# Kahikatea Kirkwood Intermediate Intermediate · State · Riccarton, Christchurch https://www.chch.live/school/3396-kahikatea-kirkwood-intermediate ## 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 - 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 - Roll by ethnicity: European 144 · Māori 30 · Pacific 18 · Asian 123 · MELAA 21 · Other 4 · International 13 - Phone: 03-3487718 - Email: school.information@kirkwood.school.nz - Contact: Philip Tappenden - Website: http://www.kirkwood.school.nz - Street record: https://www.chch.live/street/riccarton/riccarton-road - Suburb record: https://www.chch.live/riccarton ## Enrolment zone - Kirkwood Intermediate — in force from 2022-05-02 · 10 km² - Covers: Fendalton, Middleton, Riccarton, Upper Riccarton — and the fringes of Addington, Ilam *Indicative only — the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary.* ## Other schools near here - [St Teresa's School (Riccarton)](https://www.chch.live/school/3543-st-teresa-s-school-riccarton) — decile 4 · EQI 398 - [Ilam School](https://www.chch.live/school/3384-ilam-school) — decile 6 · EQI 394 - [Middleton Grange School](https://www.chch.live/school/335-middleton-grange-school) — decile 9 · EQI 404 - [Medbury Preparatory School](https://www.chch.live/school/4118-medbury-preparatory-school) — private — not rated - [Wharenui School](https://www.chch.live/school/3591-wharenui-school) — decile 3 · EQI 457 - [Christchurch Boys' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/327-christchurch-boys-high-school) — decile 10 · EQI 418 - [Villa Maria College](https://www.chch.live/school/326-villa-maria-college) — decile 9 · EQI 411 - [Tūora Fendalton School](https://www.chch.live/school/3338-tuora-fendalton-school) — decile 10 · EQI 371 ## 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. - [Milnebank Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1011-milnebank-reserve) — 168 m to its edge - [Shand Crescent Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/935-shand-crescent-reserve) — 308 m to its edge - [Paeroa Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1226-paeroa-reserve) — 309 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. - Wharenui Rd near Riccarton Rd — 91 m · route 80 ## The reports nearby 111 reports pinned within 250 m of the point — a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8563866) — Riccarton Rd near Paeroa St, Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand - [Hazard — vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8540800) — 29 Euston Street, Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8455143) — 237 Riccarton Road, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8317970) — 233 Riccarton Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8263999) — 225 Riccarton Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8153227) — 214 Riccarton Road, Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8087034) — 17 Paeroa Street, Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7987974) — 149 Totara St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7858864) — 34 Euston St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7672536) — 28 Euston Street, Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/7510409) — 229 Riccarton Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7509115) — 33 Euston St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand ## Under the ground The plans and surveys the site keeps, asked once of the ground — footprints and plan maps, not engineering findings. - [On the plan’s flood map](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) — Avon River — the managed reach - [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=-43.530607&lon=172.585501 ## Questions, answered briefly **What kind of school is Kahikatea Kirkwood Intermediate?** Intermediate · State · Co-Educational — in Riccarton. **How many students does Kahikatea Kirkwood Intermediate have?** 291 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count. **What is Kahikatea Kirkwood Intermediate's Equity Index?** EQI 430 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 7. **Does Kahikatea Kirkwood Intermediate have an enrolment zone?** 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. Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3396 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026