# Nova Montessori School Full Primary · Private : Fully Registered · New Brighton, Christchurch https://www.chch.live/school/1582-nova-montessori-school ## Its rating Private — the Ministry does not rate private schools. *Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.* ## The record - 53 Owles Terrace, New Brighton, Christchurch, 8061 - Roll: 37 (September 2026) - Co-Educational - Not applicable - Opened 1994 - Roll by ethnicity: European 28 · Māori 3 · Pacific 1 · Asian 9 · MELAA 1 · Other 1 - Address record: https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/53-owles-terrace - Phone: 03-3820503 - Email: admin@novamontessori.school.nz - Contact: Shubha Narayan - Website: http://www.novamontessori.school.nz - Street record: https://www.chch.live/street/new-brighton/owles-terrace - Suburb record: https://www.chch.live/new-brighton ## Other schools near here - [New Brighton Catholic School (Chch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3445-new-brighton-catholic-school-chch) — decile 6 · EQI 445 - [St James School (Aranui)](https://www.chch.live/school/3523-st-james-school-aranui) — decile 1 · EQI 501 - [Rāwhiti School](https://www.chch.live/school/696-rawhiti-school) — decile 3 · EQI 478 - [South New Brighton School](https://www.chch.live/school/3508-south-new-brighton-school) — decile 6 · EQI 454 - [Shirley Boys' High School - Ngā Tama o Ōruapaeroa](https://www.chch.live/school/321-shirley-boys-high-school-nga-tama-o-oruapaeroa) — decile 6 · EQI 464 - [Haeata Community Campus](https://www.chch.live/school/704-haeata-community-campus) — decile 1 · EQI 545 - [Avonside Girls' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/324-avonside-girls-high-school) — decile 6 · EQI 472 - [Chisnallwood Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3314-chisnallwood-intermediate) — decile 5 · EQI 482 ## The green nearby Parks whose drawn outline sits within 400 m — measured to the outline itself, so a spot on a big reserve’s edge still counts. - [Withells Island Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1288-withells-island-reserve) — 25 m to its edge - [Every park on the roll](https://www.chch.live/parks) ## The bus stop The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the pin, not the gate. - Hardy St near Beresford St — 211 m · routes 5, 110 ## The reports nearby 466 reports pinned within 250 m of the point — a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Animal - Deceased](https://www.chch.live/report/8978374) — 31 Wairoa St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand - [Hazard — vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8965421) — 111 Beresford Street, New Brighton, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8921952) — 135 Seaview Road, New Brighton, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8869765) — Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8845316) — 29F Wairoa Street, Bexley, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8830728) — Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8774342) — 10 Collingwood St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8751712) — 62 Owles Terrace, Bexley, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8724093) — 60 Owles Tce, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8637871) — 62 Owles Terrace, Bexley, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand - [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8519665) — 29F Wairoa St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8448713) — 31–53 Owles Tce, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand ## Under the ground The plans and surveys the site keeps, asked once of the ground — footprints and plan maps, not engineering findings. - [Graded TC3 ground](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories) — Green Zone, Technical Category 3, Blue - [The February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over this point](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) — mapped ground failure — a footprint, not a finding - [The September 2010 survey drew liquefaction over this point](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) — mapped ground failure — a footprint, not a finding - [Inside a modelled tsunami reach](https://www.chch.live/tsunami) — ECAN Report R12/38 2012 · ECAN Report R14/78 2014 - [On the plan’s flood map](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) — Avon River — the managed reach - [Inside a recorded flood footprint](https://www.chch.live/floods) — 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce - [The liquefaction model grades it “High Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability) — the 2019 screening study What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.510659&lon=172.724993 ## Questions, answered briefly **What kind of school is Nova Montessori School?** Full Primary · Private : Fully Registered · Co-Educational — in New Brighton. **How many students does Nova Montessori School have?** 37 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count. **Does Nova Montessori School have an Equity Index?** No — the Ministry does not rate private schools. **What is near Nova Montessori School?** Withells Island Reserve — green space within 400 m of the school’s point. Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1582 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026