# St Bede's College

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State : Integrated · Papanui, Christchurch

https://www.chch.live/school/315-st-bede-s-college

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 9 · Current Equity Index: 415

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

## The record
- 210 Main North Road, Papanui, Christchurch, 8542
- Roll: 795 (September 2026)
- Boys School
- Donations may be requested
- Opened 1911
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.19 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Boarding: Yes
- Roll by ethnicity: European 665 · Māori 112 · Pacific 50 · Asian 111 · MELAA 13 · Other 11 · International 29
- Phone: 03-3750647
- Email: office@stbedes.school.nz
- Contact: Jon McDowall
- Website: http://www.stbedes.school.nz
- Street record: https://www.chch.live/street/papanui/main-north-road
- Suburb record: https://www.chch.live/papanui

## Enrolment zone
- St Bede's College — in force from 2025-04-28 · 163 km²
- Covers 34 suburbs — mostly Belfast, Bishopdale, Bottle Lake, Bryndwr, Burnside

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

## Other schools near here
- [Marian College](https://www.chch.live/school/343-marian-college) — decile 8 · EQI 426
- [Papanui Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/3466-papanui-primary-school) — decile 6 · EQI 452
- [St Joseph's School (Papanui)](https://www.chch.live/school/3531-st-joseph-s-school-papanui) — decile 9 · EQI 395
- [Te Kura o Matarangi - Northcote School](https://www.chch.live/school/3449-te-kura-o-matarangi-northcote-school) — decile 3 · EQI 533
- [Casebrook Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3309-casebrook-intermediate) — decile 6 · EQI 466
- [Papanui High School](https://www.chch.live/school/316-papanui-high-school) — decile 7 · EQI 461
- [Redwood School (Christchurch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3484-redwood-school-christchurch) — decile 8 · EQI 443
- [Bishopdale School Te Kura o Papakōhatu](https://www.chch.live/school/3293-bishopdale-school-te-kura-o-papakohatu) — decile 3 · EQI 521

## 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.
- [Ramore Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/955-ramore-reserve) — 274 m to its edge
- [Momorangi Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1662-momorangi-reserve) — 283 m to its edge
- [Papanui Pool Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1529-papanui-pool-reserve) — Sports ground · 320 m to its edge
- [Every park on the roll](https://www.chch.live/parks)

## The bus stop
The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the pin, not the gate.
- Main North Rd near Queen Elizabeth II Dr — 127 m · routes 1, 95, 107, 125

## Under the ground
The plans and surveys the site keeps, asked once of the ground — footprints and plan maps, not engineering findings.
- [On the plan’s flood map](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) — Lower Styx River — the managed reach
- [On made ground](https://www.chch.live/fill) — Peat
- [The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability) — the 2019 screening study

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.484055&lon=172.616872

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is St Bede's College?**

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State : Integrated · Boys School — in Papanui.

**How many students does St Bede's College have?**

795 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count.

**What is St Bede's College's Equity Index?**

EQI 415 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 9.

**Does St Bede's College have an enrolment zone?**

1 zone polygon on record — it covers 23 suburbs, mostly Belfast, Bishopdale, Bottle Lake, Bryndwr. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=315 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026