# Southern Health School

Specialist School · State · Hillmorton, Christchurch

https://www.chch.live/school/1631-southern-health-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · Current Equity Index: 569

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

## The record
- 2 Halswell Road, Hillmorton, Christchurch, 8140
- Roll: 20 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 2000
- Isolation index 0.2 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Roll by ethnicity: European 16 · Māori 9 · Pacific 1
- Address record: https://www.chch.live/hillmorton/2-halswell-road
- Phone: 03-3666739
- Email: secretary@southernhealth.school.nz
- Contact: Linda MILLER
- Website: http://www.srhs.school.nz
- Street record: https://www.chch.live/street/hillmorton/halswell-road
- Suburb record: https://www.chch.live/hillmorton

## Other schools near here
- [Te Kura Tuarua o Horomaka Hillmorton High School](https://www.chch.live/school/339-te-kura-tuarua-o-horomaka-hillmorton-high-school) — decile 4 · EQI 467
- [Te Kura o Mōkihi Spreydon School](https://www.chch.live/school/3512-te-kura-o-mokihi-spreydon-school) — decile 3 · EQI 453
- [Te Kōmanawa Rowley School](https://www.chch.live/school/3492-te-komanawa-rowley-school) — decile 1 · EQI 535
- [New Zealand IT College (Proposed)](https://www.chch.live/school/4539-new-zealand-it-college-proposed) — private — not rated
- [Te Ara Koropiko West Spreydon School](https://www.chch.live/school/3588-te-ara-koropiko-west-spreydon-school) — decile 4 · EQI 445
- [Hoon Hay Te Kura Kōaka](https://www.chch.live/school/3379-hoon-hay-te-kura-koaka) — decile 8 · EQI 416
- [Our Lady of the Assumption School (Chch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3461-our-lady-of-the-assumption-school-chch) — decile 10 · EQI 401
- [Sacred Heart School (Christchurch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3270-sacred-heart-school-christchurch) — decile 4 · EQI 404

## 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.
- [Spreydon Riverbank Reserves](https://www.chch.live/park/1003-spreydon-riverbank-reserves) — 57 m to its edge
- [Sunnyside Heritage Garden](https://www.chch.live/park/1859-sunnyside-heritage-garden) — Botanic · 102 m to its edge
- [Seager Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1885-seager-park) — 187 m to its edge
- [Nga Puna Wai](https://www.chch.live/park/989-nga-puna-wai) — Sports ground · 315 m to its edge
- [Canterbury Agricultural Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1919-canterbury-agricultural-park) — Sports ground · 326 m to its edge
- [Albion Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1844-albion-reserve) — 347 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.
- Halswell Rd near Coppell Pl — 47 m · route 7

## The reports nearby
764 reports pinned within 250 m of the point — a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Hazard — vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8978494) — 23 Coppell Place, Hillmorton, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8968035) — 7R Annex Road, Addington, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8967813) — Annex Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8930173) — 19 Halswell Road, Hillmorton, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand
- [Hazard — vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8909059) — 17 Annex Road, Addington, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8909049) — Sunnyside Heritage Garden 18 John Campbell Crescent, Hillmorton, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand
- [Hazard — vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8806592) — 21 Coppell Place, Hillmorton, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8776540) — Sunnyside Heritage Garden 18 John Campbell Crescent, Hillmorton, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand
- [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8748787) — 10 Lincoln Road, Hillmorton, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8736651) — Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand
- [Street Light Outage](https://www.chch.live/report/8663149) — 33 Halswell Road, Hoon Hay, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8653009) — 13 Halswell Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand

## Under the ground
The plans and surveys the site keeps, asked once of the ground — footprints and plan maps, not engineering findings.
- [On the plan’s flood map](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) — Heathcote River — the managed reach
- [The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability) — the 2019 screening study

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.553887&lon=172.593881

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Southern Health School?**

Specialist School · State · Co-Educational — in Hillmorton.

**How many students does Southern Health School have?**

20 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count.

**What is Southern Health School's Equity Index?**

EQI 569 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**What is near Southern Health School?**

Spreydon Riverbank Reserves, Sunnyside Heritage Garden, Seager Park and 3 more — green space within 400 m of the school’s point.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1631 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026
