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New Zealand, Christchurch
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The campus hosts modern, world-class facilities while celebrating St Margaret's College's heritage and founding values. The learning environment is future-proofed after a rebuild of 80 percent of the campus following the Canterbury earthquakes, and each building houses world-class facilities that contribute to a strong whānau. The Centre for Innovation ignites interest in STEAM with technology such as coding, robotics, 3D printing and laser cutting. The Library & Study Centre supports curriculum delivery, research, critical thinking, digital citizenship and a lifelong love of learning and reading.
Extensive sports facilities support participation in a wide range of sports. The gym is a leading-edge, multi-functional training facility with access to two adjoining fitness centres and a viewing balcony. A half-size hockey turf features full drainage astroturf and floodlights. Four full-size tennis courts and an expansive field with a cricket oval are available year-round, and the heated pool operates during the summer season.
Centre for Innovation is designed to ignite interest in STEAM, with technology such as coding, robotics, 3D printing and laser cutting. The Library & Study Centre is supported by qualified librarians who assist with curriculum delivery, research, digital citizenship and developing a lifelong love of learning and reading.
Two performance spaces, the Charles Luney Auditorium and the Ngaio Marsh Theatre, provide opportunities to perform before large audiences with full audio-visual and adaptable staging. Purpose-built dance studios, music rooms with a wide range of instruments, a recording studio, speech and drama classrooms and visual arts studios support a broad range of arts-related extracurricular activities.
St Margaret's College is an all‑girls, day and boarding school in New Zealand offering a dual academic pathway of NCEA or the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. The college serves girls from age 2 to 18, with a foundation Year 11 that prepares for NCEA Levels 2–3 and the IBDP, and a broad programme supported by the Leck Centre for Learning Enhancement. As an IB World School, it delivers the Diploma Programme core—Theory of Knowledge, Extended Essay and Creativity, Activity and Service—alongside subject groups across languages, individuals and societies, mathematics, arts and sciences. Facilities include the Centre for Innovation with coding, robotics, 3D printing and laser cutting; a Library & Study Centre; and purpose‑built arts and performance spaces. The campus underwent an 80% rebuild after the Canterbury earthquakes, and features extensive sports facilities, a heated pool, on‑site health, chaplaincy, and a strong boarding community. Results and traditions underpin a whānau‑centred education.
