Christchurch Girls' High School -Te Kura o Hine Waiora
Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Riccarton, Christchurch
1,308 students on the roll in Riccarton · EQI 419 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Welcome to Christchurch Girls' High School - a passionate learning environment with diverse opportunities & experiences. — cghs.school.nz
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 9. Current Equity Index: 419. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 10 Matai Street, Riccarton, Christchurch, 8011 — the street’s record
- Its suburb: Riccarton — the suburb’s own record
- Roll: 1,308 (September 2026)
- Girls School
- Donations may be requested
- Opened 1877
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.1 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Boarding: Yes
- Phone: 03-3480849
- Email: admin@cghs.school.nz
- Contact: Helen Armstrong
- Website: cghs.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 Girls' High School - Te Kura o Hine W — 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
Rangi Ruru Girls' School — private — not rated · 792 m
St Margaret's College — private — not rated · 1.0 km- Christchurch Boys' High School — decile 10 · EQI 418 · 1.0 km
- Ferndale Te Ahu — decile 4 · EQI 521 · 1.2 km
- Elmwood Normal School — decile 10 · EQI 376 · 1.2 km
Selwyn House School — private — not rated · 1.3 km- Christ's College — private — not rated · 1.4 km
- The Cathedral Grammar School — private — not rated · 1.4 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.
- Mona Vale — Botanic · 52 m to its edge
- Hagley Park North — Sports ground · 135 m to its edge
- Little Hagley Park — Botanic · 174 m to its edge
The bus stop
The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the school’s pin, not its gate.
- Fendalton Rd near Wood Ln — 169 m · route 29
The register nearby
Heritage-register places within 300 m of the school’s point — what stood on the ground around it, or still does.
- Former Pumphouse and Setting, Pump No. 24. — 5 Matai Street East
- Mona Vale Lodge and Setting — 40 Mona Vale Avenue
- Mona Vale Bath House and Setting
- Former Dwelling and Setting, Mona Vale — 63 Fendalton Road
- Mona Vale Grounds
The reports nearby
297 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Roads & footpaths and Graffiti & vandalism, 212 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.
Hazard — vehicle — 10B Matai Street East, Fendalton, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand · 7 August 2026
Pavement - General — 34 Matai St East, Canterbury, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand · 8 July 2026
Damaged Street Sign — 31 Darvel St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand · 28 June 2026
Trees - General — 189 Deans Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand · 14 June 2026
Overgrown Vegetation — 189 Deans Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand · 3 June 2026
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — 40 Mona Vale Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand · 27 May 2026
Street Cleaning — Canterbury, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand · 21 May 2026- Public Toilet — 40 Mona Vale Avenue, Riccarton, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand · 14 May 2026
Roads - General — 44 Matai Street East, Riccarton, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand · 30 April 2026
Pavement - Damaged — 189 Deans Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand · 30 March 2026- Street Light Outage — 37 Darvel Street, Riccarton, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand · 30 March 2026
Street Cleaning — 1/33 Darvel Street, Riccarton, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand · 24 March 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 February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over this point — mapped ground failure — a footprint, not a finding
- On the plan’s flood map — Avon River — the managed reach
- 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 · Girls School — in Riccarton.
1,308 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 419 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 9.
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.