Wairarapa Cobham Intermediate
Intermediate · State · Fendalton, Christchurch
678 students on the roll in Fendalton · EQI 405 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Wairarapa Cobham Intermediate School in Christchurch provides specialised learning, opportunities and support for Year 7 and 8 students to achieve for life. — cobham.school.nz
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 8. Current Equity Index: 405. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 294 Ilam Road, Fendalton, Christchurch, 8053 — the street’s record
- Its suburb: Fendalton — the suburb’s own record
- Roll: 678 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations may be requested
- Opened 1963
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.19 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Phone: 03-3516381
- Email: office@wci.school.nz
- Contact: Edward Norgate
- Website: cobham.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
- Wairarapa Cobham Intermediate — in force from 2025-01-01 · 14 km²
It covers: Bryndwr, Burnside, Fendalton — and the fringes of Avonhead, Bishopdale, Christchurch Airport, Ilam, Papanui.
Indicative only — the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- Tuia Burnside Primary School — decile 4 · EQI 437 · 300 m
- Christ The King School (Burnside) — decile 8 · EQI 369 · 595 m
Burnside High School — decile 8 · EQI 416 · 602 m- Tūora Fendalton School — decile 10 · EQI 371 · 945 m
- Westburn Te Kura O Hereora — decile 9 · EQI 383 · 1.1 km
- Wairakei School (Christchurch) — decile 6 · EQI 478 · 1.2 km
- Medbury Preparatory School — private — not rated · 1.3 km
St Patrick's School (Bryndwr) — decile 10 · EQI 376 · 1.6 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.
- Jellie Park — Sports ground · 109 m to its edge
The bus stop
The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the school’s pin, not its gate.
- Memorial Ave near Ilam Rd — 349 m · route 29
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 — Avon River — the managed reach
- Inside a recorded flood footprint — 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce
- The liquefaction model grades it “Medium 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 Fendalton.
678 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 405 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 8.
1 zone polygon on record — it covers Bryndwr, Burnside, Fendalton (+ fringes). The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.