South New Brighton School
Full Primary · State · South New Brighton, Christchurch
393 students on the roll in South New Brighton · EQI 454 · an enrolment scheme in place.
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Its rating
Final decile (2022): 6. Current Equity Index: 454. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 160 Estuary Road, South New Brighton, Christchurch, 8062 — the street’s record
- Its suburb: South New Brighton — the suburb’s own record
- Roll: 393 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1922
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.26 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Phone: 03-3889426
- Email: admin@snbs.school.nz
- Contact: Kate McClelland
- Website: snbs.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
- South New Brighton School — in force from 2008-11-17 · 4 km²
It covers: South New Brighton, Southshore — and the fringes of Bexley, New Brighton.
Indicative only — the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- Nova Montessori School — private — not rated · 1.9 km
- New Brighton Catholic School (Chch) — decile 6 · EQI 445 · 2.4 km
- St James School (Aranui) — decile 1 · EQI 501 · 2.8 km
- Haeata Community Campus — decile 1 · EQI 545 · 3.2 km
Te Raekura Redcliffs School — decile 10 · EQI 400 · 3.4 km- Rāwhiti School — decile 3 · EQI 478 · 3.6 km
- Te Ahuwai Bromley School — decile 3 · EQI 513 · 3.9 km
- Chisnallwood Intermediate — decile 5 · EQI 482 · 4.0 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.
- South New Brighton Park — Sports ground · 135 m to its edge
- Bridge Reserve · 191 m to its edge
- Avon And Heathcote Estuary — Regional · 231 m to its edge
- South New Brighton Beach — Regional · 343 m to its edge
- Te Karoro Karoro Reserve · 344 m to its edge
The bus stop
The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the school’s pin, not its gate.
- Estuary Rd near Cradock St — 92 m · route 60
The reports nearby
502 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Roads & footpaths and Graffiti & vandalism, 418 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.
Fallen Tree — 178A Estuary Road, South New Brighton, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand · 21 September 2026
Park - General Request — 74 Beatty Street, South New Brighton, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand · 18 September 2026
Overgrown Vegetation — 71 Beatty Street, South New Brighton, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand · 15 September 2026
Overgrown Vegetation — 72 Beatty Street, South New Brighton, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand · 15 September 2026
Damaged Road — 190 Estuary Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand · 21 August 2026
Pavement - General — 18 Seafield Pl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand · 5 August 2026
Park - General Request — 55–71 Beatty St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand · 26 July 2026
Rubbish and Bins - General — 122 Estuary Road, South New Brighton, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand · 23 July 2026
Dumped Rubbish — 72 Beatty Street, South New Brighton, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand · 19 July 2026
Dumped Rubbish — 72 Beatty St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand · 19 July 2026
Dumped Rubbish — 9 Seafield Place, South New Brighton, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand · 14 July 2026
Hazard — vehicle — 74 Beatty Street, South New Brighton, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand · 12 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
- Inside a modelled tsunami reach — ECAN Report R12/38 2012 · ECAN Report R14/78 2014
- On the plan’s flood map — Southshore — the managed reach
- Inside a recorded flood footprint — 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce
- The liquefaction model grades it “Liquefaction Damage is Possible” — 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
Full Primary · State · Co-Educational — in South New Brighton.
393 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 454 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.
1 zone polygon on record — it covers South New Brighton, Southshore (+ fringes). The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.