Cardinal McKeefry Catholic Primary School
| Cardinal McKeefry Catholic Primary and Intermediate School, Wellington | |
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| Address | |
| 66 Albemarle Road Northland Wellington 6012 New Zealand |
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| Coordinates | 41°16′31″S 174°45′24″E / 41.27528°S 174.75667°ECoordinates: 41°16′31″S 174°45′24″E / 41.27528°S 174.75667°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Catholic Integrated Primary & Intermediate School for girls and boys from Year 1 - Year 8 |
| Motto | safe, happy, caring, creative & equitable |
| Established | 1970 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 2819 |
| Principal | Tania Savage |
| School roll | 75(February 2018) |
| Socio-economic decile | 10Z |
| Website | cardinalmckeefry.school.nz |
Cardinal McKeefry is a Catholic primary school and intermediate school for girls and boys catering from Year 1 to Year 8 (5 to 13 years old). The school traces its origins to the Marist Brothers' first school opened in New Zealand in 1876. The current school was opened in 1970 by Cardinal Peter McKeefry and named after him.
Cardinal McKeefry is located in Wellington New Zealand, in the city's western suburbs. It is a 9-minute drive from the Wellington CBD, and close to the suburbs of Karori, Kelburn, Northland, Wilton, Wadestown and Ngaio. Students from further afield also attend.
The school is the successor of the first New Zealand Marist Brothers' School which commenced in Boulcott Street in 1876. That school was relocated to Hawkestone Street in 1911 and as Marist Thorndon offered education for boys from Year 4 – Year 8 (i.e. generally boys aged from 9 to 12). The school shifted in stages to its present site when the Hawkestone St site was taken under the Public Works Act 1928 for the Wellington Urban Motorway. The present school was opened in 1970 by Cardinal McKeefry and was named after him. In August 1978, Bishop Owen Snedden, Auxiliary Bishop of Wellington (acting in the interregnum following Cardinal McKeefry's death and before the appointment of his successor, Thomas Stafford Cardinal Williams) signed the integration agreement for Cardinal McKeefry Catholic Primary School and, with St Bernard's School, Brooklyn, it became one of the first two schools to be integrated into the State education system under the Private Schools Conditional Integration Act 1975. The school ceased to be a boys-only, years 4 to 8 school and became a State-Integrated, full primary, co-educational, school.
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