# Thames South School

Full Primary · State · Thames

https://www.chch.live/school/2027-thames-south-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 541

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

## The record
- 307 Rolleston Street, Thames, 3500
- Roll: 64 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1858
- Isolation index 1.06, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: All students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Small urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 18 · Pacific 9 · Asian 3 · MELAA 2
- Phone: 07-8686594
- Email: office@thamessouth.school.nz
- Contact: Barbara Hetaraka
- Website: http://www.thamessouth.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [St Francis School (Thames)](https://www.chch.live/school/1945-st-francis-school-thames), decile 5 · EQI 409
- [Thames High School](https://www.chch.live/school/111-thames-high-school), decile 5 · EQI 489
- [Pārāwai School](https://www.chch.live/school/1886-parawai-school), decile 5 · EQI 468
- [Moanataiari School](https://www.chch.live/school/1829-moanataiari-school), decile 4 · EQI 465
- [Matatoki School](https://www.chch.live/school/1819-matatoki-school), decile 5 · EQI 459
- [Kopuarahi School](https://www.chch.live/school/1782-kopuarahi-school), decile 4 · EQI 524
- [Turua Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/2043-turua-primary-school), decile 5 · EQI 470
- [Te Puru School](https://www.chch.live/school/1912-te-puru-school), decile 4 · EQI 456

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.14458&lon=175.54827

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Thames South School?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Thames South School have?**

64 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

**What is Thames South School's Equity Index?**

EQI 541, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Where is Thames South School?**

307 Rolleston Street, , Thames. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2027 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026