Christchurch Boys' High School
Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Riccarton, Christchurch
1,403 students on the roll in Riccarton · EQI 418 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 10. Current Equity Index: 418. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 71 Straven Road, Riccarton, Christchurch, 8440 — the street’s record
- Its suburb: Riccarton — the suburb’s own record
- Roll: 1,403 (September 2026)
- Boys School
- Donations may be requested
- Opened 1858
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.14 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Boarding: Yes
- Phone: 03-3485003
- Email: finance@staff.cbhs.school.nz
- Contact: Nic Hill
- Website: cbhs.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
- Christchurch Boys' High School — in force from 2025-01-01 · 15 km²
It covers: Fendalton, Merivale, Riccarton, Saint Albans, Strowan — and the fringes of Bryndwr, Burnside, Christchurch Central, Ilam, Upper Riccarton.
Indicative only — the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- St Teresa's School (Riccarton) — decile 4 · EQI 398 · 748 m
- Medbury Preparatory School — private — not rated · 818 m
- Tūora Fendalton School — decile 10 · EQI 371 · 1.0 km
- Christchurch Girls' High School -Te Kura o Hine Waiora — decile 9 · EQI 419 · 1.0 km
- Kahikatea Kirkwood Intermediate — decile 7 · EQI 430 · 1.2 km
- Wharenui School — decile 3 · EQI 457 · 1.3 km
Ilam School — decile 6 · EQI 394 · 1.5 km
St Patrick's School (Bryndwr) — decile 10 · EQI 376 · 1.6 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.
- Riccarton Bush · 146 m to its edge
- Avon River Esplanade Reserve · 321 m to its edge
The bus stop
The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the school’s pin, not its gate.
- Kahu Rd near Girvan St — passes the gate · route 130
The register nearby
Heritage-register places within 300 m of the school’s point — what stood on the ground around it, or still does.
- Christchurch Boys' High School Main Building and Setting — 39 Kahu Road
- Former Riccarton Farm Buildings and Setting — 39V Kahu Road
- Former dwelling and setting, Riccarton — 16 Kahu Road
- Former dwelling and setting, Deans Cottage
- Riccarton Grounds
- Christchurch Boys' High School War Memorial and Setting — 39B Kahu Road
The reports nearby
1 report pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Graffiti & vandalism, 1 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.
Graffiti — 51, Straven Road, Fendalton, 8011, Canterbury · 19 February 2017
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
- Inside a recorded flood footprint — 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce
- The liquefaction model grades it “Medium 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 — in Riccarton.
1,403 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 418 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 10.
1 zone polygon on record — it covers Fendalton, Merivale, Riccarton and 2 more suburbs (+ fringes). The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.