Cashmere High School is a state secondary school on Rose Street in Somerfield, on the south-western side of Christchurch. It teaches the higher secondary years, so students from the middle of their schooling through to Year 13 study here and work towards New Zealand's National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA). For a family, that makes it the school that takes a child through the years when subject choice, senior qualifications and planning for work or university matter most. The school's own website, cashmere.school.nz, sets out its programmes, term dates and how to enrol.
Somerfield is a residential suburb close to the Cashmere Hills, and the school sits among family homes rather than on a main road, so the surroundings are quiet and green. Students walk, bike or catch buses from the surrounding neighbourhoods, and the nearby hills give the area its character. The school is a fixture of the local community, and many families in Somerfield and the wider Cashmere area have children who have studied there.
Our pick in Somerfield for a parent who wants a local school with a long run of senior students.