Middleton Grange School
Middleton Grange School in Christchurch, New Zealand, is a Christian co-educational partially private school for Year 1 to 13 . It is currently New Zealand's largest evangelical Christian school .HistoryEstablished in 1964 by the Christian Schools Trust, as an independent Christian school and became integrated into the state system in 1996. MGS's academic structure consists of four departments, primary school, middle school, senior college and international college.Middleton Grange School belongs to the Christchurch Christian Schools Network (CSN) and the New Zealand Association for Christian Schools (NZACS).The school premises used to house the Christchurch headquarters of the Maxim Institute, a conservative Christian thinktank. Bruce Logan was once Middleton Grange's former curriculum director.The school was ordered in 2010 to apologise and compensate a former employee for firing him because of his homosexuality.HousesSecondary school pupils are divided into specific houses which then compete in sporting and cultural activities. There are four of these, named after early British explorers of Antarctica, as Robert Falcon Scott stayed at Middleton Grange's original gentry house before embarking on his ill-fated expedition.Notable alumniGraham Capill - Former leader, Christian Heritage. Eldest son of Don Capill, First Middleton Grange Vice-Principal.Serena Rongonui - Television presenter, What Now?.
