Te Aratai College
Secondary (Year 7-15) · State · Phillipstown, Christchurch
1,240 students on the roll in Phillipstown · EQI 507 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Te Aratai College. Where everything we do is designed to develop learning, mauri ora, well-being, and a growth mindset. — tearatai.school.nz
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 3. Current Equity Index: 507. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 85 Aldwins Road, Phillipstown, Christchurch, 8642 — the street’s record
- Its suburb: Phillipstown — the suburb’s own record
- Roll: 1,240 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1954
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.09 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Phone: 03-9820100
- Email: office@tearatai.school.nz
- Contact: Maria Lemalie-Herbert
- Website: tearatai.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
- Te Aratai College (Year 7&8) — in force from 2021-01-01 · 12 km²
- Te Aratai College (Year 9-15) — in force from 2021-01-01 · 69 km²
It covers: 27 suburbs — mostly Avonside, Bromley, Cass Bay, Clifton, Corsair Bay.
Indicative only — the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- Te Huarahi Linwood Avenue School — decile 2 · EQI 499 · 700 m
- Kimihia Parents' College — decile 1 · EQI 569 · 881 m
- Te Waka Unua School — decile 2 · EQI 509 · 933 m
- Te Pā o Rākaihautū — decile 4 · EQI 517 · 1.1 km
- Te Ahuwai Bromley School — decile 3 · EQI 513 · 1.6 km
- Whītau School — decile 2 · EQI 513 · 1.6 km
Catholic Cathedral College — decile 4 · EQI 448 · 1.7 km- TKKM o Waitaha — decile 1 · EQI 519 · 1.7 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.
- Edmonds Park — Sports ground · 116 m to its edge
- Linwood Park — Sports ground · 341 m to its edge
- Edmonds Factory Garden — Botanic · 347 m to its edge
The bus stop
The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the school’s pin, not its gate.
- Aldwins Rd near Bass St — 112 m · routes 140, Oa
The register nearby
Heritage-register places within 300 m of the school’s point — what stood on the ground around it, or still does.
- Dwelling and Setting — 63 Aldwins Road
- Dwelling and Setting — 14 Bass Street
The reports nearby
826 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Graffiti & vandalism and Rubbish & dumping, 678 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.
Dumped Rubbish — 89 Bordesley St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand · 1 October 2026
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — 74 Aldwins Road, Phillipstown, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand · 29 September 2026
Dumped Rubbish — 5 Newcastle St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand · 22 September 2026
Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet — Aldwins Rd near Harrow St, Phillipstown, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand · 14 September 2026
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa — 60A Aldwins Road, Phillipstown, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand · 14 September 2026
Dumped Rubbish — 77 Ryan Street, Phillipstown, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand · 11 September 2026
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa — 62 Aldwins Road, Linwood, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand · 4 September 2026
Litter — 125 Aldwins Road, Phillipstown, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand · 11 August 2026
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — 54 Aldwins Road, Phillipstown, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand · 31 July 2026
Dumped Rubbish — 88 Bordesley St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand · 23 July 2026
Dumped Rubbish — 82 Harrow Street, Phillipstown, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand · 22 July 2026
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — 54 Aldwins Road, Phillipstown, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand · 21 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
- On the plan’s flood map — Heathcote 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
Secondary (Year 7-15) · State · Co-Educational — in Phillipstown.
1,240 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 507 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 3.
2 zone polygons on record — it covers 21 suburbs, mostly Avonside, Bromley, Cass Bay, Clifton. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.