Register of Private Schools




REGISTER OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS—continued.

Registered No. Name of School. Street. Place. Name of Proprietor or Manager. Address of Proprietor or Manager. Class of School. Date of Registration.
E 14/8-1 St. Joseph’s Convent .. Granity Sisters of Mercy Granity Primary 28/3/16
E 14/8-3 Sacred Heart High Manuka Street Nelson Rev. Mother Prioress Convent, Manuka Street, Nelson Primary and Secondary 28/3/16
12/10/29
E 14/8-4 St. Joseph’s Convent Manuka Street Nelson Rev. Mother Prioress Convent, Manuka Street, Nelson Primary 28/3/16
E 14/8-13 Bishop’s School Nile Street Nelson Miss J. Glendinning Bishop’s School, Nile Street, Nelson Primary 22/7/21
E 14/8-6 Sacred Heart Convent Walsh Street Reefton Rev. Father Seymour The Presbytery, Reefton Primary 28/3/16
E 14/8-9 St. Canice’s Convent.. Brougham Street Westport Rev. Father Phelan The Presbytery, Peel Street, Westport Primary 28/3/16
E 14/8-10 St. Mary’s College Peel Street Westport Rev. Mother Superior Convent, Westport Secondary 7/7/36

NELSON EDUCATION DISTRICT.

Registered No. Name of School. Street. Place. Name of Proprietor or Manager. Address of Proprietor or Manager. Class of School. Date of Registration.
E 14/11-1 St. Joseph’s Convent 40 Spencer Street Addington Rev. J. P. O’Connor.. 70 Spencer Street, Addington, Christchurch Primary 28/3/16
E 14/11-2 St. Aloysius’s Convent Lavaud Street Akaroa Rev. P. J. O’Doherty Presbytery, Akaroa Primary 28/3/16
E 14/11-45 Amberley House Girls’ Collegiate .. Amberley Amberley House Girls’ Collegiate School Co., Ltd. Amberley Primary 7/8/34
E 14/11-3 Sacred Heart Convent Victoria Street Ashburton Rev. Mother Prioress Sacred Heart Convent, Ashburton Primary 28/3/16
E 14/11-4 St. Joseph’s Convent Havelock Street Ashburton Rev. Mother Prioress Ashburton Primary 28/3/16
E 14/11-58 St. Peter’s School 11 Fisher Street Beckenham Rev. J. A. Kennedy .. 28 Fisher Street, Beckenham, Christchurch Primary 6/12/27
E 14/11-44 Binzian Private Cracroft Terrace Cashmere Hills Miss Elma Bucknell 6 Westenra Terrace, Cashmere Primary 1/4/22
E 14/11-55 Cathedral Grammar 18 Park Terrace Christchurch The Dean of Christchurch The Deanery, Christchurch Primary 25/7/23
E 14/11-5 Sacred Heart Girls’ College 62 Ferry Road Christchurch Rev. Mother Prioress Convent, 62 Ferry Road, Christchurch Primary and Secondary 28/3/16
28/3/16
E 14/11-30 St. Andrew’s College.. Papanui Road Christchurch Secretary, Board of Governors St. Andrew’s College, Christchurch Primary and Secondary 15/10/18
18/11/18
E 14/11-6 St. Joseph’s Convent Barbadoes Street Christchurch Rev. F. Timoney 136 Barbadoes Street, Christchurch Primary 28/3/16
E 14/11-38 St. Margaret’s College 11 Cranmer Square Christchurch Diocesan Board of Education.. Church House, Cashel Street, Christchurch Primary and Secondary 13/10/21
26/8/21
E 14/11-7 St. Mary’s Collegiate 876 Colombo Street Christchurch Rev. Mother Superior Convent of Mercy, 876 Colombo Street, Christchurch Primary and Secondary* 28/3/16
29/3/28
E 14/11-8 St. Mary’s Convent Manchester Street Christchurch Rev. Father McDonald St. Mary’s Presbytery, Manchester Street, Christchurch Primary 28/3/16
E 14/11-10 St. Michael’s Church.. Durham Street Christchurch Diocesan Board of Education.. Church House, Cashel Street, Christchurch Primary 28/3/16
E 14/11-11 St. Patrick’s Boys’ 122 Barbadoes Street Christchurch Rev. F. Timoney 136 Barbadoes Street, Christchurch Primary 28/3/16
E 14/11-48 St. Mark’s Church School Cholmondeley Avenue Christchurch Rev. G. N. Watson St. Mark’s Vicarage, Opawa Road, Christchurch Primary 1/7/22
E 14/11-63 Selwyn House 105 Papanui Road Christchurch The Secretary 146 Manchester Street, Christchurch Primary 3/4/29
E 14/9-2 Cobden Convent Sturge Street Cobden Rev. Mother Superior Convent of Mercy, Greymouth Primary 19/6/15
E 14/11-68 St. Paul’s Convent Gayhurst Road Dallington Rev. T. O’Regan 116 Lonsdale Street, New Brighton Primary 15/5/35
E 14/11-12 Darfield Convent .. Darfield Rev. Father McMonagle The Presbytery, Darfield Primary 28/3/16
E 14/11-51 Fairleigh Sunshine School 27 Garden Road Fendalton Miss G. M. Marsden-Gorten 25 Weka Street, Christchurch Primary 19/1/33
E 14/11-54 Medbury School 109 Clyde Road Fendalton Mr. E. J. Chennells 109 Clyde Road, Fendalton, Christchurch Primary 25/7/23
E 14/9-3 Marist Brothers’ Tainui Greymouth Rev. Father Long The Presbytery, Chapel Street, Greymouth Primary and Secondary* 19/6/15
28/3/28
E 14/9-4 St. Patrick’s Tainui Street Greymouth Rev. Mother Superior Convent of Mercy, Greymouth Primary 19/6/15
E 14/9-6 St. Mary’s High 14 Alexander Street Greymouth Rev. Mother Superior Convent of Mercy, Greymouth Primary and Secondary 30/6/15
  • Registration as a secondary school is provisional.


