Bluestone School

Its rating

Final decile (2022): 5. Current Equity Index: 474. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

• Raymond Street, West End, Timaru, 7910
• Roll: 474 (September 2026)
• Co-Educational
• Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
• Opened 2005
• An enrolment scheme is in place.
• Isolation index 0.68, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
• Setting: Medium urban area
• Phone: 03-6843706
• Email: admin@bluestone.school.nz
• Contact: Darren Smith
• Website: bluestone.school.nz

Who the roll is

Students may identify with more than one group, the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.

Enrolment zone

• Bluestone School, in force from 2014-09-16 · 3 km²

Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.

Other schools near here

• Timaru Boys' High School, decile 7 · EQI 457 · 364 m
• Timaru Christian School, decile 8 · EQI 446 · 600 m
• Craighead Diocesan School, decile 9 · EQI 409 · 1.1 km
• Highfield School, decile 7 · EQI 477 · 1.4 km
• Waimataitai School, decile 6 · EQI 464 · 1.5 km
• Timaru Girls' High School, decile 6 · EQI 474 · 1.6 km
• Roncalli College, decile 7 · EQI 446 · 1.6 km
• Sacred Heart School (Timaru), decile 5 · EQI 438 · 1.8 km

The green nearby

Parks whose drawn outline sits within 400 m, measured to the outline itself, so a school on a big reserve’s edge still counts.

• North Street / Otipua Road Green Area, Reserve · 275 m to its edge
• Otipua Creek Walkway, Reserve · 316 m to its edge

Facilities nearby

Council facilities within 400 m of the school’s point, libraries, pools and centres a parent can walk to.

• Lovelock Statue And Oak Tree Memorial, Monument · 363 m