# Ōuruhia Model School

Full Primary · State · Ouruhia, Christchurch

https://www.chch.live/school/3464-ouruhia-model-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 8 · Current Equity Index: 445

*Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.*

## The record
- 21 Turners Road, Ouruhia, Christchurch, 8083
- Roll: 20 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1914
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.29 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 16 · Māori 4
- Address record: https://www.chch.live/ouruhia/21-turners-road
- Phone: 03-3238855
- Email: office@ouruhia.school.nz
- Contact: Katrina (Trina) Shepherd
- Website: https://www.ouruhia.school.nz
- Street record: https://www.chch.live/street/ouruhia/turners-road
- Suburb record: https://www.chch.live/ouruhia

## Enrolment zone
- Ouruhia Model School — in force from 2021-01-01 · 23 km²
- Covers: Bottle Lake, Ouruhia, Spencerville — and the fringes of Belfast, Brooklands

*Indicative only — the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary.*

## Other schools near here
- [Pūtahi Belfast School](https://www.chch.live/school/3292-putahi-belfast-school) — decile 7 · EQI 458
- [Pītau-Allenvale School](https://www.chch.live/school/3275-pitau-allenvale-school) — decile 6 · EQI 466
- [Te Rito Harakeke - Marshland School](https://www.chch.live/school/3429-te-rito-harakeke-marshland-school) — decile 9 · EQI 404
- [Queenspark Te Hua Mānuka](https://www.chch.live/school/3479-queenspark-te-hua-manuka) — decile 8 · EQI 453
- [Redwood School (Christchurch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3484-redwood-school-christchurch) — decile 8 · EQI 443
- [Clarkville Te Kura ki Waimātao](https://www.chch.live/school/3321-clarkville-te-kura-ki-waimatao) — decile 10 · EQI 429
- [Waitākiri Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/685-waitakiri-primary-school) — decile 8 · EQI 452
- [Te Kura o Matarangi - Northcote School](https://www.chch.live/school/3449-te-kura-o-matarangi-northcote-school) — decile 3 · EQI 533

## 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.
- [Styx Loop Conservation Park](https://www.chch.live/park/941-styx-loop-conservation-park) — Regional · 387 m to its edge
- [Every park on the roll](https://www.chch.live/parks)

## The register nearby
Heritage-register places within 300 m of the point — proximity, not a claim of place.
- [Dalraith Farm Building and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/236)

## The reports nearby
11 reports pinned within 250 m of the point — a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/7618001) — 24 Turners Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/6956139) — 18 Turners Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/6956134) — 20 Turners Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/6956131) — 24 Turners Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/6932335) — 21 Turners Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6887243) — 21 Turners Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/5818849) — 15E Turners Road, Ouruhia, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5699634) — 15E Turners Road, Ouruhia, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand
- [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/4688235) — 20 Turners Road, Ouruhia, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/2366030) — 21 Turners Road, Ouruhia, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/626034) — 27 Turners Rd, Styx, Christchurch 8083, 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 liquefaction model grades it “Liquefaction Damage is Possible”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability) — the 2019 screening study

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.444597&lon=172.660388

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Ōuruhia Model School?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational — in Ouruhia.

**How many students does Ōuruhia Model School have?**

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

**What is Ōuruhia Model School's Equity Index?**

EQI 445 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 8.

**Does Ōuruhia Model School have an enrolment zone?**

1 zone polygon on record — it covers Bottle Lake, Ouruhia, Spencerville (+ fringes). The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3464 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026
