# Te Oraka Intermediate · State · Shirley, Christchurch https://www.chch.live/school/3503-te-oraka ## 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 - 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 - Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori - Roll by ethnicity: European 124 · Māori 64 · Pacific 19 · Asian 32 · MELAA 6 - Address record: https://www.chch.live/shirley/60-shirley-road - Phone: 03-3852229 - Email: office@sis.school.nz - Contact: Brett Cooper - Website: http://www.sis.school.nz - Street record: https://www.chch.live/street/shirley/shirley-road - Suburb record: https://www.chch.live/shirley ## Enrolment zone - Shirley Intermediate — in force from 2024-01-01 · 7 km² - 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.* ## Other schools near here - [Pareawa Banks Avenue School](https://www.chch.live/school/3289-pareawa-banks-avenue-school) — decile 4 · EQI 466 - [Te Hiwa Shirley Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/3504-te-hiwa-shirley-primary-school) — decile 3 · EQI 494 - [Kingslea School](https://www.chch.live/school/518-kingslea-school) — decile 1 · EQI 569 - [Mairehau High School](https://www.chch.live/school/320-mairehau-high-school) — decile 4 · EQI 510 - [Mairehau Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/3425-mairehau-primary-school) — decile 6 · EQI 466 - [St Francis of Assisi Catholic School](https://www.chch.live/school/738-st-francis-of-assisi-catholic-school) — decile 8 · EQI 408 - [Whītau School](https://www.chch.live/school/3415-whitau-school) — decile 2 · EQI 513 - [St Albans School](https://www.chch.live/school/3518-st-albans-school) — decile 8 · EQI 414 ## 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. - [Dudley Creek Riverbank](https://www.chch.live/park/1349-dudley-creek-riverbank) — 270 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. - [Shirley Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-30) — Library · 373 m - [Shirley Service Centre](https://www.chch.live/facility/service-centre-7) — Service centre · 373 m ## The bus stop The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the pin, not the 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 point — a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9036220) — 6 New Brighton Road, Shirley, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/9030712) — 20 Sabina Street, Shirley, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand - [Pest / Vermin](https://www.chch.live/report/8902770) — 60 Shirley Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8814123) — 17C Marshland Road, Shirley, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8627336) — Canterbury, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8593829) — 7 Marshland Road, Shirley, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8593621) — 18 Sabina Street, Shirley, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8565689) — 61 Shirley Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8559386) — 1 Marshland Road, Shirley, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8557650) — 21 Marshland Road, Shirley, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8557566) — 21 Marshland Road, Shirley, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8554024) — 20 Marshland Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand ## Under the ground The plans and surveys the site keeps, asked once of the ground — footprints and plan maps, not engineering findings. - [The February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over this point](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) — mapped ground failure — a footprint, not a finding - [The September 2010 survey drew liquefaction over this point](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) — mapped ground failure — a footprint, not a finding - [On the plan’s flood map](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) — Avon River, Dudley Creek — the managed reach - [Inside a recorded flood footprint](https://www.chch.live/floods) — 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce - [The liquefaction model grades it “High Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability) — the 2019 screening study What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.508313&lon=172.661644 ## Questions, answered briefly **What kind of school is Te Oraka?** Intermediate · State · Co-Educational — in Shirley. **How many students does Te Oraka have?** 194 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count. **What is Te Oraka's Equity Index?** EQI 505 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4. **Does Te Oraka have an enrolment zone?** 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. Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3503 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026