# Waimairi School

Contributing · State · Christchurch

https://www.chch.live/school/3571-waimairi-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 9 · Current Equity Index: 418

*Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.*

## The record
- 1 Tillman Avenue, Christchurch, 8052
- Roll: 330 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations may be requested
- Opened 1920
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.16 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Roll by ethnicity: European 254 · Māori 53 · Pacific 13 · Asian 55 · MELAA 13
- Phone: 03-3529208
- Email: admin@waimairi.school.nz
- Contact: Chris Panther
- Website: http://www.waimairi.school.nz/

## Enrolment zone
- Waimairi School — in force from 2025-01-01 · 2 km²
- Covers: Bryndwr, Papanui, Strowan

*Indicative only — the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary.*

## Other schools near here
- [Christchurch Adventist School](https://www.chch.live/school/317-christchurch-adventist-school) — decile 5 · EQI 435
- [St Patrick's School (Bryndwr)](https://www.chch.live/school/3537-st-patrick-s-school-bryndwr) — decile 10 · EQI 376
- [St Andrew's College (Christchurch)](https://www.chch.live/school/318-st-andrew-s-college-christchurch) — private — not rated
- [He Tīwai Mātauranga Heaton Normal Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3372-he-tiwai-matauranga-heaton-normal-intermediate) — decile 9 · EQI 407
- [Paparoa Street School](https://www.chch.live/school/3467-paparoa-street-school) — decile 10 · EQI 398
- [Elmwood Normal School](https://www.chch.live/school/3334-elmwood-normal-school) — decile 10 · EQI 376
- [Wairakei School (Christchurch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3577-wairakei-school-christchurch) — decile 6 · EQI 478
- [Papanui High School](https://www.chch.live/school/316-papanui-high-school) — decile 7 · EQI 461

## Under the ground
The plans and surveys the site keeps, asked once of the ground — footprints and plan maps, not engineering findings.
- [The February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over this point](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) — mapped ground failure — a footprint, not a finding
- [The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability) — the 2019 screening study

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.504214&lon=172.605282

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Waimairi School?**

Contributing · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Waimairi School have?**

330 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count.

**What is Waimairi School's Equity Index?**

EQI 418 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 9.

**Does Waimairi School have an enrolment zone?**

1 zone polygon on record — it covers Bryndwr, Papanui, Strowan. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3571 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026