# Waltham School Full Primary · State · Waltham, Christchurch https://www.chch.live/school/3581-waltham-school ## Its rating Final decile (2022): 3 · Current Equity Index: 489 *Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.* ## The record - Hastings Street East, Waltham, Christchurch, 8023 - Roll: 263 (September 2026) - Co-Educational - Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp - Opened 1891 - An enrolment scheme is in place. - Isolation index 0.09 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure - Roll by ethnicity: European 94 · Māori 64 · Pacific 33 · Asian 107 · MELAA 15 · Other 1 - Address record: https://www.chch.live/waltham/hastings-street-east - Phone: 03-3793137 - Email: admin@waltham.school.nz - Contact: Tim Evers - Website: http://www.waltham.school.nz - Street record: https://www.chch.live/street/waltham/hastings-street-east - Suburb record: https://www.chch.live/waltham ## Enrolment zone - Waltham School — in force from 2017-03-28 · 3 km² - Covers: Opawa, Sydenham, Waltham *Indicative only — the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary.* ## Other schools near here - [TKKM o Waitaha](https://www.chch.live/school/4212-tkkm-o-waitaha) — decile 1 · EQI 519 - [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school) — decile 7 · EQI 418 - [St Mark's School (Christchurch)](https://www.chch.live/school/4135-st-mark-s-school-christchurch) — decile 10 · EQI 398 - [Catholic Cathedral College](https://www.chch.live/school/531-catholic-cathedral-college) — decile 4 · EQI 448 - [Te Kura o Ōpāwaho – Opawa School](https://www.chch.live/school/3455-te-kura-o-opawaho-opawa-school) — decile 4 · EQI 463 - [St Peter's School Te Kura Haoika](https://www.chch.live/school/3542-st-peter-s-school-te-kura-haoika) — decile 8 · EQI 397 - [Rudolf Steiner School (Chch)](https://www.chch.live/school/419-rudolf-steiner-school-chch) — decile 8 · EQI 410 - [Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto](https://www.chch.live/school/3291-beckenham-te-kura-o-puroto) — decile 8 · EQI 412 ## 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. - [Tommy Taylor Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1874-tommy-taylor-reserve) — 135 m to its edge - [Thackeray Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1419-thackeray-reserve) — 168 m to its edge - [Waltham Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1783-waltham-park) — Sports ground · 239 m to its edge - [Cameron Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1575-cameron-reserve) — 385 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. - Waltham Rd near Hastings St E — 141 m · route 27 ## The reports nearby 769 reports pinned within 250 m of the point — a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9040635) — Flat 1, 27 Buffon Street, Waltham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9040598) — 16a Buffon Street, Waltham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9040537) — 149 Hastings Street East, Waltham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9028420) — Brougham St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9023911) — 54 Thackeray Pl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8988677) — 2 Goldsmith Place, Waltham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8985338) — 14 Buffon St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8947741) — 14 Buffon Street, Waltham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8901083) — 2 Vienna St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8871685) — 7–15 Buffon St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8867925) — 34 Vienna St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8861944) — 2 Vienna St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, 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 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=-43.548989&lon=172.648613 ## Questions, answered briefly **What kind of school is Waltham School?** Full Primary · State · Co-Educational — in Waltham. **How many students does Waltham School have?** 263 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count. **What is Waltham School's Equity Index?** EQI 489 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 3. **Does Waltham School have an enrolment zone?** 1 zone polygon on record — it covers Opawa, Sydenham, Waltham. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer. Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3581 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026