# Bishop Viard College

Secondary (Year 7-15) · State : Integrated · Porirua

https://www.chch.live/school/256-bishop-viard-college

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · Current Equity Index: 505

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

## The record
- 20 Kenepuru Drive, Porirua, 5240
- Roll: 391 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1968
- Isolation index 0.03, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 38 · Māori 80 · Pacific 295 · Asian 58 · MELAA 11 · Other 5
- Phone: 04-2375248
- Email: office@viard.school.nz
- Contact: Christopher Theobald
- Website: http://www.viard.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Porirua Activity Centre](https://www.chch.live/school/6127-porirua-activity-centre), EQI 569
- [Porirua East School](https://www.chch.live/school/2963-porirua-east-school), decile 3 · EQI 500
- [Wellington S D A School](https://www.chch.live/school/4150-wellington-s-d-a-school), decile 2 · EQI 453
- [Porirua School](https://www.chch.live/school/2964-porirua-school), decile 2 · EQI 509
- [Mana College](https://www.chch.live/school/254-mana-college), decile 2 · EQI 509
- [Mahinawa Specialist School and Resource Centre](https://www.chch.live/school/2872-mahinawa-specialist-school-and-resource-centre), decile 5 · EQI 510
- [Kura Toa (Proposed opening date: 2027-02-01)](https://www.chch.live/school/4569-kura-toa-proposed-opening-date-2027-02-01), not rated
- [Windley School](https://www.chch.live/school/3074-windley-school), decile 1 · EQI 529

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-41.140416&lon=174.839226

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Bishop Viard College?**

Secondary (Year 7-15) · State : Integrated · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Bishop Viard College have?**

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

**What is Bishop Viard College's Equity Index?**

EQI 505, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Where is Bishop Viard College?**

20 Kenepuru Drive, , Porirua. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=256 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026