Our Lady of the Assumption School (Chch)
Full Primary · State : Integrated · Hoon Hay, Christchurch
335 students on the roll in Hoon Hay · EQI 401 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Opening ceremony for our new flagpoleRutherford Team learning Jewish dancing with the BeatitudesBook Character Day!Helping our neighbours – The CarmelitesVisit from Sister Lauren, CarmeliteHillary Team session with Maki our Enviroschools Facilitator, learning about Biodiversity, — ola.school.nz
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 10. Current Equity Index: 401. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 89 A Sparks Road, Hoon Hay, Christchurch, 8025 — the street’s record
- Its suburb: Hoon Hay — the suburb’s own record
- Roll: 335 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations may be requested
- Opened 1957
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.17 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Phone: 03-3389503
- Email: admin@ola.school.nz
- Contact: Matthew Malone
- Website: ola.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
- Our Lady of the Assumption School (Chch) — in force from 2026-01-01 · 65 km²
It covers: Aidanfield, Cracroft, Halswell, Hoon Hay, Kennedys Bush, Somerfield, Westmorland — and the fringes of Cashmere, Hillmorton, Spreydon.
Indicative only — the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- Hoon Hay Te Kura Kōaka — decile 8 · EQI 416 · 40 m
- TKKM o Te Whanau Tahi — decile 3 · EQI 494 · 606 m
- Te Ara Koropiko West Spreydon School — decile 4 · EQI 445 · 666 m
Te Kura o Mōkihi Spreydon School — decile 3 · EQI 453 · 1.1 km
Cashmere High School — decile 9 · EQI 413 · 1.4 km- Te Kura Tuarua o Horomaka Hillmorton High School — decile 4 · EQI 467 · 1.4 km
- Te Kōmanawa Rowley School — decile 1 · EQI 535 · 1.6 km
- Southern Health School — decile 1 · EQI 569 · 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.
- Rydal Reserve · 134 m to its edge
- Hoon Hay Scouts Reserve · 317 m to its edge
- Centennial Park — Sports ground · 329 m to its edge
The bus stop
The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the school’s pin, not its gate.
- Hoon Hay Rd — 153 m · route 60
The reports nearby
531 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 400 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.
- Damaged Road — 92 Sparks Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 29 September 2026
Street Gutters / Storm Water — 9 Rydal St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 24 September 2026- Pavement - Damaged — 9 Rydal St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 23 September 2026
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa — 89 Sparks Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 12 September 2026
Accessibility — 14 Maryhill Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 9 September 2026
Pavement - Damaged — 22 Rydal Street, Hoon Hay, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 8 September 2026
Damaged Street Sign — 3 Northaw Street, Hoon Hay, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 31 August 2026
Pothole — 96 Sparks Road, Hoon Hay, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 13 August 2026
Pothole — 112 Sparks Road, Hoon Hay, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 13 August 2026
Pothole — 91 Sparks Road, Hoon Hay, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 13 August 2026
Water Leak — 89 Sparks Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 10 August 2026
Damaged Road — 85 Sparks Road, Hoon Hay, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 26 July 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.
- The February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over this point — mapped ground failure — a footprint, not a finding
- The liquefaction model grades it “High 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
Full Primary · State : Integrated · Co-Educational — in Hoon Hay.
335 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 401 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 10.
1 zone polygon on record — it covers Aidanfield, Cracroft, Halswell and 4 more suburbs (+ fringes). The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.