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Christchurch South Karamata Intermediate School

Intermediate · State · Spreydon, Christchurch

492 students on the roll in Spreydon · EQI 411 · an enrolment scheme in place.

Christchurch South Karamata Intermediate School — from the school’s own website
From the school’s own website.
Developing a Passion for LearningRecognising that learning is a lifelong creative process.Building IndependenceHelping our young people to take responsibility for themselves and their futures.Celebrating DiversityWelcoming diverse cultures, beliefs, minds, and identities to unite — chchsouth.ac.nz

Its rating

Final decile (2022): 8. Current Equity Index: 411. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

  • 204 Selwyn Street, Spreydon, Christchurch, 8024 — the street’s record
  • Its suburb: Spreydon — the suburb’s own record
  • Roll: 492 (September 2026)
  • Co-Educational
  • Donations may be requested
  • Opened 1939
  • An enrolment scheme is in place.
  • Isolation index 0.1 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
  • Phone: 03-3322408
  • Email: office@chchsouth.ac.nz
  • Contact: Ross Hastings
  • Website: chchsouth.ac.nz

Who the roll is

European 403 · 82%
Māori 55 · 11%
Pacific 24 · 5%
Asian 77 · 16%
MELAA 23 · 5%
Other 9 · 2%

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 South Karamata Intermediate — in force from 2024-01-01 · 15 km²

It covers: Cashmere, Cracroft, Somerfield, Sydenham, Westmorland — and the fringes of Addington, Beckenham, Hoon Hay, Huntsbury, Spreydon.

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 bus stop

The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the school’s pin, not its gate.

  • Selwyn St near Cheviot St — passes the gate · route 60

The reports nearby

499 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Roads & footpaths and Water & drains, 386 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.

  • Street Gutters / Storm Water — 215 Selwyn St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand · 5 October 2026
  • Pothole — 255 Selwyn St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand · 27 September 2026
  • Dumped Rubbish — 196 Selwyn St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand · 22 September 2026
  • Hazard — vehicle — 8 Cheviot St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand · 22 September 2026
  • Dumped Rubbish — 18 Redruth Avenue, Spreydon, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand · 20 September 2026
  • Damaged Road — 217 Selwyn Street, Spreydon, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand · 20 September 2026
  • Roads - General — 4–34 Cheviot St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand · 16 September 2026
  • Hazard — vehicle — 4–34 Cheviot St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand · 15 September 2026
  • Pothole — 59A Bletsoe Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand · 12 September 2026
  • Roads - General — 4–34 Cheviot St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand · 1 September 2026
  • Water General — 34 MacGibbon Pl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand · 1 September 2026
  • Dumped Rubbish — 16 Redruth Avenue, Spreydon, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand · 31 August 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.

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 Christchurch South Karamata Intermediate School?

Intermediate · State · Co-Educational — in Spreydon.

How many students does Christchurch South Karamata Intermediate School have?

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

What is Christchurch South Karamata Intermediate School's Equity Index?

EQI 411 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 8.

Does Christchurch South Karamata Intermediate School have an enrolment zone?

1 zone polygon on record — it covers Cashmere, Cracroft, Somerfield and 2 more suburbs (+ fringes). The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.