# Leithfield School Te Kura o Kōwai

Full Primary · State · Amberley

https://www.chch.live/school/3411-leithfield-school-te-kura-o-kowai

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 8 · Current Equity Index: 448

*Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.*

## The record
- Old Main Road, Amberley, 7481
- Roll: 143 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1864
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.74, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 134 · Māori 24 · Pacific 2 · Asian 1
- Phone: 03-3148024
- Email: principal@leithfield.school.nz
- Contact: Rob Cavanagh
- Website: http://www.leithfield.school.nz

## Enrolment zone
- Leithfield School, in force from 2017-01-01 · 33 km²

*Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary.*

## Other schools near here
- [Amberley School](https://www.chch.live/school/3276-amberley-school), decile 7 · EQI 463
- [Te Waitai Sefton School](https://www.chch.live/school/3501-te-waitai-sefton-school), decile 7 · EQI 434
- [Broomfield School](https://www.chch.live/school/3303-broomfield-school), decile 8 · EQI 419
- [Pegasus Bay School](https://www.chch.live/school/3570-pegasus-bay-school), decile 10 · EQI 422
- [Ashley Rakahuri School](https://www.chch.live/school/3285-ashley-rakahuri-school), decile 10 · EQI 444
- [Woodend School](https://www.chch.live/school/3600-woodend-school), decile 8 · EQI 453
- [Rangiora High School](https://www.chch.live/school/312-rangiora-high-school), decile 9 · EQI 454
- [Waipara School](https://www.chch.live/school/3576-waipara-school), decile 6 · EQI 478

## 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.
- [Coppard Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/3537-coppard-reserve), Reserve · 247 m to its edge
- [Every park on the roll](https://www.chch.live/parks)

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.197813&lon=172.740036

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Leithfield School Te Kura o Kōwai?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Leithfield School Te Kura o Kōwai have?**

143 on the roll at September 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

**What is Leithfield School Te Kura o Kōwai's Equity Index?**

EQI 448, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 8.

**Does Leithfield School Te Kura o Kōwai have an enrolment zone?**

1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3411 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026