Gilberthorpe School
Contributing · State · Hei Hei, Christchurch
236 students on the roll in Hei Hei · EQI 475 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Located in Hei Hei, Christchurch, Gilberthorpe School is a welcoming, community-focused primary school. — gilberthorpe.school.nz
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2. Current Equity Index: 475. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 221 Buchanan’s Road, Hei Hei, Christchurch, 8042 — the street’s record
- Its suburb: Hei Hei — the suburb’s own record
- Roll: 236 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1957
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.31 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Cohort entry: Yes
- Phone: 03-3497363
- Email: office@gilberthorpe.school.nz
- Contact: Simon Scott
- Website: gilberthorpe.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
- Gilberthorpe School — in force from 2018-10-15 · 3 km²
It covers: Broomfield — and the fringes of Hei Hei, Islington, Yaldhurst.
Indicative only — the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- St Bernadette's School (Hornby) — decile 4 · EQI 423 · 774 m
- Hornby Primary School — decile 3 · EQI 489 · 1.2 km
Hornby High School — decile 3 · EQI 489 · 1.3 km- Te Manu Tukutuku South Hornby School — decile 4 · EQI 464 · 2.2 km
- Te Parito Kōwhai Russley School — decile 7 · EQI 420 · 2.4 km
- Yaldhurst School – Tōtara Tūkaha — decile 5 · EQI 432 · 2.4 km
- St Thomas of Canterbury College — decile 8 · EQI 430 · 3.1 km
- Avonhead School - Rakipaoa — decile 7 · EQI 406 · 3.3 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.
- Kaniere Reserve · 34 m to its edge
- Little Oaks Reserve · 199 m to its edge
- Broomfield Common — Sports ground · 330 m to its edge
- Kumara Reserve · 355 m to its edge
The reports nearby
26 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Roads & footpaths and Trees & parks, 20 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.
Rubbish and Bins - General — 14 Rubicon Place, Hei Hei, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 3 July 2026
Overgrown Vegetation — 93 Kaniere Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 15 April 2026
Park - General Request — Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 7 April 2026
Park - General Request — Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 1 January 2026- Animal - General — 19 Rubicon Place, Hei Hei, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 9 October 2025
Trees - General — 71 Kaniere Avenue, Hei Hei, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 20 September 2025
Rubbish and Bins - General — 37 Rubicon Place, Hei Hei, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 28 July 2025
Poles and Signage - General — 39 Rubicon Place, Hei Hei, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 6 December 2024
Dumped Rubbish — 70 Kaniere Avenue, Hei Hei, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 28 June 2024
Hazard — vehicle — 73 Kaniere Avenue, Hei Hei, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 30 May 2024
Street Gutters / Storm Water — 91 Kaniere Avenue, Hei Hei, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 26 January 2024- Rubbish and Bins - General — 37 Rubicon Place, Hei Hei, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 26 September 2023
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 liquefaction model grades it “Low 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
Contributing · State · Co-Educational — in Hei Hei.
236 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 475 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.
1 zone polygon on record — it covers Broomfield (+ fringes). The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.