Selwyn House School

Its rating

Private — the Ministry does not rate private schools. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

• 122 Merivale Lane, Merivale, Christchurch, 8014 — the street’s record
• Its suburb: Merivale — the suburb’s own record
• Roll: 310 (September 2026)
• Girls School
• Not applicable
• Opened 1929
• Boarding: Yes
• Phone: 03-355 7299
• Email: office@selhouse.school.nz
• Contact: Julie Calder
• Website: selwynhouse.school.nz

Who the roll is

Students may identify with more than one group — the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.

Other schools near here

• Ferndale Te Ahu — decile 4 · EQI 521 · 121 m
• St Margaret's College — private — not rated · 281 m
• Rangi Ruru Girls' School — private — not rated · 491 m
• Elmwood Normal School — decile 10 · EQI 376 · 736 m
• He Tīwai Mātauranga Heaton Normal Intermediate — decile 9 · EQI 407 · 925 m
• St Albans Catholic School (Christchurch) — decile 9 · EQI 394 · 1.2 km
• Christchurch Girls' High School -Te Kura o Hine Waiora — decile 9 · EQI 419 · 1.3 km
• St Albans School — decile 8 · EQI 414 · 1.3 km

The green nearby

Parks whose drawn outline sits within 400 m — measured to the outline itself, so a school on a big reserve’s edge still counts.

• Merivale Village Green · 369 m to its edge

The bus stop

The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the school’s pin, not its gate.

• Papanui Rd near Webb St — 163 m · routes 1, 95

The register nearby

Heritage-register places within 300 m of the school’s point — what stood on the ground around it, or still does.

• Former Dwelling and Setting, Acland House — 85 Papanui Road
• Former Dwelling and Setting — 108 Papanui Road
• Former Dwelling/ School and Setting, Former Rangi Ruru/Roseneath House — 110 Papanui Road
• Dwelling and Setting, Te Wepu — 122 Papanui Road
• Dwelling and Setting, Long Cottage — 10/142 Rugby Street

The reports nearby

374 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Water & drains and Roads & footpaths, 296 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.

• Traffic Signals — 96 Papanui Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 27 September 2026
• Pothole — 66 Winchester St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 20 September 2026
• Damaged Road — 71 Papanui Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 18 September 2026
• Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet — 104 Papanui Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 15 September 2026
• Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet — 1 Holly Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 15 September 2026
• Street Gutters / Storm Water — 79 Papanui Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 4 September 2026
• Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art — 82 Papanui Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 28 July 2026
• Roads - General — 79E Papanui Road, Merivale, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 14 July 2026
• Pothole — 66 Winchester St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 10 July 2026
• Hazard — vehicle — 95 Papanui Road, Canterbury Region 8014, New Zealand · 26 June 2026
• Damaged Street Sign — 97 Papanui Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 25 June 2026
• Dumped Rubbish — 82 Papanui Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 19 June 2026

Under the ground

The plans and surveys the site keeps, asked once of the school’s ground — footprints and plan maps, not engineering findings.

• The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability” — the 2019 screening study