# Te Waitai Sefton School

Full Primary · State · Sefton

https://www.chch.live/school/3501-te-waitai-sefton-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 7 · Current Equity Index: 434

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

## The record
- 603 Upper Sefton Road, Sefton, 7445
- Roll: 131 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1884
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.61, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 119 · Māori 17 · Pacific 1 · Asian 3
- Phone: 03-3129755
- Email: office@sefton.school.nz
- Contact: Heidi Moeller
- Website: http://www.sefton.school.nz

## Enrolment zone
- Te Waitai Sefton School, in force from 2026-01-01 · 76 km²

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

## Other schools near here
- [Ashley Rakahuri School](https://www.chch.live/school/3285-ashley-rakahuri-school), decile 10 · EQI 444
- [Leithfield School Te Kura o Kōwai](https://www.chch.live/school/3411-leithfield-school-te-kura-o-kowai), decile 8 · EQI 448
- [Pegasus Bay School](https://www.chch.live/school/3570-pegasus-bay-school), decile 10 · EQI 422
- [Rangiora High School](https://www.chch.live/school/312-rangiora-high-school), decile 9 · EQI 454
- [Woodend School](https://www.chch.live/school/3600-woodend-school), decile 8 · EQI 453
- [St Joseph's School (Rangiora)](https://www.chch.live/school/4132-st-joseph-s-school-rangiora), decile 9 · EQI 420
- [Rangiora Borough School](https://www.chch.live/school/3481-rangiora-borough-school), decile 7 · EQI 463
- [Tūtira Ashgrove School](https://www.chch.live/school/3284-tutira-ashgrove-school), decile 9 · EQI 442

## 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.
- [Sefton Domain](https://www.chch.live/park/89-sefton-domain), Sports ground · 117 m to its edge
- [Every park on the roll](https://www.chch.live/parks)

## Facilities nearby
Council facilities within 400 m of the point, libraries, pools and centres within walking reach.
- [Cenotaph](https://www.chch.live/facility/monument-37), Monument · 297 m

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.246713&lon=172.672877

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Te Waitai Sefton School?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Te Waitai Sefton School have?**

131 on the roll at September 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

**What is Te Waitai Sefton School's Equity Index?**

EQI 434, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 7.

**Does Te Waitai Sefton School have an enrolment zone?**

1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3501 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026