Heathcote Valley School

Its rating

Final decile (2022): 9. Current Equity Index: 424. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

• Bridle Path Road, Heathcote Valley, Christchurch, 8022 — the street’s record
• Its suburb: Heathcote Valley — the suburb’s own record
• Roll: 188 (September 2026)
• Co-Educational
• Donations may be requested
• Opened 1860
• An enrolment scheme is in place.
• Isolation index 0.27 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
• Phone: 03-3841058
• Email: admin@hvs.school.nz
• Contact: Bruce Ellison
• Website: hvs.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

• Heathcote Valley School — in force from 2010-08-23 · 6 km²

It covers: Ferrymead, Heathcote Valley.

Indicative only — the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.

Other schools near here

• Mt Pleasant School — decile 10 · EQI 393 · 2.0 km
• Lyttelton Primary School — decile 9 · EQI 424 · 2.8 km
• Te Raekura Redcliffs School — decile 10 · EQI 400 · 3.3 km
• Ngutuawa School — decile 3 · EQI 526 · 3.3 km
• Mastery Schools New Zealand - Arapaki — EQI 434 · 3.5 km
• St Anne's School (Woolston) — decile 3 · EQI 447 · 3.8 km
• Ko Taku Reo - Deaf Education New Zealand — EQI 516 · 4.0 km
• Tamariki School — decile 4 · EQI 464 · 4.0 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.

• Heathcote Domain — Sports ground · 42 m to its edge
• Birdsey Reserve · 60 m to its edge
• Scotts Valley Reserve — Regional · 125 m to its edge
• Martindales Reserve No. 1 · 308 m to its edge
• Castle Rock Reserve — Regional · 386 m to its edge

The bus stop

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

• Bridle Path Rd near Rollin St — 89 m · routes 8, 155

The reports nearby

545 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Trees & parks and Graffiti & vandalism, 429 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.

• Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — 12 Station Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand · 5 October 2026
• Water Leak — 38 Bridle Path Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand · 24 September 2026
• Park - General Request — Heathcote Domain 45 Bridle Path Road, Heathcote Valley, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand · 21 September 2026
• Dumped Rubbish — Heathcote Domain 45 Bridle Path Road, Heathcote Valley, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand · 16 September 2026
• Public Toilet — 40 Port Hills Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand · 4 September 2026
• Water Leak — 50 Bridle Path Road, Heathcote Valley, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand · 4 September 2026
• Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet — Heathcote Domain 45 Bridle Path Road, Heathcote Valley, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand · 29 August 2026
• Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — 40 Bridle Path Road, Heathcote Valley, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand · 29 August 2026
• Facility - General Request — 60 Port Hills Road, Heathcote Valley, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand · 26 August 2026
• Water Leak — 20 Port Hills Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand · 26 August 2026
• Water Leak — 43 Port Hills Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand · 15 August 2026
• General Request — Heathcote Domain 45 Bridle Path Road, Heathcote Valley, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand · 12 August 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 liquefaction model grades it “Liquefaction Damage is Possible” — the 2019 screening study
• The rockfall survey counts 17 boulders within 500 m — 11 came down