Redwood School (Christchurch)

Its rating

Final decile (2022): 8. Current Equity Index: 443. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

• 51 Prestons Road, Redwood, Christchurch, 8051 — the street’s record
• Its suburb: Redwood — the suburb’s own record
• Roll: 303 (September 2026)
• Co-Educational
• Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
• Opened 1969
• An enrolment scheme is in place.
• Isolation index 0.22 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
• Phone: 03-3526739
• Email: office@redwoodprimary.school.nz
• Contact: Nick Gunn
• Website: redwoodprimary.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

• Redwood School (Christchurch) — in force from 2021-01-01 · 3 km²

It covers: Marshland, Redwood.

Indicative only — the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.

Other schools near here

• Te Kura o Matarangi - Northcote School — decile 3 · EQI 533 · 906 m
• St Bede's College — decile 9 · EQI 415 · 1.2 km
• Marian College — decile 8 · EQI 426 · 1.5 km
• Papanui Primary School — decile 6 · EQI 452 · 1.6 km
• Casebrook Intermediate — decile 6 · EQI 466 · 1.7 km
• St Joseph's School (Papanui) — decile 9 · EQI 395 · 1.8 km
• Pūtahi Belfast School — decile 7 · EQI 458 · 2.3 km
• Papanui High School — decile 7 · EQI 461 · 2.3 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.

• James Condon Park · 91 m to its edge
• Murchison Park — Sports ground · 249 m to its edge
• Dunedin Reserve · 351 m to its edge

The bus stop

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

• Main North Rd near Barnes Rd — 383 m · routes 1, 95

The reports nearby

138 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Roads & footpaths and Water & drains, 106 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.

• Water Leak — 21 Salford Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand · 3 October 2026
• Hazard — vehicle — 14 Pyatt Pl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand · 1 October 2026
• Water Leak — 63 Prestons Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand · 21 August 2026
• Trees - General — 15 James Condon Pl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand · 19 August 2026
• Trees - General — 15 James Condon Pl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand · 8 July 2026
• Water Leak — 10 Aztec Pl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand · 16 June 2026
• Street Light Outage — 19B Prestons Road, Redwood, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand · 11 June 2026
• Water Leak — 42B Chipping Ln, Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand · 7 June 2026
• Poles and Signage - General — 51 Prestons Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand · 25 May 2026
• Water Leak — 57 Prestons Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand · 23 May 2026
• Rubbish and Bins - General — 1A James Condon Place, Redwood, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand · 20 May 2026
• Water Leak — 3 Aztec Pl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand · 28 April 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.

• On the plan’s flood map — Lower Styx River — the managed reach
• The liquefaction model grades it “Liquefaction Damage is Possible” — the 2019 screening study