# Wairau Valley Special School

Specialist School · State · Glenfield, Auckland

https://www.chch.live/school/1556-wairau-valley-special-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 8 · Current Equity Index: 434

*Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.*

## The record
- 102 Hillside Road, Glenfield, Auckland, 0627
- Roll: 302 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1975
- Isolation index 0.06, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Roll by ethnicity: European 149 · Māori 35 · Pacific 29 · Asian 114 · MELAA 11 · Other 4
- Phone: 09-4445552
- Email: admin@wvss.school.nz
- Contact: Natalie Todd
- Website: http://www.wvss.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Glenfield Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/1295-glenfield-intermediate), decile 6 · EQI 434
- [Glenfield Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1296-glenfield-primary-school), decile 5 · EQI 415
- [Marlborough School](https://www.chch.live/school/1361-marlborough-school), decile 7 · EQI 379
- [Westlake Boys High School](https://www.chch.live/school/37-westlake-boys-high-school), decile 9 · EQI 399
- [Forrest Hill School](https://www.chch.live/school/1278-forrest-hill-school), decile 8 · EQI 373
- [Manuka Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1350-manuka-primary-school), decile 6 · EQI 411
- [Target Road School](https://www.chch.live/school/1528-target-road-school), decile 6 · EQI 412
- [Sunnybrae Normal School](https://www.chch.live/school/1516-sunnybrae-normal-school), decile 7 · EQI 386

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-36.777948&lon=174.733697

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Wairau Valley Special School?**

Specialist School · State · Co-Educational, in Glenfield.

**How many students does Wairau Valley Special School have?**

302 on the roll at September 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

**What is Wairau Valley Special School's Equity Index?**

EQI 434, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 8.

**Where is Wairau Valley Special School?**

102 Hillside Road, Glenfield, Auckland. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1556 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026