# St Bernadette's School (Hornby) Full Primary · State : Integrated · Hornby, Christchurch https://www.chch.live/school/3521-st-bernadette-s-school-hornby ## Its rating Final decile (2022): 4 · Current Equity Index: 423 *Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.* ## The record - 74 Hei Hei Road, Hornby, Christchurch, 8042 - Roll: 166 (September 2026) - Co-Educational - Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp - Opened 1962 - An enrolment scheme is in place. - Isolation index 0.31 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure - Roll by ethnicity: European 40 · Māori 8 · Pacific 27 · Asian 108 · MELAA 3 · Other 3 - Phone: 03-3429780 - Email: admin@stbernadetteschch.school.nz - Contact: Joanne Jones - Website: http://www.stbernadetteschch.school.nz - Street record: https://www.chch.live/street/hornby/hei-hei-road - Suburb record: https://www.chch.live/hornby ## Enrolment zone - St Bernadette's School (Hornby) — in force from 2026-01-01 · 48 km² - Covers: Broomfield, Hei Hei, Hornby South, Islington, Yaldhurst — and the fringes of Hornby, Russley, Templeton *Indicative only — the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary.* ## Other schools near here - [Hornby High School](https://www.chch.live/school/338-hornby-high-school) — decile 3 · EQI 489 - [Hornby Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/3380-hornby-primary-school) — decile 3 · EQI 489 - [Gilberthorpe School](https://www.chch.live/school/3346-gilberthorpe-school) — decile 2 · EQI 475 - [Te Manu Tukutuku South Hornby School](https://www.chch.live/school/3507-te-manu-tukutuku-south-hornby-school) — decile 4 · EQI 464 - [Te Parito Kōwhai Russley School](https://www.chch.live/school/3496-te-parito-kowhai-russley-school) — decile 7 · EQI 420 - [St Thomas of Canterbury College](https://www.chch.live/school/331-st-thomas-of-canterbury-college) — decile 8 · EQI 430 - [Our Lady of Victories](https://www.chch.live/school/3463-our-lady-of-victories) — decile 6 · EQI 376 - [Avonhead School - Rakipaoa](https://www.chch.live/school/3287-avonhead-school-rakipaoa) — decile 7 · EQI 406 ## 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. - [Wycola Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1213-wycola-park) — Sports ground · 111 m to its edge - [Carmen Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1918-carmen-reserve) — Botanic · 208 m to its edge - [Every park on the roll](https://www.chch.live/parks) ## The bus stop The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the pin, not the gate. - Manurere St near Ranui St — 165 m · route 130 ## Under the ground The plans and surveys the site keeps, asked once of the ground — footprints and plan maps, not engineering findings. - [Graded TC1 ground](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories) — Green Zone, Technical Category 1, Grey - [The liquefaction model grades it “Low Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability) — the 2019 screening study What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.533484&lon=172.525345 ## Questions, answered briefly **What kind of school is St Bernadette's School (Hornby)?** Full Primary · State : Integrated · Co-Educational — in Hornby. **How many students does St Bernadette's School (Hornby) have?** 166 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count. **What is St Bernadette's School (Hornby)'s Equity Index?** EQI 423 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4. **Does St Bernadette's School (Hornby) have an enrolment zone?** 1 zone polygon on record — it covers Broomfield, Hei Hei, Hornby South and 2 more suburbs (+ fringes). The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer. Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3521 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026