Chisnallwood Intermediate
Intermediate · State · Avondale, Christchurch
411 students on the roll in Avondale · EQI 482 · an enrolment scheme in place.
A place where tradition meets innovation, and every learner has the opportunity to thrive in a supportive and vibrant community. — chisnallwood.school.nz
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5. Current Equity Index: 482. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 90 Breezes Road, Avondale, Christchurch, 8061 — the street’s record
- Its suburb: Avondale — the suburb’s own record
- Roll: 411 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1967
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.2 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Phone: 03-3884199
- Email: info@chisnallwood.school.nz
- Contact: Todd Blake
- Website: chisnallwood.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
- Chisnallwood Intermediate — in force from 2024-01-01 · 10 km²
It covers: Avondale, Wainoni — and the fringes of Avonside, Burwood, Marshland, 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
- Haeata Community Campus — decile 1 · EQI 545 · 830 m
- St James School (Aranui) — decile 1 · EQI 501 · 1.3 km
- Whītau School — decile 2 · EQI 513 · 2.0 km
- Te Oraka — decile 4 · EQI 505 · 2.2 km
Avonside Girls' High School — decile 6 · EQI 472 · 2.3 km
Shirley Boys' High School - Ngā Tama o Ōruapaeroa — decile 6 · EQI 464 · 2.3 km- Pareawa Banks Avenue School — decile 4 · EQI 466 · 2.4 km
Waitākiri Primary School — decile 8 · EQI 452 · 2.4 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.
- Avondale Playground · 157 m to its edge
- Emlyn Playground · 272 m to its edge
The bus stop
The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the school’s pin, not its gate.
- Wainoni Rd near Shortland St — 343 m · route 80
The reports nearby
148 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Graffiti & vandalism and Trees & parks, 121 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.
Water Leak — 126 Breezes Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand · 2 September 2026
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — 126 Breezes Road, Avondale, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand · 21 August 2026
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — 147 Breezes Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand · 7 August 2026
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — 126 Breezes Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand · 19 July 2026- Graffiti on a playground or in a park — Avondale Playground 59 Breezes Road, Avondale, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand · 15 July 2026
Pavement - General — Avondale Playground 59 Breezes Road, Avondale, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand · 7 July 2026
Rubbish and Bins - General — 15 Eglinton St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand · 24 June 2026
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa — 2 Eglinton Street, Avondale, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand · 18 June 2026
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — 126 Breezes Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand · 4 June 2026
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — 77 Breezes Road, Avondale, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand · 25 May 2026
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — 44 Breezes Road, Avondale, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand · 21 April 2026
Graffiti on a playground or in a park — 59 Breezes Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand · 14 April 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 — the managed reach
- Inside a recorded flood footprint — 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce
- 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
Intermediate · State · Co-Educational — in Avondale.
411 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 482 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.
1 zone polygon on record — it covers Avondale, Wainoni (+ fringes). The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.