Addington Te Kura Taumatua

Its rating

Final decile (2022): 3. Current Equity Index: 470. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

• 22 Brougham Street, Addington, Christchurch, 8024 — the street’s record
• Its suburb: Addington — the suburb’s own record
• Roll: 361 (September 2026)
• Co-Educational
• Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
• Opened 1881
• An enrolment scheme is in place.
• Isolation index 0.1 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
• Cohort entry: Yes
• Phone: 03-3662909
• Email: office@addington.school.nz
• Contact: Donna Bilas
• Website: addington.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

• Addington Te Kura Taumatua — in force from 2024-04-29 · 4 km²

It covers: Addington — and the fringes of Christchurch Central, Spreydon, Sydenham.

Indicative only — the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.

Other schools near here

• Sacred Heart School (Christchurch) — decile 4 · EQI 404 · 485 m
• Christchurch South Karamata Intermediate School — decile 8 · EQI 411 · 745 m
• New Zealand IT College (Proposed) — private — not rated · 1.1 km
• Te Puna Wai o Waipapa - Hagley College — decile 6 · EQI 468 · 1.2 km
• Te Ara Koropiko West Spreydon School — decile 4 · EQI 445 · 1.4 km
• Somerfield Te Kura Wairepo — decile 8 · EQI 419 · 1.7 km
• TKKM o Te Whanau Tahi — decile 3 · EQI 494 · 1.9 km
• St Michael's Church School — private — not rated · 1.9 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.

• Simeon Park · 93 m to its edge
• Jerrold Reserve · 174 m to its edge
• Selwyn Reserve · 189 m to its edge

The bus stop

The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the school’s pin, not its gate.

• Simeon St near Howard St — 261 m · route 120

The reports nearby

317 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Rubbish & dumping and Roads & footpaths, 234 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.

• Dumped Rubbish — 30 Ward Street, Addington, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand · 17 September 2026
• Water Leak — 40 Brougham Street, Addington, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand · 13 September 2026
• Roads - General — 19 Somerset Crescent, Addington Christchurch 8024, New Zealand · 28 August 2026
• Park - General Request — 6 Collins Street, Addington, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand · 17 August 2026
• Hazard — vehicle — 6 Collins Street, Addington, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand · 14 August 2026
• Dumped Rubbish — 8 Collins St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand · 11 August 2026
• Traffic Signals — Brougham St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand · 5 August 2026
• Rubbish and Bins - General — 14 Brougham St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand · 4 August 2026
• Park - General Request — 21 Collins Street, Addington, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand · 24 July 2026
• Trees - General — 42A Macaulay Street, Addington, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand · 24 July 2026
• Hazard — vehicle — 7 Collins Street, Addington, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand · 4 July 2026
• Noise - General — 18A Ward St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand · 10 June 2026

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 liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability” — the 2019 screening study