Ferndale Te Ahu

Its rating

Final decile (2022): 4. Current Equity Index: 521. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

• 104 Merivale Lane, Merivale, Christchurch, 8146 — the street’s record
• Its suburb: Merivale — the suburb’s own record
• Roll: 140 (September 2026)
• Co-Educational
• Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
• Opened 1941
• Isolation index 0.09 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
• Phone: 03-3557595
• Email: admin@ferndale.school.nz
• Contact: Maureen Poulter
• Website: ferndaleschool.co.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

• Selwyn House School — private — not rated · 121 m
• St Margaret's College — private — not rated · 227 m
• Rangi Ruru Girls' School — private — not rated · 371 m
• Elmwood Normal School — decile 10 · EQI 376 · 664 m
• He Tīwai Mātauranga Heaton Normal Intermediate — decile 9 · EQI 407 · 896 m
• Christchurch Girls' High School -Te Kura o Hine Waiora — decile 9 · EQI 419 · 1.2 km
• St Albans Catholic School (Christchurch) — decile 9 · EQI 394 · 1.3 km
• St Andrew's College (Christchurch) — private — not rated · 1.3 km

The bus stop

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

• Papanui Rd near Webb St — 269 m · routes 1, 95

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
• Former Dwelling and Setting — 108 Papanui Road
• Former Dwelling/ School and Setting, Former Rangi Ruru/Roseneath House — 110 Papanui Road

The reports nearby

215 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Water & drains and Roads & footpaths, 172 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.

• Pothole — 66 Winchester St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 20 September 2026
• General Request — 41 Winchester St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 28 August 2026
• Hazard — vehicle — 41 Winchester St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 30 July 2026
• Pothole — 66 Winchester St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 10 July 2026
• Street Gutters / Storm Water — 91 Papanui Road, Merivale, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 16 June 2026
• Hazard — vehicle — 21 Winchester Street, Merivale, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 26 May 2026
• Poles and Signage - General — 109 Merivale Lane, Merivale, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 13 May 2026
• Street Light Outage — 48 Clissold St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 8 May 2026
• Damaged Street Sign — 122 Merivale Lane, Merivale, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 5 May 2026
• Pavement - General — 115D Merivale Ln, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 30 April 2026
• General Request — 70A Merivale Ln, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 22 April 2026
• Hazard — vehicle — 12 Winchester Street, Merivale, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 1 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.

• Graded TC3 ground — Green Zone, Technical Category 3, Blue
• The February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over this point — mapped ground failure — a footprint, not a finding
• On the plan’s flood map — Avon River, Dudley Creek — the managed reach
• The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability” — the 2019 screening study