St Peter's School Te Kura Haoika
Full Primary · State : Integrated · Beckenham, Christchurch
163 students on the roll in Beckenham · EQI 397 · an enrolment scheme in place.
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Its rating
Final decile (2022): 8. Current Equity Index: 397. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 11 Fisher Avenue, Beckenham, Christchurch, 8023 — the street’s record
- Its suburb: Beckenham — the suburb’s own record
- Roll: 163 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations may be requested
- Opened 1927
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.11 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Phone: 03-3327598
- Email: principal@saintpeters.school.nz
- Contact: Sarah Lowe
- Website: saintpeters.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 Peter's School Te Kura Haoika — in force from 2026-01-01 · 16 km²
It covers: Beckenham, Hillsborough, Huntsbury, Saint Martins — and the fringes of Cashmere, Opawa, Somerfield, Sydenham.
Indicative only — the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto — decile 8 · EQI 412 · 717 m
- Te Kura o Huriawa Thorrington — decile 10 · EQI 377 · 733 m
- Somerfield Te Kura Wairepo — decile 8 · EQI 419 · 767 m
Cashmere High School — decile 9 · EQI 413 · 1.2 km- Hillview Christian School — decile 7 · EQI 418 · 1.3 km
Christchurch South Karamata Intermediate School — decile 8 · EQI 411 · 1.3 km- Waltham School — decile 3 · EQI 489 · 1.5 km
- St Martins School — decile 9 · EQI 402 · 1.7 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.
- Colombo Reserve · 199 m to its edge
- Waimea Reserve · 324 m to its edge
- Ernle Clark Reserve — Botanic · 377 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.
- Beckenham Service Centre — Service centre · 183 m
- South Christchurch Library — Library · 192 m
The bus stop
The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the school’s pin, not its gate.
- Colombo St near Fisher Ave — 78 m · route 1
The register nearby
Heritage-register places within 300 m of the school’s point — what stood on the ground around it, or still does.
- The Malthouse and Setting — 69 Colombo Street
The reports nearby
216 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Graffiti & vandalism and Water & drains, 173 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.
Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet — 101 Colombo St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand · 7 September 2026
Water Leak — 88 Colombo Street, Beckenham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 22 August 2026
Damaged Road — 78 Colombo St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 28 July 2026
Water Leak — 28 Fisher Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 5 June 2026
Water Leak — 43 Waimea Terrace, Beckenham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 3 June 2026
Water Leak — 45 Waimea Terrace, Beckenham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 3 June 2026
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa — 78 Colombo St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 4 March 2026
Water Leak — 33 Fisher Avenue, Sydenham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 14 February 2026
Rubbish and Bins - General — 80 Colombo Street, Beckenham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 5 February 2026
Water Leak — 42 Fisher Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 9 January 2026
Water Leak — 27 Fisher Avenue, Beckenham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 7 January 2026
Water Leak — 29 Fisher Avenue, Beckenham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 27 December 2025
Under the ground
The plans and surveys the site keeps, asked once of the school’s ground — footprints and plan maps, not engineering findings.
- Graded TC2 ground — Green Zone, Technical Category 2, Yellow
- The liquefaction model grades it “Medium 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
Full Primary · State : Integrated · Co-Educational — in Beckenham.
163 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 397 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 8.
1 zone polygon on record — it covers Beckenham, Hillsborough, Huntsbury and 1 more suburb (+ fringes). The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.