# Yaldhurst School – Tōtara Tūkaha Full Primary · State · Yaldhurst https://www.chch.live/school/3602-yaldhurst-school-totara-tukaha ## Its rating Final decile (2022): 5 · Current Equity Index: 432 *Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.* ## The record - 48 School Road, Yaldhurst, 7676 - Roll: 132 (September 2026) - Co-Educational - Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp - Opened 1876 - An enrolment scheme is in place. - Isolation index 0.33 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure - Cohort entry: Yes - Roll by ethnicity: European 108 · Māori 25 · Pacific 11 · Asian 20 · MELAA 2 · Other 1 - Address record: https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/48-school-road - Phone: 03-3427933 - Email: secretary@yaldhurst.school.nz - Contact: Gretchen Cocks - Website: http://www.yaldhurst.school.nz - Street record: https://www.chch.live/street/yaldhurst/school-road - Suburb record: https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst ## Enrolment zone - Yaldhurst Model School — in force from 2021-06-01 · 60 km² - Covers: Templeton, Yaldhurst — and the fringes of Christchurch Airport, Islington, McLeans Island *Indicative only — the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary.* ## Other schools near here - [Gilberthorpe School](https://www.chch.live/school/3346-gilberthorpe-school) — decile 2 · EQI 475 - [St Bernadette's School (Hornby)](https://www.chch.live/school/3521-st-bernadette-s-school-hornby) — decile 4 · EQI 423 - [Te Parito Kōwhai Russley School](https://www.chch.live/school/3496-te-parito-kowhai-russley-school) — decile 7 · EQI 420 - [Hornby Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/3380-hornby-primary-school) — decile 3 · EQI 489 - [Hornby High School](https://www.chch.live/school/338-hornby-high-school) — decile 3 · EQI 489 - [Merrin School Ngā Whetū Kohara](https://www.chch.live/school/3434-merrin-school-nga-whetu-kohara) — decile 8 · EQI 398 - [Te Manu Tukutuku South Hornby School](https://www.chch.live/school/3507-te-manu-tukutuku-south-hornby-school) — decile 4 · EQI 464 - [Avonhead School - Rakipaoa](https://www.chch.live/school/3287-avonhead-school-rakipaoa) — decile 7 · EQI 406 ## 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. - [Yaldhurst Domain](https://www.chch.live/park/1216-yaldhurst-domain) — Sports ground · 95 m to its edge - [Every park on the roll](https://www.chch.live/parks) ## The register nearby Heritage-register places within 300 m of the point — proximity, not a claim of place. - [Dwelling and Setting, Dudley House](https://www.chch.live/place/447) ## The reports nearby 93 reports pinned within 250 m of the point — a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9031911) — 62 School Road, Yaldhurst, Christchurch 7676, New Zealand - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9008847) — 62 School Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 7676, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8617324) — 62 School Road, Yaldhurst, Christchurch 7676, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8491987) — 62 School Road, Yaldhurst, Christchurch 7676, New Zealand - [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8258880) — 62 School Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 7676, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8195879) — 56 School Road, Yaldhurst, Christchurch 7676, New Zealand - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8090652) — 62 School Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 7676, New Zealand - [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8036520) — 62 School Road, Yaldhurst, Christchurch 7676, New Zealand - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8011504) — Yaldhurst, Christchurch 7676, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7805040) — 62 School Road, Yaldhurst, Christchurch 7676, New Zealand - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/7755485) — 33 School Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 7676, New Zealand - [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/7670164) — 45 School Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 7676, 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 “Liquefaction Damage is Unlikely”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability) — the 2019 screening study What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.510194&lon=172.502189 ## Questions, answered briefly **What kind of school is Yaldhurst School – Tōtara Tūkaha?** Full Primary · State · Co-Educational. **How many students does Yaldhurst School – Tōtara Tūkaha have?** 132 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count. **What is Yaldhurst School – Tōtara Tūkaha's Equity Index?** EQI 432 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5. **Does Yaldhurst School – Tōtara Tūkaha have an enrolment zone?** 1 zone polygon on record — it covers Templeton, Yaldhurst (+ fringes). The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer. Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3602 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026