Te Kura o Matarangi - Northcote School
Contributing · State · Redwood, Christchurch
162 students on the roll in Redwood · EQI 533 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Welcome | Kia ora koutou katoaWelcome to Te Kura o Matarangi Northcote School, a place where our tamariki are at the centre of everything that we do.... — northcotechch.school.nz
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 3. Current Equity Index: 533. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 26 Tuckers Road, Redwood, Christchurch, 8051 — the street’s record
- Its suburb: Redwood — the suburb’s own record
- Roll: 162 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1960
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.2 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Phone: 03-3529371
- Email: office@northcotechch.school.nz
- Contact: Sam Turner
- Website: northcotechch.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
- Te Kura o Matarangi - Northcote School — in force from 2025-01-01 · 3 km²
It covers: Casebrook, Northcote, Redwood.
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 Bede's College — decile 9 · EQI 415 · 570 m
Marian College — decile 8 · EQI 426 · 700 m- Casebrook Intermediate — decile 6 · EQI 466 · 868 m
- Redwood School (Christchurch) — decile 8 · EQI 443 · 906 m
- St Joseph's School (Papanui) — decile 9 · EQI 395 · 1.0 km
Papanui Primary School — decile 6 · EQI 452 · 1.1 km- Papanui High School — decile 7 · EQI 461 · 1.4 km
- Bishopdale School Te Kura o Papakōhatu — decile 3 · EQI 521 · 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.
- Redwood Park — Sports ground · 205 m to its edge
- Momorangi Reserve · 331 m to its edge
- Paddington Playground · 347 m to its edge
Facilities nearby
Council facilities within 400 m of the school’s point — libraries, pools and centres a parent can walk to.
- Redwood Library — Library · 293 m
The bus stop
The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the school’s pin, not its gate.
- Main North Rd near Tuckers Rd — 206 m · routes 1, 95
The reports nearby
391 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Roads & footpaths and Rubbish & dumping, 308 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.
Street Gutters / Storm Water — 49 Tuckers Road, Redwood, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand · 2 October 2026
Dumped Rubbish — 25 Manse Pl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand · 25 September 2026
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa — 241 Main North Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand · 25 September 2026
Poles and Signage - General — Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand · 25 September 2026
Water Leak — 274 Main North Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand · 12 September 2026
Dumped Rubbish — 17 Manse Pl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand · 10 September 2026
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa — 235 Main North Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand · 10 September 2026
Dumped Rubbish — 41 Fenchurch St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand · 10 September 2026- Dumped Rubbish — 45 Lambeth Crescent, Redwood, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand · 26 August 2026
Overgrown Vegetation — 41 Lambeth Cres, Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand · 19 August 2026
Road Signage — 17 Tuckers Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand · 19 August 2026
Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art — 2 Tuckers Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand · 19 August 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 made ground — certified
- 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
Contributing · State · Co-Educational — in Redwood.
162 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 533 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 3.
1 zone polygon on record — it covers Casebrook, Northcote, Redwood. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.