Jump Jam
- Jump Jam
- Aerobics
- Aerobics
- Athletics
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 293
- Māori
- 70
- Pacific
- 35
- Asian
- 339
- MELAA
- 24
- Other
- 7
- International
- 10
Roll by year level and age
Shown as context, not ranked, not compared to any average. As at 30 June 2026, from the same annual return as the roll count above.
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 07 | 29 | 15 | 134 | 10 | 3 | 142 | 6 | 300 |
| Year 08 | 38 | 21 | 155 | 8 | 3 | 168 | 3 | 340 |
| Total | 67 | 36 | 289 | 18 | 6 | 310 | 9 | 640 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Age 11 | 24 | 12 | 108 | 8 | 3 | 106 | 3 | 232 |
| Age 12 | 39 | 21 | 148 | 8 | 2 | 166 | 5 | 337 |
| Age 13 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 70 |
| Total | 67 | 36 | 289 | 18 | 6 | 310 | 9 | 640 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
63%
| Wairarapa Cobham Intermediate | 63% |
|---|---|
| Canterbury Region | 38.3% |
| Intermediate | 43.3% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 72.5% |
|---|---|
| Male | 53.7% |
| Māori | 247.6% |
| Pacific | 152.4% |
| Asian | 20.9% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 59.9% |
| Total | 63% |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison stand-down rates data (2024)
Age-standardised suspension rate per 1,000 students — 2024
14.7%
| Wairarapa Cobham Intermediate | 14.7% |
|---|---|
| Canterbury Region | 3.7% |
| Intermediate | 4.9% |
| State | 4.5% |
| New Zealand | 4.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 8.2% |
|---|---|
| Male | 21% |
| Māori | 52.3% |
| Pacific | 31.4% |
| Asian | 6.5% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 11.8% |
| Total | 14.7% |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison suspension rates data (2024)
Age-standardised exclusion rate per 1,000 students — 2024
2.8%
| Wairarapa Cobham Intermediate | 2.8% |
|---|---|
| Canterbury Region | 1.7% |
| Intermediate | 1.9% |
| State | 1.9% |
| New Zealand | 1.8% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 2.9% |
|---|---|
| Male | 2.7% |
| Māori | 11% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 4.9% |
| Total | 2.8% |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison exclusion data (2024)
About the school
- Equity Index (EQI)
- 405
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Major urban area
- Date opened
- 31 January 1963
The Equity Index is used by the Ministry to allocate equity funding. It describes the socio-economic barriers a school’s students face, not how good the school is. How the Equity Index works
What did ERO find?
The Education Review Office reviews every school and publishes what it finds in full. We quote ERO’s report here, section by section, in ERO’s own words and order, and link to it. We do not summarise a report, pick a line out of one, or turn one into a score. How ERO reviews schools
- Reports ERO holds
- 4
- Last reviewed
- 23 May 2023
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (23 May 2023)
A board assurance statement is the board’s own account of whether it took all reasonable steps to meet its legal obligations, on the date shown. It is not ERO’s finding. ERO reports separately, in the same report, on any non-compliance it identified during that process.
The board assurance report of 23 May 2023 carries no actions-for-compliance section — the section ERO uses when it names non-compliance it identified. That is what this report contains; it is not ERO saying it found none. Other reports ERO holds for this school may say something different.
The roll ERO recorded, and when
ERO writes a roll into each report it publishes: a count taken for that report, on the day shown, by the review team that was there. The Ministry of Education’s current roll for this school is 670 — the figure at the top of this page, and the one to use for how big the school is now. These are a different measurement by a different body, so they will rarely agree, and a difference between them is not a change in the school.
March 2016
625
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 1 June 2016
This is one count taken for one report. It says what the roll was on that day, and nothing about how the roll has moved.
What ERO wrote in its latest report
This is ERO’s report of 23 May 2023 — “Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report” — section by section, under ERO’s own headings, in ERO’s own order. Nothing is summarised, shortened or reordered.
Background
This Profile Report was written within 12 months of the Education Review Office and Cobham Intermediate working in Te Ara Huarau , an improvement evaluation approach used in most English Medium State and State Integrated Schools. For more information about Te Ara Huarau see ERO’s website. www.ero.govt.nz
Context
Cobham Intermediate caters for learners in Years 7 and 8. It is a member of Waimairi-iri Kāhui Ako , located in Christchurch. The school’s core values ‘3RP’ are resilience | ngākau mārohirohi , responsibility | ngākau whai tikanga , positivity | ngākaupai , and respect | ngākau whakaute . Cobham Intermediate’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are to promote:
quality
identity
opportunity
innovation.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Cobham Intermediate’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how well the school’s localised curriculum and practices support successful literacy outcomes.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:
the school’s strategic plan values the development of holistic learner success supported by inspired and highly skilled teaching
current school-wide data shows that many students are supported to make good progress over time, yet Māori continue to achieve less well than their peers
staff professional development is designed to raise learner outcomes, underpinned by a culturally responsive pedagogy of relationships.
The school expects to see shared understandings of quality literacy practices and consistent teaching and learning. These practices will have positive impacts on academic success and on students’ self-esteem and wellbeing. Students will learners’ greater sense of belonging and connectedness, through enhanced relationships and a refined local curriculum that purposefully weaves literacy through all learning.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to refine and embed effective teaching and learning, within shared understandings of quality pedagogy and practice:
the school’s Graduate Profile articulates a collective vision for learner success and wellbeing, underpinned by inclusive practices and a culture that embraces diversity
well-analysed data provides purposeful evidence for decision making and refinement of practices to benefit learners, including valuing students’ ideas and feedback on curriculum and learning
leaders’ proactive internal evaluation purposefully monitors and guides school-wide improvement.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
deliberate focus on building staff shared understandings of culturally responsive pedagogies, likely to support more Māori learners enjoying and achieving education success as Māori
continuing to explore and grow consistency of teaching strategies that best respond to learners’ literacy strengths, needs and interests
engaging with whānau and collaborating with the wider community to further enrich opportunities and outcomes for all learners.
ERO’s role will be to support the school in its evaluation for improvement cycle to improve outcomes for all learners. ERO will support the school in reporting their progress to the community. The next public report on ERO’s website will be a Te Ara Huarau | School Evaluation Report and is due within three years.
Shelley Booysen Director of Schools
23 May 2023
About the School
The Education Counts website provides further information about the school’s student population, student engagement and student achievement. educationcounts.govt.nz/home
Read the full report on ero.govt.nz →
All 4 reports ERO holds for this school
ERO reviews a school every few years — around four years between reviews is the usual cycle — so an older date here reflects where a school sits in that cycle, not how it is doing.
Source: Education Review Office, CC BY 4.0.
Roll date: 30 June 2026 (2026).