# Wairarapa Cobham Intermediate

Intermediate · State · Fendalton, Christchurch

https://www.chch.live/school/3323-wairarapa-cobham-intermediate

## 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
- 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
- Roll by ethnicity: European 294 · Māori 71 · Pacific 34 · Asian 345 · MELAA 24 · Other 7 · International 11
- Phone: 03-3516381
- Email: office@wci.school.nz
- Contact: Edward Norgate
- Website: http://www.cobham.school.nz
- Street record: https://www.chch.live/street/fendalton/ilam-road
- Suburb record: https://www.chch.live/fendalton

## Enrolment zone
- Wairarapa Cobham Intermediate — in force from 2025-01-01 · 14 km²
- 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.*

## Other schools near here
- [Tuia Burnside Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/3305-tuia-burnside-primary-school) — decile 4 · EQI 437
- [Christ The King School (Burnside)](https://www.chch.live/school/3316-christ-the-king-school-burnside) — decile 8 · EQI 369
- [Burnside High School](https://www.chch.live/school/319-burnside-high-school) — decile 8 · EQI 416
- [Tūora Fendalton School](https://www.chch.live/school/3338-tuora-fendalton-school) — decile 10 · EQI 371
- [Westburn Te Kura O Hereora](https://www.chch.live/school/3589-westburn-te-kura-o-hereora) — decile 9 · EQI 383
- [Wairakei School (Christchurch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3577-wairakei-school-christchurch) — decile 6 · EQI 478
- [Medbury Preparatory School](https://www.chch.live/school/4118-medbury-preparatory-school) — private — not rated
- [St Patrick's School (Bryndwr)](https://www.chch.live/school/3537-st-patrick-s-school-bryndwr) — decile 10 · EQI 376

## The green nearby
Parks whose drawn outline sits within 400 m — measured to the outline itself, so a spot on a big reserve’s edge still counts.
- [Jellie Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1437-jellie-park) — Sports ground · 109 m to its edge
- [Every park on the roll](https://www.chch.live/parks)

## The bus stop
The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the pin, not the gate.
- Memorial Ave near Ilam Rd — 349 m · route 29

## Under the ground
The plans and surveys the site keeps, asked once of the ground — footprints and plan maps, not engineering findings.
- [On the plan’s flood map](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) — Avon River — the managed reach
- [Inside a recorded flood footprint](https://www.chch.live/floods) — 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce
- [The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability) — the 2019 screening study

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.510467&lon=172.583791

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Wairarapa Cobham Intermediate?**

Intermediate · State · Co-Educational — in Fendalton.

**How many students does Wairarapa Cobham Intermediate have?**

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

**What is Wairarapa Cobham Intermediate's Equity Index?**

EQI 405 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 8.

**Does Wairarapa Cobham Intermediate have an enrolment zone?**

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.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3323 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026