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Whītau School

Contributing · State · Linwood, Christchurch

314 students on the roll in Linwood · EQI 513 · an enrolment scheme in place.

Its rating

Final decile (2022): 2. Current Equity Index: 513. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

  • 221 Woodham Road, Linwood, Christchurch, 8062 — the street’s record
  • Its suburb: Linwood — the suburb’s own record
  • Roll: 314 (September 2026)
  • Co-Educational
  • Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
  • Opened 1908
  • An enrolment scheme is in place.
  • Isolation index 0.11 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
  • Phone: 03-3898112
  • Email: office@whitau.school.nz
  • Contact: Shane Buckner
  • Website: linwoodnorth.school.nz

Who the roll is

European 176 · 56%
Māori 119 · 38%
Pacific 87 · 28%
Asian 45 · 14%
MELAA 19 · 6%
Other 5 · 2%

Students may identify with more than one group — the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.

Enrolment zone

  • Linwood North School — in force from 2017-05-19 · 3 km²

It covers: Avonside — and the fringes of Dallington, Linwood, Wainoni.

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

Other schools near here

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.

The bus stop

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

  • Woodham Rd near Ngarimu St — 98 m · route Oc

The reports nearby

413 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Graffiti & vandalism and Rubbish & dumping, 302 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.

Under the ground

The plans and surveys the site keeps, asked once of the school’s ground — footprints and plan maps, not engineering findings.

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

What kind of school is Whītau School?

Contributing · State · Co-Educational — in Linwood.

How many students does Whītau School have?

314 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count.

What is Whītau School's Equity Index?

EQI 513 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

Does Whītau School have an enrolment zone?

1 zone polygon on record — it covers Avonside (+ fringes). The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.