# Kingslea School Specialist School · State · Richmond, Christchurch https://www.chch.live/school/518-kingslea-school ## 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 - 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 - Roll by ethnicity: European 37 · Māori 89 · Pacific 17 · MELAA 2 - Address record: https://www.chch.live/richmond/19-pavitt-street - Phone: 03-389 6708 - Email: admin@kingslea.school.nz - Contact: Tina Lomax - Website: http://www.kingslea.school.nz - Street record: https://www.chch.live/street/richmond/pavitt-street - Suburb record: https://www.chch.live/richmond ## Other schools near here - [Christchurch East School](https://www.chch.live/school/3317-christchurch-east-school) — decile 3 · EQI 454 - [Pareawa Banks Avenue School](https://www.chch.live/school/3289-pareawa-banks-avenue-school) — decile 4 · EQI 466 - [St Mary's School (Christchurch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3535-st-mary-s-school-christchurch) — decile 4 · EQI 397 - [Te Hiwa Shirley Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/3504-te-hiwa-shirley-primary-school) — decile 3 · EQI 494 - [Te Oraka](https://www.chch.live/school/3503-te-oraka) — decile 4 · EQI 505 - [Te Pā o Rākaihautū](https://www.chch.live/school/706-te-pa-o-rakaihautu) — decile 4 · EQI 517 - [Whītau School](https://www.chch.live/school/3415-whitau-school) — decile 2 · EQI 513 - [Catholic Cathedral College](https://www.chch.live/school/531-catholic-cathedral-college) — decile 4 · EQI 448 ## 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. - [Richmond Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1205-richmond-playground) — 75 m to its edge - [Alexandra Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1145-alexandra-park) — 86 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. - Stanmore Rd near Warwick St — 131 m · routes 60, Oc ## The reports nearby 1,687 reports pinned within 250 m of the point — a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9039472) — 9 Pavitt St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9024547) — 249A Stanmore Road, Richmond, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/9024542) — 261 Stanmore Road, Richmond, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9019398) — 295 Stanmore Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/9016762) — 233 Stanmore Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/9016758) — 232 Stanmore Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8999105) — 36 London St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8999096) — 26 London St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand - [Hazard — vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8998107) — 20 Draper St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8994834) — 20 Pavitt Street, Richmond, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8994085) — 53 London St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8993777) — 79 Alexandra Street, Richmond, Christchurch 8013, 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 “High Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability) — the 2019 screening study What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.521749&lon=172.654959 ## Questions, answered briefly **What kind of school is Kingslea School?** Specialist School · State · Co-Educational — in Richmond. **How many students does Kingslea School have?** 117 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count. **What is Kingslea School's Equity Index?** EQI 569 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1. **What is near Kingslea School?** Richmond Playground, Alexandra Park — green space within 400 m of the school’s point. Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=518 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026