Pūtahi Belfast School
Full Primary · State · Belfast, Christchurch
453 students on the roll in Belfast · EQI 458 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Tena koutou katoa. Tēnā tātou i raro i te maru o Ngāi Tahu. Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou katoa.Greetings to you all and a warm welcome to our school... — belfast.school.nz
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 7. Current Equity Index: 458. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 700 Main North Road, Belfast, Christchurch, 8051 — the street’s record
- Its suburb: Belfast — the suburb’s own record
- Roll: 453 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1937
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.28 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Phone: 03-3238849
- Email: office@belfast.school.nz
- Contact: Jo Johnstone
- Website: belfast.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
- Belfast School — in force from 2023-01-01 · 47 km²
It covers: Belfast, Brooklands, Casebrook, Coutts Island, Northwood, Spencerville — and the fringes of Harewood, Kainga, Marshland, Ouruhia, Redwood.
Indicative only — the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- Pītau-Allenvale School — decile 6 · EQI 466 · 580 m
- Redwood School (Christchurch) — decile 8 · EQI 443 · 2.3 km
- Ōuruhia Model School — decile 8 · EQI 445 · 2.9 km
- Te Kura o Matarangi - Northcote School — decile 3 · EQI 533 · 3.1 km
St Bede's College — decile 9 · EQI 415 · 3.5 km- Te Rito Harakeke - Marshland School — decile 9 · EQI 404 · 3.6 km
- Casebrook Intermediate — decile 6 · EQI 466 · 3.7 km
Marian College — decile 8 · EQI 426 · 3.7 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.
- Sheldon Park — Sports ground · 55 m to its edge
- Kapuatohe Reserve — Botanic · 195 m to its edge
- Castile Reserve · 344 m to its edge
- Foley Reserve · 366 m to its edge
- Tisch Reserve · 367 m to its edge
The bus stop
The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the school’s pin, not its gate.
- Main North Rd near Lagan St — 71 m · routes 1, 95
The register nearby
Heritage-register places within 300 m of the school’s point — what stood on the ground around it, or still does.
- Dwelling and setting, Belfast School Master's House — 665 Main North Road
- Kapuatohe Reserve — 665 Main North Road
- Dwelling and Setting — 663 Main North Road
The reports nearby
421 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Trees & parks and Graffiti & vandalism, 343 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.
Traffic Signals — 689 Main North Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand · 25 September 2026
Damaged Street Sign — 683 Main North Road, Belfast, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand · 16 September 2026
Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet — 710 Main North Road, Belfast, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand · 9 September 2026
Facility - General Request — 672A Main North Road, Belfast, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand · 30 August 2026
Pothole — 687 Main North Road, Belfast, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand · 5 August 2026
Trees - General — 697 Main North Road, Belfast, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand · 3 August 2026
Park - General Request — 40 Shannon Place, Belfast, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand · 3 August 2026
Public Toilet — 710A Main North Road, Belfast, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand · 31 July 2026
Trees - General — Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand · 28 July 2026
Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet — 710 Main North Road, Belfast, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand · 22 July 2026
Trees - General — Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand · 15 July 2026
Road Signage — 2 Pentland Drive, Belfast, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand · 8 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.
- On the plan’s flood map — Lower Styx River — the managed reach
- The liquefaction model grades it “Liquefaction Damage is Possible” — 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
Full Primary · State · Co-Educational — in Belfast.
453 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 458 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 7.
1 zone polygon on record — it covers Belfast, Brooklands, Casebrook and 3 more suburbs (+ fringes). The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.