Te Oraka
Intermediate · State · Shirley, Christchurch
194 students on the roll in Shirley · EQI 505 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Kia ora and welcome to the Te Oraka Shirley Intermediate website.Vision: Through collaborative practice and effective engagement, we embrace learning... — sis.school.nz
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4. Current Equity Index: 505. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 60 Shirley Road, Shirley, Christchurch, 8640 — the street’s record
- Its suburb: Shirley — the suburb’s own record
- Roll: 194 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1934
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.14 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Phone: 03-3852229
- Email: office@sis.school.nz
- Contact: Brett Cooper
- Website: sis.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
- Shirley Intermediate — in force from 2024-01-01 · 7 km²
It covers: Dallington, Edgeware, Richmond, Shirley — and the fringes of Avonside, Burwood, Christchurch Central, Mairehau, Saint Albans.
Indicative only — the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- Pareawa Banks Avenue School — decile 4 · EQI 466 · 529 m
- Te Hiwa Shirley Primary School — decile 3 · EQI 494 · 686 m
- Kingslea School — decile 1 · EQI 569 · 1.6 km
- Mairehau High School — decile 4 · EQI 510 · 1.9 km
- Mairehau Primary School — decile 6 · EQI 466 · 1.9 km
- St Francis of Assisi Catholic School — decile 8 · EQI 408 · 2.0 km
- Whītau School — decile 2 · EQI 513 · 2.2 km
St Albans School — decile 8 · EQI 414 · 2.2 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.
- Dudley Creek Riverbank · 270 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.
- Shirley Library — Library · 373 m
- Shirley Service Centre — Service centre · 373 m
The bus stop
The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the school’s pin, not its gate.
- The Palms (Shirley Rd) — passes the gate · routes 7, 44, 100, 135, Oa
The reports nearby
591 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 478 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.
Dumped Rubbish — 6 New Brighton Road, Shirley, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand · 5 October 2026
Overgrown Vegetation — 20 Sabina Street, Shirley, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand · 4 October 2026
Pest / Vermin — 60 Shirley Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand · 11 September 2026
Street Gutters / Storm Water — 17C Marshland Road, Shirley, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand · 26 August 2026
Pavement - General — Canterbury, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand · 24 July 2026
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa — 7 Marshland Road, Shirley, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand · 18 July 2026
Water Leak — 18 Sabina Street, Shirley, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand · 18 July 2026
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa — 61 Shirley Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand · 13 July 2026
Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet — 1 Marshland Road, Shirley, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand · 12 July 2026
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa — 21 Marshland Road, Shirley, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand · 11 July 2026
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — 21 Marshland Road, Shirley, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand · 11 July 2026- Street Gutters / Storm Water — 20 Marshland Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand · 10 July 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
- The September 2010 survey drew liquefaction over this point — mapped ground failure — a footprint, not a finding
- On the plan’s flood map — Avon River, Dudley Creek — the managed reach
- Inside a recorded flood footprint — 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce
- The liquefaction model grades it “High Liquefaction Vulnerability” — the 2019 screening study
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
Intermediate · State · Co-Educational — in Shirley.
194 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 505 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.
1 zone polygon on record — it covers Dallington, Edgeware, Richmond and 1 more suburb (+ fringes). The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.