| | Our school is quite unique in that it is close to the centre of Christchurch but has a delightful (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) |
 | | The school is nestled at the top of Heathcote Valley, surrounded by hills and paddocks and has just over 260 pupils with ten, full-time teachers, a Principal, three part-time teachers and seven support staff including teacher aides – all contributing to a quality education from Year 1 (New entrants) through to Year 8 (Form 2) |
 | | The school is totally focussed on fostering excellence in the classroom and providing a wide range of activities that broaden abilities and talents of students whilst covering the full range of national curricula requirements and keeping abreast of educational thinking. |
 | | Since 1997, Heathcote Valley School has been experiencing real roll growth and to accommodate the rise in student numbers, we have built four new classrooms, a resource room attached to the library, a covered swimming pool, a new administration block, and a hall. |
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