Kingslea School
Specialist School · State · Richmond, Christchurch
117 students on the roll in Richmond · EQI 569.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1. Current Equity Index: 569. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 19 Pavitt Street, Richmond, Christchurch, 7643 — the street’s record
- Its suburb: Richmond — the suburb’s own record
- Roll: 117 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1858
- Isolation index 0.09 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Phone: 03-389 6708
- Email: admin@kingslea.school.nz
- Contact: Tina Lomax
- Website: kingslea.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
Christchurch East School — decile 3 · EQI 454 · 1.0 km- Pareawa Banks Avenue School — decile 4 · EQI 466 · 1.1 km
- St Mary's School (Christchurch) — decile 4 · EQI 397 · 1.3 km
- Te Hiwa Shirley Primary School — decile 3 · EQI 494 · 1.5 km
- Te Oraka — decile 4 · EQI 505 · 1.6 km
- Te Pā o Rākaihautū — decile 4 · EQI 517 · 1.6 km
- Whītau School — decile 2 · EQI 513 · 1.7 km
Catholic Cathedral College — decile 4 · EQI 448 · 1.9 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.
- Richmond Playground · 75 m to its edge
- Alexandra Park · 86 m to its edge
The bus stop
The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the school’s pin, not its gate.
- Stanmore Rd near Warwick St — 131 m · routes 60, Oc
The reports nearby
1,687 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Graffiti & vandalism and Rubbish & dumping, 1,432 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.
Trees - General — 9 Pavitt St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand · 6 October 2026
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — 249A Stanmore Road, Richmond, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand · 3 October 2026
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa — 261 Stanmore Road, Richmond, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand · 3 October 2026
General Request — 295 Stanmore Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand · 2 October 2026
Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art — 233 Stanmore Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand · 2 October 2026
Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art — 232 Stanmore Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand · 2 October 2026
Damaged Road — 36 London St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand · 29 September 2026
Damaged Road — 26 London St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand · 29 September 2026
Hazard — vehicle — 20 Draper St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand · 28 September 2026
Water Leak — 20 Pavitt Street, Richmond, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand · 28 September 2026
Damaged Road — 53 London St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand · 28 September 2026
Pavement - Damaged — 79 Alexandra Street, Richmond, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand · 28 September 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 February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over this point — mapped ground failure — a footprint, not a finding
- The liquefaction model grades it “High Liquefaction Vulnerability” — the 2019 screening study
Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 October 2026.
What stood on this ground before → · On the map →
Questions, answered briefly
Specialist School · State · Co-Educational — in Richmond.
117 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 569 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.
Richmond Playground, Alexandra Park — green space within 400 m of the school’s point.