Middle School · Central Coquitlam · French Immersion Middle Hub
Updated September 2026 · Craig Johnston, REALTOR® V99960
A Coquitlam REALTOR®'s read on Banting — the Coquitlam side's French Immersion middle hub. How the FI continuation pathway works from Nestor / Panorama Heights / Porter Street / Rochester elementaries, what changed when Glen FI ended in 2023, and what to know about buying inside the central Coquitlam catchment.
Quick Answer
What should you know about École Banting Middle School?
École Banting Middle School — École Banting Middle School is a middle school in Coquitlam, serving grades 6–8 in the Central Coquitlam · Banting / Como Lake area area. The Coquitlam side's French Immersion middle hub. Address: 820 Banting Street, V3J 4J4. Phone 604-939-9247.
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Check whether your address is actually inside the Banting Middle catchment.
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Verified school facts · SD43
School type
Middle
Grades
6–8
District
SD43 (Coquitlam School District)
Address
820 Banting Street, Coquitlam, BC V3J 4J4
Phone
Website
Administration (2025–26)
Tristan McCutcheon (Principal)
VP: Confirm current VP roster with the SD43 2025–26 administrators listing.
Enrolment
Approximately 550+ students across grades 6–8.
School hours
Confirm the current year's bell schedule directly with the school at 604-939-9247.
Local representation
School Trustee: SD43 Board of Education contact → · MLA: Port Moody-Burquitlam
In-catchment registration
Cross-catchment / school of choice
Catchment locator
School details verified against the SD43 school page (June 2026). Bell schedules, administrators, and program details can change year to year — confirm the current year directly with the school office before relying on any specific number.
Enrolment snapshot
Real, sourced enrolment figures for Banting Middle, retrieved directly from the SD43 School Guide tool so you're not relying on a guess.
Current enrolment
560 students
2025–2026 school year
Grades served
6–8
English + French Immersion streams
Enrolment by grade
School Year 2025–2026
Grade-level counts (193 + 185 + 185 = 563) run slightly above the published total headcount of 560; both figures come from the same source snapshot. Cross-check with the school office before relying on any single grade's count for planning purposes.
Enrolment retrieved via the SD43 School Guide tool (schoolguide.vtco.app), September 2026 (School Year 2025–2026).
What this school is best known for
Banting is the dual-track middle school for the Coquitlam side of the district. Roughly two-thirds of the school is the English neighbourhood program; the other third is Early French Immersion continuation from Coquitlam-side FI elementaries. The building is a relatively recent replacement (announced 2014, since completed), with a strong facility footprint including a ball hockey rink, basketball court, soccer field, and track-and-field oval.
Programs & academic profile
Continuing from Kindergarten-entry FI elementaries on the Coquitlam side. ~70% French-language instruction at the middle level per the SD43 FI model.
Standard BC middle-school curriculum for the central Coquitlam neighbourhood catchment. Class split roughly 67% English / 33% FI.
STEAM and media arts, performing arts (music, band, drama), visual arts, technology education, home arts.
Volleyball, basketball, cross-country, track. Facility includes a ball hockey rink, basketball court, soccer field, and track-and-field oval.
Active concert band and music programming through the middle-school years.
SD43 inclusive-education model — resource teachers, learning support, counselling.
Standard SD43 English Language Learning programming.
District-wide, under SD43's Aboriginal Enhancement Agreement. Indigenous Support Teachers and Child & Youth Care Workers, scholarships, land-based learning, and the All Nations Canoe Event, serving grades K–12 across SD43.
District-wide, grades K–12. Full-year (10-month) and summer options, with ESL and Culture Programming and a Teacher Training Program; qualifying secondary students can access AP and IB coursework.
SD43 has discontinued regular bus transportation. Coquitlam-side FI students often drive in from elementary FI catchments.
Catchment, feeders & cross-catchment
Central Coquitlam neighbourhood catchment plus a district-wide draw for Early French Immersion continuers from Coquitlam-side FI elementaries. Verify any boundary-edge address through the SD43 locator.
FI stream: École Nestor, École Panorama Heights, École Porter Street, École Rochester (historically also Glen Elementary until SD43 discontinued the Glen FI program in 2023). English stream: central Coquitlam neighbourhood elementaries.
Centennial Secondary (Coquitlam) — FI students continue French Immersion at Centennial; English students continue per catchment assignment.
SD43 allows cross-catchment enrolment when space permits, allocated by lottery with in-district and sibling priority. SD43 cross-catchment policy →
Catchment lines run down individual streets and can put one side of a road in one catchment and the opposite side in the next. Always verify a specific address with the SD43 school locator before relying on any boundary statement.
Extracurriculars · sports · clubs
Programs change year to year. Confirm the current season's club and sport list on the school's Programs / Clubs page.
Inside the catchment · housing read
Banting's catchment is central Coquitlam — the established residential streets around Banting Street and Como Lake Avenue. The English-stream catchment trades on neighbourhood character (older detached homes, established streets, walkability). FI families apply district-wide; the seat travels with the FI continuation, not the address.
