St Teresa's School (Riccarton)
Full Primary · State : Integrated · Christchurch
173 students on the roll · EQI 398 · an enrolment scheme in place.
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Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4. Current Equity Index: 398. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 10 Puriri Street, Christchurch, 8041
- Roll: 173 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1936
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.16 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Phone: 03-3489392
- Email: enquiries@stteresas.school.nz
- Contact: Jackie Andrews
- Website: stteresas.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 Teresa's School (Riccarton) — in force from 2026-01-01 · 5 km²
It covers: Riccarton — and the fringes of Fendalton, Ilam, Upper Riccarton.
Indicative only — the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- Kahikatea Kirkwood Intermediate — decile 7 · EQI 430 · 543 m
- Christchurch Boys' High School — decile 10 · EQI 418 · 748 m
- Wharenui School — decile 3 · EQI 457 · 818 m
- Medbury Preparatory School — private — not rated · 908 m
Ilam School — decile 6 · EQI 394 · 1.1 km- Tūora Fendalton School — decile 10 · EQI 371 · 1.4 km
- Middleton Grange School — decile 9 · EQI 404 · 1.5 km
- Christchurch Girls' High School -Te Kura o Hine Waiora — decile 9 · EQI 419 · 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.
- Riccarton Bush · 81 m to its edge
- Shand Crescent Reserve · 131 m to its edge
- Paeroa Reserve · 190 m to its edge
- Harrington Park — Sports ground · 374 m to its edge
The bus stop
The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the school’s pin, not its gate.
- Riccarton Rd near Wainui St — 63 m · routes 3, 5, 80, 86, 100, 120, 130, Oa
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
- Inside a recorded flood footprint — 1989 Fendalton Riccarton Flood Survey
- 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.
173 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 398 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.
1 zone polygon on record — it covers Riccarton (+ fringes). The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.