# Whītau School Contributing · State · Linwood, Christchurch https://www.chch.live/school/3415-whitau-school ## 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 - 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 - Roll by ethnicity: European 176 · Māori 119 · Pacific 87 · Asian 45 · MELAA 19 · Other 5 - Address record: https://www.chch.live/linwood/221-woodham-road - Phone: 03-3898112 - Email: office@whitau.school.nz - Contact: Shane Buckner - Website: http://www.linwoodnorth.school.nz - Street record: https://www.chch.live/street/linwood/woodham-road - Suburb record: https://www.chch.live/linwood ## Enrolment zone - Linwood North School — in force from 2017-05-19 · 3 km² - Covers: Avonside — and the fringes of Dallington, Linwood, Wainoni *Indicative only — the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary.* ## Other schools near here - [Te Pā o Rākaihautū](https://www.chch.live/school/706-te-pa-o-rakaihautu) — decile 4 · EQI 517 - [Te Huarahi Linwood Avenue School](https://www.chch.live/school/3413-te-huarahi-linwood-avenue-school) — decile 2 · EQI 499 - [Te Ahuwai Bromley School](https://www.chch.live/school/3302-te-ahuwai-bromley-school) — decile 3 · EQI 513 - [Te Aratai College](https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college) — decile 3 · EQI 507 - [Kingslea School](https://www.chch.live/school/518-kingslea-school) — decile 1 · EQI 569 - [Pareawa Banks Avenue School](https://www.chch.live/school/3289-pareawa-banks-avenue-school) — decile 4 · EQI 466 - [Chisnallwood Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3314-chisnallwood-intermediate) — decile 5 · EQI 482 - [Haeata Community Campus](https://www.chch.live/school/704-haeata-community-campus) — decile 1 · EQI 545 ## 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. - [Woodham Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1540-woodham-park) — Botanic · 293 m to its edge - [Worcester Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1001-worcester-reserve) — 364 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. - Woodham Rd near Ngarimu St — 98 m · route Oc ## The reports nearby 413 reports pinned within 250 m of the point — a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8885912) — 251 Woodham Road, Linwood, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8885897) — 234 Woodham Road, Linwood, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8885880) — 230 Woodham Road, Linwood, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8885866) — 218 Woodham Road, Linwood, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8885864) — 218 Woodham Road, Linwood, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8885839) — 710 Worcester Street, Linwood, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8885819) — 214 Woodham Road, Linwood, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8885764) — 192 Woodham Road, Linwood, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8885745) — 186 Woodham Road, Linwood, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8885736) — 186 Woodham Road, Linwood, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8885726) — Woodham Rd near Ngarimu St, Linwood, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8885710) — Woodham Rd near Ngarimu St, Linwood, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand ## Under the ground The plans and surveys the site keeps, asked once of the ground — footprints and plan maps, not engineering findings. - [The February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over this point](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) — mapped ground failure — a footprint, not a finding - [The September 2010 survey drew liquefaction over this point](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) — mapped ground failure — a footprint, not a finding - [On the plan’s flood map](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) — Avon River — the managed reach - [Inside a recorded flood footprint](https://www.chch.live/floods) — 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce - [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=-43.524848&lon=172.675792 ## 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. Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3415 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026