Feeder elementary schools
Harbour View Elementary, Mountain View Elementary and Seaview Community School feed into Banting Middle. Each entry below carries the school's provincial record — principal, address, office line, grades and official school code — taken from the B.C. Ministry of Education's Student Success database rather than a directory copy. Catchment boundaries for elementary and middle are drawn separately, so confirm any boundary-edge address through SD43's locator before relying on it.
Grades K-5, public, School District 43. 960 Lillian St, Coquitlam V3J 5C7. Office 604 936-1494. Principal Dave Phelan. Provincial school code 04343021.
SD43 lists it as english, with no immersion stream on site.
Catchment: burquitlam — Lillian Street, North Road area.
For the housing in that footprint, read burquitlam coquitlam guide and burquitlam station homes for sale.
Grades K-5, public, School District 43. 740 Smith Ave, Coquitlam V3J 4E7. Office 604 936-7288. Principal Lisa Salloum. Provincial school code 04343044.
SD43 lists it as english, with no immersion stream on site.
Catchment: burquitlam, west Coquitlam — Smith Avenue area near the SkyTrain corridor.
For the housing in that footprint, read burquitlam coquitlam guide and burquitlam station homes for sale.
Grades K-5, public, School District 43. 1215 Cecile Dr, Port Moody V3H 1N2. Office 604 936-9991. Principal Kirsten Paterson. Provincial school code 04343058.
SD43 lists it as english (community school), with no immersion stream on site.
Catchment: west Port Moody — College Park, Glenayre, Cecile Drive area.
Frequently asked questions
Banting is the Coquitlam side's French Immersion middle hub — the continuation school for Early FI students from Coquitlam-side dual-track FI elementaries (Nestor, Panorama Heights, Porter Street, Rochester). It also runs an English neighbourhood program for the central Coquitlam catchment.
Tristan McCutcheon is the current principal per the SD43 2025–26 administrators listings.
No. Banting runs Early French Immersion ONLY — students who entered FI at Kindergarten in elementary continue here. SD43's Late French Immersion middle hosts (entry at grade 6) are École Citadel (PoCo), École Moody (PoMo), and École Montgomery (Coquitlam).
FI stream: École Nestor, École Panorama Heights, École Porter Street, and École Rochester. Historically Glen Elementary also fed Banting's FI program, but Glen's FI was discontinued in 2023. English stream: central Coquitlam neighbourhood elementaries.
Centennial Secondary in Coquitlam. FI students continue French Immersion at Centennial through grade 12.
Central Coquitlam — the area around Banting Street and Como Lake. The FI program draws district-wide. Verify any specific address with the SD43 locator.
FI continuation at Banting is automatic for SD43 Early FI elementary students. Confirm placement with the school office at 604-939-9247.
No. SD43 has discontinued regular bus transportation district-wide. Coquitlam-side FI families often drive their children in from FI elementary catchments.
Yes — the FI program is district-wide for FI continuers. For the English stream, apply through the SD43 cross-catchment / school-of-choice process when space permits.
820 Banting Street, Coquitlam, BC V3J 4J4. Phone 604-939-9247.
Continue your Coquitlam school research
Main hub
The full SD43 schools guide for the Tri-Cities.
Hub
Ranked guide to the top Coquitlam SD43 schools.
Programs
Every SD43 French Immersion entry point.
Private
Independent schools serving Coquitlam, Port Moody, Port Coquitlam.
Sources & methodology
School facts verified against the SD43 Banting Middle school page, the SD43 2025–26 School Listings (administrators) PDF, the SD43 Board of Education / Trustees page, and the SD43 school locator. Catchment, registration, and cross-catchment information from SD43's cross-catchment policy page. Enrolment (560 students total; by grade — Grade 6: 193, Grade 7: 185, Grade 8: 185; School Year 2025–2026) and the presence of the Indigenous Education Support and SD43 International Student Program offerings at this school were confirmed via the SD43 School Guide tool (schoolguide.vtco.app), retrieved September 2026; the per-grade figures sum to 563, a small variance from the published total of 560 — both numbers come from the same source snapshot, so treat any single figure as approximate and confirm current-year counts with the school office. All SD43.bc.ca links on this page were re-verified September 2026 after SD43 relaunched its website — the previous SharePoint-style URLs (the school's own page, the locator, registration, and cross-catchment) all now 404 or redirect to the SD43 homepage. This same link rot is very likely present across the rest of the school-guide pages and should be swept sitewide, not just fixed on this one. Real estate commentary is the professional opinion of Craig Johnston, REALTOR® license V99960, working under Royal LePage Elite West and serving the SD43 Tri-Cities market.
Page reviewed and dated June 2026; enrolment and program details refreshed September 2026. License V99960 · BCFSA-regulated. Confirm school program details with the school office before relying on them for an enrolment decision.
A long-time Tri-Cities resident and licensed REALTOR®, Craig knows the catchment streets, the boundary risks, and the homes that come up inside the Banting Middle catchment before they hit the public market.
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