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Te Kāpehu Riccarton School

Full Primary · State · Sockburn, Christchurch

371 students on the roll in Sockburn · EQI 462 · an enrolment scheme in place.

Its rating

Final decile (2022): 3. Current Equity Index: 462. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

  • 1 English Street, Sockburn, Christchurch, 8042 — the street’s record
  • Its suburb: Sockburn — the suburb’s own record
  • Roll: 371 (September 2026)
  • Co-Educational
  • Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
  • Opened 1873
  • An enrolment scheme is in place.
  • Isolation index 0.21 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
  • Phone: 03-3485700
  • Email: paul.irving@tkr.school.nz
  • Contact: Paul Irving
  • Website: riccartonprimary.school.nz

Who the roll is

European 75 · 20%
Māori 40 · 11%
Pacific 71 · 19%
Asian 188 · 51%
MELAA 47 · 13%
Other 1 · 0%
International 2 · 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

  • Riccarton School — in force from 2017-01-01 · 3 km²

It covers: Sockburn, Upper Riccarton.

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.

  • Main South Rd near English St — passes the gate · routes 5, 100, 130

The register nearby

Heritage-register places within 300 m of the school’s point — what stood on the ground around it, or still does.

The reports nearby

348 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Rubbish & dumping and Graffiti & vandalism, 293 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 Te Kāpehu Riccarton School?

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

How many students does Te Kāpehu Riccarton School have?

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

What is Te Kāpehu Riccarton School's Equity Index?

EQI 462 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 3.

Does Te Kāpehu Riccarton School have an enrolment zone?

1 zone polygon on record — it covers Sockburn, Upper Riccarton. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.