# Fenwick School

Contributing · State · South Hill, Oamaru

https://www.chch.live/school/3707-fenwick-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 6 · Current Equity Index: 465

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

## The record
- 25A Arun Street, South Hill, Oamaru, 9400
- Roll: 287 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1964
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 1.24, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Medium urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 239 · Māori 65 · Pacific 26 · Asian 14 · MELAA 4
- Phone: 03-4348209
- Email: office@fenwick.school.nz
- Contact: Rodney McLellan
- Website: http://www.fenwick.school.nz

## Enrolment zone
- Fenwick School, in force from 2007-10-30 · 12 km²

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

## Other schools near here
- [St Joseph's School (Oamaru)](https://www.chch.live/school/3825-st-joseph-s-school-oamaru), decile 6 · EQI 437
- [Te Pākihi o Maru](https://www.chch.live/school/3785-te-pakihi-o-maru), decile 4 · EQI 502
- [Waitaki Girls' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/366-waitaki-girls-high-school), decile 6 · EQI 478
- [Pembroke School (Oamaru)](https://www.chch.live/school/3737-pembroke-school-oamaru), decile 3 · EQI 496
- [Oamaru Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3784-oamaru-intermediate), decile 5 · EQI 477
- [Waitaki Boys' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/365-waitaki-boys-high-school), decile 6 · EQI 477
- [Weston School](https://www.chch.live/school/3864-weston-school), decile 8 · EQI 434
- [St Kevins College (Oamaru)](https://www.chch.live/school/369-st-kevins-college-oamaru), decile 7 · EQI 447

## 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.
- [Fenwick School](https://www.chch.live/park/836-fenwick-school), inside it
- [Wansbeck Street Terrace](https://www.chch.live/park/720-wansbeck-street-terrace), 291 m to its edge
- [Every park on the roll](https://www.chch.live/parks)

## Facilities nearby
Council facilities within 400 m of the point, libraries, pools and centres within walking reach.
- [Oamaru Old Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/facility/cemetery-32), Cemetery · 231 m

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-45.105905&lon=170.962027

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in South Hill.

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

287 on the roll at September 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

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

EQI 465, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.

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

1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3707 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026