Shirley Boys' High School - Ngā Tama o Ōruapaeroa
Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Christchurch
1,295 students on the roll · EQI 464 · an enrolment scheme in place.
At Shirley Boys’ High School, we provide rich experiences and guidance that help our boys grow into confident, capable young men. — shirley.school.nz
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 6. Current Equity Index: 464. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 209 Travis Road, Christchurch, 8640
- Roll: 1,295 (September 2026)
- Boys School
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1957
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.28 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Phone: 03-3757057
- Email: office@shirley.school.nz
- Website: shirley.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
- Shirley Boys' High School — in force from 2021-03-01 · 18 km²
It covers: New Brighton, North New Brighton, Parklands, South New Brighton, Southshore, Waimairi Beach — and the fringes of Bexley, Burwood, Marshland.
Indicative only — the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
Avonside Girls' High School — decile 6 · EQI 472 · 58 m- Rāwhiti School — decile 3 · EQI 478 · 803 m
- Parkview Pārua — decile 6 · EQI 477 · 1.5 km
- New Brighton Catholic School (Chch) — decile 6 · EQI 445 · 1.8 km
- St James School (Aranui) — decile 1 · EQI 501 · 2.0 km
Waitākiri Primary School — decile 8 · EQI 452 · 2.0 km- Nova Montessori School — private — not rated · 2.3 km
- Chisnallwood Intermediate — decile 5 · EQI 482 · 2.3 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.
- Queen Elizabeth Ii Park — Sports ground · inside it
The bus stop
The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the school’s pin, not its gate.
- Travis Rd near Blue Gum Pl — 108 m · route 60
Under the ground
The plans and surveys the site keeps, asked once of the school’s ground — footprints and plan maps, not engineering findings.
- The February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over this point — mapped ground failure — a footprint, not a finding
- The liquefaction model grades it “High Liquefaction Vulnerability” — the 2019 screening study
Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 October 2026.
What stood on this ground before → · On the map →
Questions, answered briefly
Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Boys School.
1,295 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 464 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.
1 zone polygon on record — it covers New Brighton, North New Brighton, Parklands and 3 more suburbs (+ fringes). The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.