Kahikatea Kirkwood Intermediate
Intermediate · State · Riccarton, Christchurch
291 students on the roll in Riccarton · EQI 430 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 7. Current Equity Index: 430. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 260 Riccarton Road, Riccarton, Christchurch, 8041 — the street’s record
- Its suburb: Riccarton — the suburb’s own record
- Roll: 291 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1960
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.17 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Phone: 03-3487718
- Email: school.information@kirkwood.school.nz
- Contact: Philip Tappenden
- Website: kirkwood.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
- Kirkwood Intermediate — in force from 2022-05-02 · 10 km²
It covers: Fendalton, Middleton, Riccarton, Upper Riccarton — and the fringes of Addington, Ilam.
Indicative only — the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- St Teresa's School (Riccarton) — decile 4 · EQI 398 · 543 m
Ilam School — decile 6 · EQI 394 · 661 m- Middleton Grange School — decile 9 · EQI 404 · 958 m
- Medbury Preparatory School — private — not rated · 1.0 km
- Wharenui School — decile 3 · EQI 457 · 1.1 km
- Christchurch Boys' High School — decile 10 · EQI 418 · 1.2 km
Villa Maria College — decile 9 · EQI 411 · 1.5 km- Tūora Fendalton School — decile 10 · EQI 371 · 1.6 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.
- Milnebank Reserve · 168 m to its edge
- Shand Crescent Reserve · 308 m to its edge
- Paeroa Reserve · 309 m to its edge
The bus stop
The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the school’s pin, not its gate.
- Wharenui Rd near Riccarton Rd — 91 m · route 80
The reports nearby
111 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 83 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.
Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet — Riccarton Rd near Paeroa St, Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 13 July 2026
Hazard — vehicle — 29 Euston Street, Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 8 July 2026- Dumped Rubbish — 237 Riccarton Road, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 22 June 2026
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — 233 Riccarton Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 27 May 2026
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — 225 Riccarton Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 17 May 2026
Damaged Road — 214 Riccarton Road, Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 26 April 2026
Water Leak — 17 Paeroa Street, Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 15 April 2026
Water Leak — 149 Totara St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 28 March 2026
Water Leak — 34 Euston St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 6 March 2026
Dumped Rubbish — 28 Euston Street, Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 3 February 2026
Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet — 229 Riccarton Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 8 January 2026
Water Leak — 33 Euston St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 8 January 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.
- On the plan’s flood map — Avon River — the managed reach
- 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 Riccarton.
291 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 430 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 7.
1 zone polygon on record — it covers Fendalton, Middleton, Riccarton and 1 more suburb (+ fringes). The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.