# Grantlea Downs School

Full Primary · State · Marchwiel, Timaru

https://www.chch.live/school/2111-grantlea-downs-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5 · Current Equity Index: 498

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

## The record
- 65 Grants Road, Marchwiel, Timaru, 7910
- Roll: 309 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 2005
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.7, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Medium urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 232 · Māori 92 · Pacific 21 · Asian 42 · MELAA 8 · Other 1
- Phone: 03-6847706
- Email: office@grantleadowns.school.nz
- Contact: Beth Wills
- Website: http://www.grantleadowns.school.nz

## Enrolment zone
- Grantlea Downs School, in force from 2021-03-15 · 81 km²

*Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary.*

## Other schools near here
- [Oceanview Heights School](https://www.chch.live/school/2110-oceanview-heights-school), decile 2 · EQI 523
- [St Joseph's School (Timaru)](https://www.chch.live/school/3533-st-joseph-s-school-timaru), decile 7 · EQI 403
- [Mountainview High School](https://www.chch.live/school/359-mountainview-high-school), decile 6 · EQI 494
- [Waimataitai School](https://www.chch.live/school/3572-waimataitai-school), decile 6 · EQI 464
- [Craighead Diocesan School](https://www.chch.live/school/357-craighead-diocesan-school), decile 9 · EQI 409
- [Highfield School](https://www.chch.live/school/3373-highfield-school), decile 7 · EQI 477
- [Bluestone School](https://www.chch.live/school/2113-bluestone-school), decile 5 · EQI 474
- [Timaru Boys' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/360-timaru-boys-high-school), decile 7 · EQI 457

## 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.
- [Rowallan Scout Den](https://www.chch.live/park/237-rowallan-scout-den), 150 m to its edge
- [Dunkirk Street Berm](https://www.chch.live/park/457-dunkirk-st-berm), Reserve · 172 m to its edge
- [Dunkirk Street Berm](https://www.chch.live/park/492-dunkirk-street-berm), Reserve · 184 m to its edge
- [Esplanade Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/414-esplanade-reserve), Reserve · 354 m to its edge
- [Taitarakihi Creek](https://www.chch.live/park/427-taitarakihi-creek), Reserve · 386 m to its edge
- [Every park on the roll](https://www.chch.live/parks)

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-44.374383&lon=171.235534

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Grantlea Downs School?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational, in Marchwiel.

**How many students does Grantlea Downs School have?**

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

**What is Grantlea Downs School's Equity Index?**

EQI 498, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.

**Does Grantlea Downs School have an enrolment zone?**

1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2111 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026