Sumner School
Full Primary · State · Sumner, Christchurch
323 students on the roll in Sumner · EQI 382 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Nau Mai, Haere Mai Te Kura o Matuku Takotako Welcome to Sumner School Connecting with our people, our learning and our place We are a Years 0-8 Primary School nestled in the heart of the seaside community of Sumner. Our Tūrangawaewae (identity and standing place) and Cultural Nar — sumner.school.nz
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 10. Current Equity Index: 382. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- Colenso Street, Sumner, Christchurch, 8840 — the street’s record
- Its suburb: Sumner — the suburb’s own record
- Roll: 323 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations may be requested
- Opened 1876
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.37 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Cohort entry: Yes
- Phone: 03-3266546
- Email: admin@sumner.school.nz
- Contact: Anna Granger
- Website: sumner.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
- Sumner School — in force from 2006-09-11 · 9 km²
It covers: Richmond Hill, Scarborough, Te Onepoto Taylors Mistake — and the fringes of Clifton, Sumner.
Indicative only — the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- Our Lady Star of the Sea School (Christchurch) — decile 10 · EQI 401 · 306 m
Ko Taku Reo - Deaf Education New Zealand — EQI 516 · 809 m
Te Raekura Redcliffs School — decile 10 · EQI 400 · 2.8 km- Mt Pleasant School — decile 10 · EQI 393 · 3.7 km
- Heathcote Valley School — decile 9 · EQI 424 · 4.2 km
- Lyttelton Primary School — decile 9 · EQI 424 · 4.4 km
- South New Brighton School — decile 6 · EQI 454 · 5.6 km
- Ngutuawa School — decile 3 · EQI 526 · 6.2 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.
- Greenwood Park — Regional · 152 m to its edge
- Sumner Croquet Reserve · 177 m to its edge
- Wakefield Reserve No. 2 · 302 m to its edge
- St Leonards Park — Sports ground · 394 m to its edge
The bus stop
The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the school’s pin, not its gate.
- Nayland St near Hardwicke St — 282 m · route 3
The register nearby
Heritage-register places within 300 m of the school’s point — what stood on the ground around it, or still does.
- Dwelling and Setting — 62 Nayland Street
The reports nearby
195 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Water & drains and Roads & footpaths, 163 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.
Rubbish and Bins - General — 17B Wiggins Street, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand · 7 August 2026
Rubbish and Bins - General — 21 Arnold St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand · 2 August 2026
Water Leak — 10–12 Colenso St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand · 3 July 2026
Water Leak — 7 Whitfield St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand · 30 May 2026
Trees - General — 37A Stoke Street, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand · 29 May 2026
Water Leak — 7 Whitfield St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand · 25 May 2026
Abandoned Vehicle — 25 Dryden St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand · 16 May 2026
Rubbish and Bins - General — 19 Wiggins Street, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand · 10 May 2026
Water Leak — 7 Whitfield Street, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand · 9 May 2026
Abandoned Vehicle — 30 Wiggins St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand · 18 April 2026
Water Leak — 7 Whitfield Street, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand · 16 April 2026
Water Leak — 7A Whitfield Street, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand · 7 April 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.
- Inside a modelled tsunami reach — ECAN Report R12/38 2012 · ECAN Report R14/78 2014
- The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability” — the 2019 screening study
- The rockfall survey counts 13 boulders within 500 m — 3 came down · 8 wobble easy
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 Sumner.
323 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 382 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 10.
1 zone polygon on record — it covers Richmond Hill, Scarborough, Te Onepoto Taylors Mistake (+ fringes). The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.