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Bishopdale School Te Kura o Papakōhatu

Contributing · State · Bishopdale, Christchurch

177 students on the roll in Bishopdale · EQI 521 · an enrolment scheme in place.

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Its rating

Final decile (2022): 3. Current Equity Index: 521. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

  • 465 Greers Road, Bishopdale, Christchurch, 8053 — the street’s record
  • Its suburb: Bishopdale — the suburb’s own record
  • Roll: 177 (September 2026)
  • Co-Educational
  • Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
  • Opened 1957
  • An enrolment scheme is in place.
  • Isolation index 0.21 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
  • Phone: 03-3529354
  • Email: office@bishopdale.school.nz
  • Website: bishopdale.school.nz

Who the roll is

European 58 · 33%
Māori 54 · 31%
Pacific 16 · 9%
Asian 34 · 19%
MELAA 26 · 15%
Other 1 · 1%

Students may identify with more than one group — the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.

Enrolment zone

  • Bishopdale School — in force from 2021-07-26 · 1 km²

It covers: Bishopdale, Northcote.

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

Other schools near here

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.

The reports nearby

203 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Trees & parks and Graffiti & vandalism, 148 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.

Under the ground

The plans and surveys the site keeps, asked once of the school’s ground — footprints and plan maps, not engineering findings.

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

What kind of school is Bishopdale School Te Kura o Papakōhatu?

Contributing · State · Co-Educational — in Bishopdale.

How many students does Bishopdale School Te Kura o Papakōhatu have?

177 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count.

What is Bishopdale School Te Kura o Papakōhatu's Equity Index?

EQI 521 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 3.

Does Bishopdale School Te Kura o Papakōhatu have an enrolment zone?

1 zone polygon on record — it covers Bishopdale, Northcote. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.