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Our Lady of Victories

Full Primary · State : Integrated · Sockburn, Christchurch

263 students on the roll in Sockburn · EQI 376 · an enrolment scheme in place.

Our Lady of Victories — from the school’s own website
From the school’s own website.
High Expectationssupporting and empowering all students to learn and achieve personal excellenceread more about usA Catholic School that is Christ centeredwhere children are taught to respect God, others and the environmentread more about usTeaching Mercy Valuesof Respect, Servic — olv.school.nz

Its rating

Final decile (2022): 6. Current Equity Index: 376. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

  • 106 Main South Road, Sockburn, Christchurch, 8443 — the street’s record
  • Its suburb: Sockburn — the suburb’s own record
  • Roll: 263 (September 2026)
  • Co-Educational
  • Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
  • Opened 1956
  • An enrolment scheme is in place.
  • Isolation index 0.2 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
  • Phone: 03-3487790
  • Email: admin@olv.school.nz
  • Contact: Collette Sandilands
  • Website: olv.school.nz

Who the roll is

European 60 · 23%
Māori 12 · 5%
Pacific 9 · 3%
Asian 195 · 74%
MELAA 9 · 3%
Other 3 · 1%

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 Victories — in force from 2026-01-01 · 54 km²

It covers: Avonhead, Hornby, Russley, Sockburn, Upper Riccarton, Wigram — and the fringes of Broomfield, Christchurch Airport, Hei Hei, Ilam, McLeans Island.

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.

Facilities nearby

Council facilities within 400 m of the school’s point — libraries, pools and centres a parent can walk to.

The bus stop

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

  • Craven St near Algidus St — 166 m · route 130

The reports nearby

315 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Graffiti & vandalism and Rubbish & dumping, 261 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 Our Lady of Victories?

Full Primary · State : Integrated · Co-Educational — in Sockburn.

How many students does Our Lady of Victories have?

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

What is Our Lady of Victories's Equity Index?

EQI 376 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.

Does Our Lady of Victories have an enrolment zone?

1 zone polygon on record — it covers Avonhead, Hornby, Russley and 3 more suburbs (+ fringes). The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.