He Tīwai Mātauranga Heaton Normal Intermediate
Intermediate · State · Merivale, Christchurch
541 students on the roll in Merivale · EQI 407 · an enrolment scheme in place.
He Tīwai Mātauranga Heaton Normal Intermediate School is a coeducational Year 7-8 school in Christchurch, offering an engaging, future-focused education. — heaton.school.nz
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 9. Current Equity Index: 407. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 125 Heaton Street, Merivale, Christchurch — the street’s record
- Its suburb: Merivale — the suburb’s own record
- Roll: 541 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations may be requested
- Opened 1948
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.11 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Phone: 03-3559555
- Email: admin@heaton.school.nz
- Contact: James Griggs
- Website: heaton.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
- Heaton Normal Intermediate — in force from 2024-01-01 · 13 km²
It covers: Merivale, Papanui, Saint Albans, Strowan — and the fringes of Bryndwr, Christchurch Central, Fendalton, Mairehau, Northcote.
Indicative only — the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- Elmwood Normal School — decile 10 · EQI 376 · 382 m
St Andrew's College (Christchurch) — private — not rated · 451 m- Ferndale Te Ahu — decile 4 · EQI 521 · 896 m
St Patrick's School (Bryndwr) — decile 10 · EQI 376 · 921 m
Selwyn House School — private — not rated · 925 m
Rangi Ruru Girls' School — private — not rated · 963 m
Waimairi School — decile 9 · EQI 418 · 1.1 km
St Margaret's College — private — not rated · 1.1 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.
- Elmwood Park — Sports ground · 129 m to its edge
The bus stop
The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the school’s pin, not its gate.
- Heaton Intermediate — 79 m · route 100
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 — 98 Heaton Street
- Dwelling and Setting — 74 Heaton Street
- Dwelling and Setting — 70 Heaton Street
- Elmwood School War Memorial and Setting — 1/76 Leinster Road
The reports nearby
171 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Water & drains and Roads & footpaths, 144 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.
Graffiti on a playground or in a park — 74 Heaton Street, Merivale, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand · 19 September 2026
Hazard — vehicle — 135 Heaton Street, Merivale, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand · 8 September 2026
Water Leak — 113 Heaton Street, Merivale, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand · 17 August 2026
Street Cleaning — 90 Leinster Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 15 August 2026
Pavement - Damaged — 102 Leinster Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 15 August 2026
Water Leak — 113 Heaton St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand · 14 August 2026
Damaged Street Sign — 117 Heaton St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand · 28 June 2026
Water General — 81 Leinster Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 28 May 2026
Abandoned Vehicle — 113 Leinster Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 14 May 2026
Water Leak — 121 Heaton St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand · 24 March 2026
Road Signage — 26 Circuit Street, Merivale, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand · 20 March 2026
Rubbish and Bins - General — 118 Leinster Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 6 March 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
- The September 2010 survey drew liquefaction over this point — mapped ground failure — a footprint, not a finding
- 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
Intermediate · State · Co-Educational — in Merivale.
541 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 407 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 9.
1 zone polygon on record — it covers Merivale, Papanui, Saint Albans and 1 more suburb (+ fringes). The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.