# Te Aratai College Secondary (Year 7-15) · State · Phillipstown, Christchurch https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college ## 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 - 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 - Roll by ethnicity: European 637 · Māori 336 · Pacific 181 · Asian 307 · MELAA 37 · Other 9 - Address record: https://www.chch.live/phillipstown/85-aldwins-road - Phone: 03-9820100 - Email: office@tearatai.school.nz - Contact: Maria Lemalie-Herbert - Website: https://tearatai.school.nz/ - Street record: https://www.chch.live/street/phillipstown/aldwins-road - Suburb record: https://www.chch.live/phillipstown ## 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 - Covers 27 suburbs — mostly Avonside, Bromley, Cass Bay, Clifton, Corsair Bay *Indicative only — the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary.* ## Other schools near here - [Te Huarahi Linwood Avenue School](https://www.chch.live/school/3413-te-huarahi-linwood-avenue-school) — decile 2 · EQI 499 - [Kimihia Parents' College](https://www.chch.live/school/2761-kimihia-parents-college) — decile 1 · EQI 569 - [Te Waka Unua School](https://www.chch.live/school/684-te-waka-unua-school) — decile 2 · EQI 509 - [Te Pā o Rākaihautū](https://www.chch.live/school/706-te-pa-o-rakaihautu) — decile 4 · EQI 517 - [Te Ahuwai Bromley School](https://www.chch.live/school/3302-te-ahuwai-bromley-school) — decile 3 · EQI 513 - [Whītau School](https://www.chch.live/school/3415-whitau-school) — decile 2 · EQI 513 - [Catholic Cathedral College](https://www.chch.live/school/531-catholic-cathedral-college) — decile 4 · EQI 448 - [TKKM o Waitaha](https://www.chch.live/school/4212-tkkm-o-waitaha) — decile 1 · EQI 519 ## 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. - [Edmonds Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1532-edmonds-park) — Sports ground · 116 m to its edge - [Linwood Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1311-linwood-park) — Sports ground · 341 m to its edge - [Edmonds Factory Garden](https://www.chch.live/park/1594-edmonds-factory-garden) — Botanic · 347 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. - Aldwins Rd near Bass St — 112 m · routes 140, Oa ## The register nearby Heritage-register places within 300 m of the point — proximity, not a claim of place. - [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/2) — 63 Aldwins Road - [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/11) — 14 Bass Street ## The reports nearby 826 reports pinned within 250 m of the point — a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9012089) — 89 Bordesley St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9004436) — 74 Aldwins Road, Phillipstown, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8961949) — 5 Newcastle St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8922294) — Aldwins Rd near Harrow St, Phillipstown, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8921573) — 60A Aldwins Road, Phillipstown, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8901466) — 77 Ryan Street, Phillipstown, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8866430) — 62 Aldwins Road, Linwood, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand - [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/8722506) — 125 Aldwins Road, Phillipstown, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8666775) — 54 Aldwins Road, Phillipstown, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8621945) — 88 Bordesley St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8616237) — 82 Harrow Street, Phillipstown, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8611499) — 54 Aldwins Road, Phillipstown, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand ## Under the ground The plans and surveys the site keeps, asked once of the ground — footprints and plan maps, not engineering findings. - [The February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over this point](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) — mapped ground failure — a footprint, not a finding - [On the plan’s flood map](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) — Heathcote 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=-43.538254&lon=172.667226 ## Questions, answered briefly **What kind of school is Te Aratai College?** Secondary (Year 7-15) · State · Co-Educational — in Phillipstown. **How many students does Te Aratai College have?** 1,240 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count. **What is Te Aratai College's Equity Index?** EQI 507 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 3. **Does Te Aratai College have an enrolment zone?** 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. Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=337 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026