Sacred Heart School (Timaru)

Its rating

Final decile (2022): 5. Current Equity Index: 438. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

• 54 Heaton Street, Timaru, 7910
• Roll: 232 (September 2026)
• Co-Educational
• Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
• Opened 1885
• Isolation index 0.69, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
• Setting: Medium urban area
• Phone: 03-6888188
• Email: office@sacredhearttim.school.nz
• Contact: David Armstrong
• Website: sacredhearttim.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.

Other schools near here

• Roncalli College, decile 7 · EQI 446 · 231 m
• Timaru Girls' High School, decile 6 · EQI 474 · 526 m
• Timaru South School, decile 2 · EQI 511 · 747 m
• Timaru Boys' High School, decile 7 · EQI 457 · 1.5 km
• Timaru Christian School, decile 8 · EQI 446 · 1.6 km
• Waimataitai School, decile 6 · EQI 464 · 1.7 km
• Bluestone School, decile 5 · EQI 474 · 1.8 km
• Craighead Diocesan School, decile 9 · EQI 409 · 2.4 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.

• Basilica Bedding Plot, Reserve · 34 m to its edge
• Craigie Avenue Grassed Area, Reserve · 47 m to its edge
• Anzac Square, Sports ground · 106 m to its edge
• Russell Square, Sports ground · 348 m to its edge

Facilities nearby

Council facilities within 400 m of the school’s point, libraries, pools and centres a parent can walk to.

• Craigie Memorial, Monument · 137 m
• Anzac Square Toilets, Public toilet · 304 m