Pareawa Banks Avenue School
Contributing · State · Richmond, Christchurch
363 students on the roll in Richmond · EQI 466 · an enrolment scheme in place.
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Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4. Current Equity Index: 466. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 57 Averill Street, Richmond, Christchurch, 8013 — the street’s record
- Its suburb: Richmond — the suburb’s own record
- Roll: 363 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1956
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.14 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Cohort entry: Yes
- Phone: 03-3854163
- Email: office@pareawabanksave.school.nz
- Contact: Jan Thompson (Acting)
- Website: pareawabanksave.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
- Banks Avenue School — in force from 2020-08-03 · 5 km²
It covers: Dallington, Edgeware, Richmond — and the fringes of Avonside, Burwood, Christchurch Central, Shirley.
Indicative only — the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- Te Oraka — decile 4 · EQI 505 · 529 m
- Te Hiwa Shirley Primary School — decile 3 · EQI 494 · 786 m
- Kingslea School — decile 1 · EQI 569 · 1.1 km
- Whītau School — decile 2 · EQI 513 · 1.8 km
- St Mary's School (Christchurch) — decile 4 · EQI 397 · 2.0 km
- Te Pā o Rākaihautū — decile 4 · EQI 517 · 2.1 km
Christchurch East School — decile 3 · EQI 454 · 2.1 km
St Albans School — decile 8 · EQI 414 · 2.1 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.
- Richmond Park — Sports ground · 237 m to its edge
- Petrie Park · 250 m to its edge
- Dudley Creek Riverbank · 311 m to its edge
The bus stop
The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the school’s pin, not its gate.
- North Pde near Poulton Ave — 92 m · routes 60, Oc
The reports nearby
416 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 363 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.
Dumped Rubbish — 62 Chrystal Street, Richmond, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand · 29 September 2026
Poles and Signage - General — North Pde near Medway St, Richmond, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand · 10 September 2026
Street Gutters / Storm Water — 29 Poulton Avenue, Richmond, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand · 9 September 2026
Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet — North Pde near Poulton Ave, Richmond, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand · 23 August 2026
Damaged Street Light — 61 North Parade, Richmond, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand · 19 August 2026
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — 59 Averill Street, Richmond, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand · 9 August 2026
Water Leak — 34 Poulton Avenue, Richmond, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand · 6 August 2026
Water Fountain — 45 Poulton Avenue, Richmond, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand · 6 August 2026
Trees - General — 8 Poulton Avenue, Richmond, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand · 5 August 2026
Bus Shelter Issue — 78 North Pde, Canterbury, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand · 2 August 2026
Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet — North Pde near Averill St, Richmond, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand · 23 July 2026
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — 69 North Parade, Richmond, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand · 11 July 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
- The September 2010 survey drew liquefaction over this point — mapped ground failure — a footprint, not a finding
- On the plan’s flood map — Avon River, Dudley Creek — the managed reach
- Inside a recorded flood footprint — 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce
- On made ground — natural
- 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
Contributing · State · Co-Educational — in Richmond.
363 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 466 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.
1 zone polygon on record — it covers Dallington, Edgeware, Richmond (+ fringes). The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.