# Wairakei School (Christchurch) Contributing · State · Bryndwr, Christchurch https://www.chch.live/school/3577-wairakei-school-christchurch ## Its rating Final decile (2022): 6 · Current Equity Index: 478 *Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.* ## The record - 250 Wairakei Road, Bryndwr, Christchurch, 8053 - Roll: 210 (September 2026) - Co-Educational - Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp - Opened 1950 - An enrolment scheme is in place. - Isolation index 0.19 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure - Roll by ethnicity: European 103 · Māori 71 · Pacific 14 · Asian 53 · MELAA 12 · Other 1 - Address record: https://www.chch.live/bryndwr/250-wairakei-road - Phone: 03-3518033 - Email: office@wairakeichch.school.nz - Contact: Catherine Parkes - Website: http://www.wairakeichch.school.nz - Street record: https://www.chch.live/street/bryndwr/wairakei-road - Suburb record: https://www.chch.live/bryndwr ## Enrolment zone - Wairakei School (Christchurch) — in force from 2019-01-01 · 2 km² - Covers: Bishopdale, Bryndwr, Papanui *Indicative only — the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary.* ## Other schools near here - [Te Kura o Te Mātāpuna Isleworth School](https://www.chch.live/school/3385-te-kura-o-te-matapuna-isleworth-school) — decile 5 · EQI 466 - [Burnside High School](https://www.chch.live/school/319-burnside-high-school) — decile 8 · EQI 416 - [Wairarapa Cobham Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3323-wairarapa-cobham-intermediate) — decile 8 · EQI 405 - [Christ The King School (Burnside)](https://www.chch.live/school/3316-christ-the-king-school-burnside) — decile 8 · EQI 369 - [Waimairi School](https://www.chch.live/school/3571-waimairi-school) — decile 9 · EQI 418 - [Tuia Burnside Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/3305-tuia-burnside-primary-school) — decile 4 · EQI 437 - [Bishopdale School Te Kura o Papakōhatu](https://www.chch.live/school/3293-bishopdale-school-te-kura-o-papakohatu) — decile 3 · EQI 521 - [Breens Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3299-breens-intermediate) — decile 7 · EQI 443 ## The green nearby Parks whose drawn outline sits within 400 m — measured to the outline itself, so a spot on a big reserve’s edge still counts. - [Edgar Macintosh Park](https://www.chch.live/park/948-edgar-macintosh-park) — Sports ground · 273 m to its edge - [Every park on the roll](https://www.chch.live/parks) ## The bus stop The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the pin, not the gate. - Wairakei Rd near Manor Pl — 46 m · route 17 ## The reports nearby 269 reports pinned within 250 m of the point — a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8975297) — 16 Saffron Street, Bryndwr, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8962331) — 283 Wairakei Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8959627) — 255 Wairakei Road, Bryndwr, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8932456) — 14 Murdoch St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8895034) — Wairakei Rd near Greers Rd, Bryndwr, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand - [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/8895031) — 268 Wairakei Road, Burnside, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand - [Road Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/8880549) — 7 Torquay Place, Bryndwr, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8844082) — 294 Wairakei Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand - [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/8831144) — 14 Murdoch St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8800275) — 237 Wairakei Road, Bryndwr, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8799719) — 289B Wairakei Road, Bryndwr, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8795919) — 269 Wairakei Road, Bryndwr, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand ## Under the ground The plans and surveys the site keeps, asked once of the ground — footprints and plan maps, not engineering findings. - [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=-43.500167&lon=172.588282 ## Questions, answered briefly **What kind of school is Wairakei School (Christchurch)?** Contributing · State · Co-Educational — in Bryndwr. **How many students does Wairakei School (Christchurch) have?** 210 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count. **What is Wairakei School (Christchurch)'s Equity Index?** EQI 478 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6. **Does Wairakei School (Christchurch) have an enrolment zone?** 1 zone polygon on record — it covers Bishopdale, Bryndwr, Papanui. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer. Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3577 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026