Cobham Intermediate School is a state intermediate school in northwestern Christchurch, New Zealand, in the suburb of Burnside.
Their 4 main values are:
resilience | ngÃÂkau mÃÂrohirohi
responsibility | ngÃÂkau whai tikanga
positivity | ngÃÂkaupai
respect | ngÃÂkau whakaute
These values are abbreviated as âÂÂ3RP@CâÂÂ.
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.
The school went through major renovations between 2020 and 2024, as all buildings were demolished and replaced by larger hapori classroom buildingsâÂÂthe names being Puneke, Takere and KeiâÂÂand a dedicated unit.
Cobham is currently the largest intermediate school in the South Island and has a total attendance of students.
In 2005, Cobham won the Cantamath competition (a mathematics competition for schools around the Canterbury region) in both the year 7 and 8 competition. Cobham also has a chess club, which places highly in the Canterbury Interschool Chess Tournament, held annually in Christchurch. Many musicians and singers from this school participate in the Lions Primary School Music Festival.