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🎓 Register of Private Schools (continued from previous page)

🎓 Education, Culture & Science
29 March 1938
Private Schools, Registration, Granity, Nelson, Reefton, Westport, Addington, Akaroa, Amberley, Ashburton, Beckenham, Cashmere Hills, Christchurch, Cobden, Dallington, Darfield, Fendalton, Greymouth
15 names identified
  • J. Glendinning (Miss), Proprietor or Manager of Bishop’s School
  • Father Seymour (Rev.), Proprietor or Manager of Sacred Heart Convent
  • Father Phelan (Rev.), Proprietor or Manager of St. Canice’s Convent
  • Mother Superior (Rev.), Proprietor or Manager of St. Mary’s College
  • J. P. O’Connor (Rev.), Proprietor or Manager of St. Joseph’s Convent
  • P. J. O’Doherty (Rev.), Proprietor or Manager of St. Aloysius’s Convent
  • Elma Bucknell (Miss), Proprietor or Manager of Binzian Private
  • J. A. Kennedy (Rev.), Proprietor or Manager of St. Peter’s School
  • G. N. Watson (Rev.), Proprietor or Manager of St. Mark’s Church School
  • G. M. Marsden-Gorten (Miss), Proprietor or Manager of Fairleigh Sunshine School
  • E. J. Chennells (Mr.), Proprietor or Manager of Medbury School
  • Father Long (Rev.), Proprietor or Manager of Marist Brothers’
  • Father McDonald (Rev.), Proprietor or Manager of St. Mary’s Convent
  • T. O’Regan (Rev.), Proprietor or Manager of St. Paul’s Convent
  • Father McMonagle (Rev.), Proprietor or Manager of Darfield Convent