Hornby Primary School

Its rating

Final decile (2022): 3. Current Equity Index: 489. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

• 190 Waterloo Road, Hornby, Christchurch, 8042 — the street’s record
• Its suburb: Hornby — the suburb’s own record
• Roll: 275 (September 2026)
• Co-Educational
• Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
• Opened 1895
• An enrolment scheme is in place.
• Isolation index 0.29 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
• Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
• Cohort entry: Yes
• Phone: 03-3497238
• Email: office@hornbyprimary.school.nz
• Contact: Maire Bowler
• Website: hornbyprimary.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

• Hornby Primary School — in force from 2017-05-01 · 6 km²

It covers: Hei Hei — and the fringes of Hornby, Islington, Sockburn.

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

Other schools near here

• Hornby High School — decile 3 · EQI 489 · 408 m
• St Bernadette's School (Hornby) — decile 4 · EQI 423 · 621 m
• Te Manu Tukutuku South Hornby School — decile 4 · EQI 464 · 1.1 km
• Gilberthorpe School — decile 2 · EQI 475 · 1.2 km
• St Thomas of Canterbury College — decile 8 · EQI 430 · 2.8 km
• Wigram Primary School - Te Piki Kāhu — decile 4 · EQI 392 · 2.9 km
• Te Parito Kōwhai Russley School — decile 7 · EQI 420 · 2.9 km
• Our Lady of Victories — decile 6 · EQI 376 · 3.0 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.

• Kyle Park — Sports ground · 84 m to its edge
• Denton Park — Sports ground · 276 m to its edge
• Wycola Park — Sports ground · 277 m to its edge

The bus stop

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

• The Hub Hornby — 397 m · routes 5, 125, 130, 140

The reports nearby

437 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Graffiti & vandalism and Trees & parks, 364 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.

• Rubbish and Bins - General — Denton Park 3522158/13 Chalmers Street, Hornby, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 2 October 2026
• Public Toilet — 197 Waterloo Road, Hornby, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 1 October 2026
• Public Toilet — 197 Waterloo Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 1 October 2026
• Dumped Rubbish — 19 Chalmers Street, Hornby, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 28 September 2026
• Rubbish and Bins - General — Denton Park 3522158/13 Chalmers Street, Hornby, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 17 September 2026
• Public Toilet — 197 Waterloo Road, Hornby, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 25 August 2026
• Graffiti on a playground or in a park — 197 Waterloo Road, Hornby, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 30 July 2026
• Water Fountain — 197 Waterloo Road, Hornby, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 27 July 2026
• Water Fountain — 197 Waterloo Road, Hornby, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 27 July 2026
• Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet — 197 Waterloo Road, Hornby, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 22 July 2026
• Accessibility — 25 Smarts Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 3 July 2026
• Pothole — 1 Taurima St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 27 June 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 “Low Liquefaction Vulnerability” — the 2019 screening study