St Patrick's School (Bryndwr)

Its rating

Final decile (2022): 10. Current Equity Index: 376. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

• 57 Plynlimon Road, Bryndwr, Christchurch, 8052 — the street’s record
• Its suburb: Bryndwr — the suburb’s own record
• Roll: 175 (September 2026)
• Co-Educational
• Donations may be requested
• Opened 1951
• An enrolment scheme is in place.
• Isolation index 0.14 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
• Cohort entry: Yes
• Phone: 03-3515590
• Email: office@stpatricks.school.nz
• Contact: Nathan Burford
• Website: stpatricks.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

• St Patrick's School (Bryndwr) — in force from 2026-01-01 · 4 km²

It covers: Strowan — and the fringes of Bryndwr, Fendalton, Merivale.

Indicative only — the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.

Other schools near here

• Waimairi School — decile 9 · EQI 418 · 787 m
• Elmwood Normal School — decile 10 · EQI 376 · 910 m
• He Tīwai Mātauranga Heaton Normal Intermediate — decile 9 · EQI 407 · 921 m
• St Andrew's College (Christchurch) — private — not rated · 1.1 km
• Tūora Fendalton School — decile 10 · EQI 371 · 1.2 km
• Rangi Ruru Girls' School — private — not rated · 1.4 km
• Christchurch Adventist School — decile 5 · EQI 435 · 1.5 km
• Ferndale Te Ahu — decile 4 · EQI 521 · 1.6 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.

• Plynlimon Park — Sports ground · 156 m to its edge

The bus stop

The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the school’s pin, not its gate.

• Wairakei Rd near Idris Rd — 212 m · route 8

The reports nearby

42 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Roads & footpaths and Water & drains, 35 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.

• Roads - General — 102 Idris Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand · 18 September 2026
• Water General — 106 Idris Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand · 18 July 2026
• Damaged Road — 8 Taylors Avenue, Bryndwr, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand · 6 July 2026
• Overgrown Vegetation — 21B Wairakei Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand · 23 April 2026
• Water Leak — 106 Idris Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand · 6 March 2026
• Street Gutters / Storm Water — 8 Taylors Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand · 2 March 2026
• Pavement - Damaged — 112 Idris Road, Bryndwr, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand · 15 October 2025
• Roads - General — 3 Taylors Avenue, Bryndwr, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand · 9 May 2025
• Roads - General — 3 Taylors Avenue, Bryndwr, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand · 8 May 2025
• General Request — 99A Idris Road, Bryndwr, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand · 17 March 2025
• Street Gutters / Storm Water — 93 Idris Road, Bryndwr, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand · 29 October 2024
• Street Gutters / Storm Water — 93 Idris Road, Bryndwr, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand · 29 October 2024

Under the ground

The plans and surveys the site keeps, asked once of the school’s ground — footprints and plan maps, not engineering findings.

• On the plan’s flood map — Avon River — the managed reach
• The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability” — the 2019 screening study