Te Raekura Redcliffs School
Full Primary · State · Redcliffs, Christchurch
264 students on the roll in Redcliffs · EQI 400 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Welcome to Te Raekura Redcliffs School Enrol Now Welcome to Te Raekura Redcliffs School Te Raekura Redcliffs School is part of a vibrant community located by the sea in the east of Ōtautahi | Christchurch, New Zealand. Our children and families love Te Raekura Redcliffs School an — redcliffs.school.nz
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 10. Current Equity Index: 400. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 113 Beachville Road, Redcliffs, Christchurch, 8081 — the street’s record
- Its suburb: Redcliffs — the suburb’s own record
- Roll: 264 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations may be requested
- Opened 1907
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.39 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Phone: 03-3843853
- Email: admin@redcliffs.school.nz
- Contact: Nick Leith
- Website: redcliffs.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 Raekura Redcliffs School — in force from 2024-01-01 · 5 km²
It covers: Moncks Bay, Mount Pleasant, Redcliffs — and the fringes of Clifton.
Indicative only — the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- Mt Pleasant School — decile 10 · EQI 393 · 1.6 km
Sumner School — decile 10 · EQI 382 · 2.8 km- Our Lady Star of the Sea School (Christchurch) — decile 10 · EQI 401 · 3.1 km
- Heathcote Valley School — decile 9 · EQI 424 · 3.3 km
Ko Taku Reo - Deaf Education New Zealand — EQI 516 · 3.3 km- South New Brighton School — decile 6 · EQI 454 · 3.4 km
- Ngutuawa School — decile 3 · EQI 526 · 3.7 km
- Tamariki School — decile 4 · EQI 464 · 3.7 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.
- Redcliffs Park — Sports ground · inside it
- Mccormacks Bay — Sports ground · 194 m to its edge
The bus stop
The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the school’s pin, not its gate.
- Main Rd near Raekura Pl — 222 m · route 3
The register nearby
Heritage-register places within 300 m of the school’s point — what stood on the ground around it, or still does.
- Te Ana o Hineraki/Moa Bone Point Cave and Setting — 8A Balmoral Lane
The reports nearby
342 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Water & drains and Roads & footpaths, 231 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.
- Dumped Rubbish — 126 Main Road, Redcliffs, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand · 10 September 2026
Water Leak — 58 Celia St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand · 30 August 2026- Dumped Rubbish — 1 Main Road, Redcliffs, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand · 24 August 2026
- Dumped Rubbish — 8 Balmoral Lane, Redcliffs, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand · 18 August 2026
- Dumped Rubbish — 108A Main Road, Redcliffs, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand · 9 August 2026
Water Leak — Redcliffs Park 113 Beachville Road, Redcliffs, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand · 31 July 2026
Water Leak — Redcliffs Park 113 Beachville Road, Redcliffs, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand · 30 July 2026
Street Gutters / Storm Water — 128 Main Road, Redcliffs, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand · 14 July 2026
Pavement - Damaged — 126 Beachville Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand · 18 June 2026
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa — 124 Beachville Road, Redcliffs, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand · 30 May 2026
Accessibility — 133 Beachville Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand · 30 May 2026
Poles and Signage - General — 140 Beachville Road, Redcliffs, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand · 23 May 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
- Inside a modelled tsunami reach — ECAN Report R12/38 2012 · ECAN Report R14/78 2014
- Inside the plan’s high flood hazard — the strong contour
- Inside a recorded flood footprint — 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce
- On a council-listed parcel — Cemeteries and waste recycling, treatment and disposal
- On made ground — Mixed Fill with Rubbish
- The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability” — the 2019 screening study
- The rockfall survey counts 18 boulders within 500 m — 17 came down
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 · Co-Educational — in Redcliffs.
264 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 400 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 10.
1 zone polygon on record — it covers Moncks Bay, Mount Pleasant, Redcliffs (+ fringes). The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.