# Our Lady of Victories

Full Primary · State : Integrated · Sockburn, Christchurch

https://www.chch.live/school/3463-our-lady-of-victories

## 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
- 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
- Roll by ethnicity: European 60 · Māori 12 · Pacific 9 · Asian 195 · MELAA 9 · Other 3
- Phone: 03-3487790
- Email: admin@olv.school.nz
- Contact: Collette Sandilands
- Website: http://www.olv.school.nz
- Street record: https://www.chch.live/street/sockburn/main-south-road
- Suburb record: https://www.chch.live/sockburn

## Enrolment zone
- Our Lady of Victories — in force from 2026-01-01 · 54 km²
- 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.*

## Other schools near here
- [St Thomas of Canterbury College](https://www.chch.live/school/331-st-thomas-of-canterbury-college) — decile 8 · EQI 430
- [Te Kāpehu Riccarton School](https://www.chch.live/school/3485-te-kapehu-riccarton-school) — decile 3 · EQI 462
- [Riccarton High School](https://www.chch.live/school/334-riccarton-high-school) — decile 6 · EQI 440
- [Villa Maria College](https://www.chch.live/school/326-villa-maria-college) — decile 9 · EQI 411
- [Avonhead School - Rakipaoa](https://www.chch.live/school/3287-avonhead-school-rakipaoa) — decile 7 · EQI 406
- [Middleton Grange School](https://www.chch.live/school/335-middleton-grange-school) — decile 9 · EQI 404
- [Ilam School](https://www.chch.live/school/3384-ilam-school) — decile 6 · EQI 394
- [Wigram Primary School - Te Piki Kāhu](https://www.chch.live/school/3505-wigram-primary-school-te-piki-kahu) — decile 4 · EQI 392

## 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.
- [Sockburn Park](https://www.chch.live/park/963-sockburn-park) — Sports ground · 229 m to its edge
- [Every park on the roll](https://www.chch.live/parks)

## Facilities nearby
Council facilities within 400 m of the point — libraries, pools and centres within walking reach.
- [Upper Riccarton Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-33) — Library · 347 m

## The bus stop
The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the pin, not the gate.
- Craven St near Algidus St — 166 m · route 130

## The reports nearby
315 reports pinned within 250 m of the point — a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8998982) — 87 Main South Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/8954759) — 6 Craven St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8910233) — 99 Main South Road, Sockburn, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8910228) — 117 Main South Road, Sockburn, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8910208) — 129 Main South Road, Sockburn, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8910205) — Main South Rd near Weaver Pl, Sockburn, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/8909884) — 129 Main South Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8901322) — Sockburn Park 8 Takaro Avenue, Sockburn, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8895299) — Sockburn Park 8 Takaro Avenue, Sockburn, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8882964) — Sockburn Park 8 Takaro Avenue, Sockburn, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand
- [Animal - Deceased](https://www.chch.live/report/8842854) — 104 Main South Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8816918) — 19 Craven St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand

## Under the ground
The plans and surveys the site keeps, asked once of the ground — footprints and plan maps, not engineering findings.
- [Graded TC1 ground](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories) — Green Zone, Technical Category 1, Grey
- [The liquefaction model grades it “Low Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability) — the 2019 screening study

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.536215&lon=172.559125

## 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.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3463 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026
