# Fernlea School

Contributing · State · Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt

https://www.chch.live/school/2842-fernlea-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4 · Current Equity Index: 481

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

## The record
- 25a Lees Grove, Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt, 5014
- Roll: 202 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1963
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.23, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Roll by ethnicity: European 150 · Pacific 29 · Asian 19 · MELAA 5 · Other 3
- Phone: 04-5646066
- Email: office@fernlea.school.nz
- Contact: Tony Field
- Website: http://www.fernlea.school.nz

## Enrolment zone
- Fernlea School, in force from 2006-09-20 · 1 km²

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

## Other schools near here
- [St Claudine Thevenet School](https://www.chch.live/school/3018-st-claudine-thevenet-school), decile 3 · EQI 447
- [Konini Primary School (Wainuiomata)](https://www.chch.live/school/1647-konini-primary-school-wainuiomata), decile 4 · EQI 484
- [Wainuiomata Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/1646-wainuiomata-intermediate), decile 3 · EQI 502
- [Wainuiomata High School](https://www.chch.live/school/478-wainuiomata-high-school), decile 3 · EQI 509
- [Pukeatua Primary School (Wainuiomata)](https://www.chch.live/school/2846-pukeatua-primary-school-wainuiomata), decile 2 · EQI 525
- [Wainuiomata Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/3059-wainuiomata-primary-school), decile 4 · EQI 484
- [Arakura School](https://www.chch.live/school/2802-arakura-school), decile 2 · EQI 500
- [Wellesley College](https://www.chch.live/school/4149-wellesley-college), private, not rated

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-41.264097&lon=174.937905

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Fernlea School?**

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Wainuiomata.

**How many students does Fernlea School have?**

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

**What is Fernlea School's Equity Index?**

EQI 481, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.

**Does Fernlea 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=2842 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026