Te Kura o Rātā Templeton School

Its rating

Final decile (2022): 8. Current Equity Index: 449. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

• 40 Kirk Road, Templeton, Christchurch, 8042 — the street’s record
• Its suburb: Templeton — the suburb’s own record
• Roll: 287 (September 2026)
• Co-Educational
• Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
• Opened 1862
• An enrolment scheme is in place.
• Isolation index 0.33 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
• Phone: 03-3497045
• Email: office@templeton.school.nz
• Contact: Melissa Anderton
• Website: templeton.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

• Templeton School — in force from 2026-01-01 · 30 km²

It covers: Islington, Templeton.

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

Other schools near here

• Koromiko Mākoha (Proposed opening date: 2027-01-01) — not rated · 4.0 km
• Hornby Primary School — decile 3 · EQI 489 · 4.2 km
• Gilberthorpe School — decile 2 · EQI 475 · 4.4 km
• Prebbleton School — decile 10 · EQI 379 · 4.4 km
• Te Manu Tukutuku South Hornby School — decile 4 · EQI 464 · 4.6 km
• Hornby High School — decile 3 · EQI 489 · 4.7 km
• St Bernadette's School (Hornby) — decile 4 · EQI 423 · 4.7 km
• Yaldhurst School – Tōtara Tūkaha — decile 5 · EQI 432 · 5.1 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.

• Kirk Reserve · 62 m to its edge
• Templeton Domain — Sports ground · 97 m to its edge
• Colchester Reserve · 348 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.

• Templeton — Recreation centre · 92 m

The bus stop

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

• Templeton — 182 m · route 5

The register nearby

Heritage-register places within 300 m of the school’s point — what stood on the ground around it, or still does.

• St Saviour's Church and Setting — 50 Kirk Road

The reports nearby

228 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Trees & parks and Roads & footpaths, 187 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.

• Park - General Request — 39 Kirk Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 26 September 2026
• Pavement - Damaged — 28 Kissel St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 21 September 2026
• Facility - General Request — 39 Kirk Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 3 August 2026
• Street Gutters / Storm Water — 11 Riwai St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 3 July 2026
• Pavement - Damaged — 17 Kirk Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 3 July 2026
• Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet — Templeton, Canterbury Region 8042, New Zealand · 30 May 2026
• Trees - General — 64 Kirk Road, Templeton, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 26 May 2026
• Park - General Request — 31 Kirk Road, Templeton, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 21 May 2026
• Facility - General Request — 39 Kirk Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 20 May 2026
• Park - General Request — 39 Kirk Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 20 May 2026
• Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet — 39 Kirk Road, Templeton, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 11 May 2026
• Damaged Street Sign — 46 Bicknor St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 6 May 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.

• The liquefaction model grades it “Liquefaction Damage is Unlikely” — the 2019 screening study