St Margaret's College

Its rating

Private — the Ministry does not rate private schools. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

• 12 Winchester Street, Merivale, Christchurch, 8144 — the street’s record
• Its suburb: Merivale — the suburb’s own record
• Roll: 866 (September 2026)
• Girls School
• Not applicable
• Opened 1910
• Boarding: Yes
• Phone: 03-3792000
• Email: admin@stmargarets.school.nz
• Contact: Diana Patchett
• Website: stmargarets.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.

Other schools near here

• Ferndale Te Ahu — decile 4 · EQI 521 · 227 m
• Selwyn House School — private — not rated · 281 m
• Rangi Ruru Girls' School — private — not rated · 353 m
• Elmwood Normal School — decile 10 · EQI 376 · 837 m
• Christchurch Girls' High School -Te Kura o Hine Waiora — decile 9 · EQI 419 · 1.0 km
• He Tīwai Mātauranga Heaton Normal Intermediate — decile 9 · EQI 407 · 1.1 km
• The Cathedral Grammar School — private — not rated · 1.1 km
• Christ's College — private — not rated · 1.2 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.

• Carlton Mill Riverbank · 253 m to its edge
• Little Hagley Park — Botanic · 269 m to its edge
• Hagley Park North — Sports ground · 363 m to its edge

The bus stop

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

• Carlton Mill Rd near Exeter St — 224 m · route 8

The register nearby

Heritage-register places within 300 m of the school’s point — what stood on the ground around it, or still does.

• Former Dwelling and Setting, Acland House — 85 Papanui Road

The reports nearby

362 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Roads & footpaths and Water & drains, 290 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.

• Water Leak — 38 Tonbridge St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 25 September 2026
• Water Leak — 45 Clissold St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 25 September 2026
• General Request — 47 Andover St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 2 September 2026
• Water Leak — 10 Cheltenham Street, Merivale, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 1 September 2026
• General Request — 41 Winchester St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 28 August 2026
• Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — 48 Carlton Mill Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 4 August 2026
• Hazard — vehicle — 41 Winchester St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 30 July 2026
• Water Fountain — 73 Carlton Mill Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 28 July 2026
• Street Gutters / Storm Water — 15 Cheltenham St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 26 July 2026
• Water Leak — 40 Tonbridge St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 22 July 2026
• Water General — 80 Andover Street, Merivale, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 22 July 2026
• Water Leak — 87 Carlton Mill Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 20 July 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 liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability” — the 2019 screening study