# Catholic Cathedral College

Secondary (Year 7-15) · State : Integrated · Phillipstown, Christchurch

https://www.chch.live/school/531-catholic-cathedral-college

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4 · Current Equity Index: 448

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

## The record
- 62 Ferry Road, Phillipstown, Christchurch, 8145
- Roll: 597 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1868
- Isolation index 0.05 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Roll by ethnicity: European 193 · Māori 68 · Pacific 95 · Asian 332 · MELAA 20 · Other 8 · International 2
- Phone: 03-9821690
- Email: admin@cathcollege.school.nz
- Contact: Lee-Ann Nanai
- Website: http://www.cathcollege.school.nz
- Street record: https://www.chch.live/street/phillipstown/ferry-road
- Suburb record: https://www.chch.live/phillipstown

## Other schools near here
- [Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery](https://www.chch.live/school/683-ao-tawhiti-unlimited-discovery) — decile 7 · EQI 442
- [Christchurch East School](https://www.chch.live/school/3317-christchurch-east-school) — decile 3 · EQI 454
- [St Michael's Church School](https://www.chch.live/school/4136-st-michael-s-church-school) — private — not rated
- [Waltham School](https://www.chch.live/school/3581-waltham-school) — decile 3 · EQI 489
- [Te Aratai College](https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college) — decile 3 · EQI 507
- [TKKM o Waitaha](https://www.chch.live/school/4212-tkkm-o-waitaha) — decile 1 · EQI 519
- [St Mary's School (Christchurch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3535-st-mary-s-school-christchurch) — decile 4 · EQI 397
- [Christ's College](https://www.chch.live/school/330-christ-s-college) — private — not rated

## 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.
- [Wilson Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1557-wilson-park) — 231 m to its edge
- [Washington Way Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1316-washington-way-reserve) — Sports ground · 287 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.
- [St Asaph](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-36) — Car park · 292 m

## The bus stop
The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the pin, not the gate.
- Ferry Rd (Ritchies Depot EB) — 133 m · route 3

## The register nearby
Heritage-register places within 300 m of the point — proximity, not a claim of place.
- [319 St Asaph Street](https://www.chch.live/place/529) — 319 St Asaph Street

## Under the ground
The plans and surveys the site keeps, asked once of the ground — footprints and plan maps, not engineering findings.
- [On the plan’s flood map](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) — Bells Creek — the managed reach
- [The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability) — the 2019 screening study

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.53766&lon=172.646599

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Catholic Cathedral College?**

Secondary (Year 7-15) · State : Integrated · Co-Educational — in Phillipstown.

**How many students does Catholic Cathedral College have?**

597 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count.

**What is Catholic Cathedral College's Equity Index?**

EQI 448 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.

**What is near Catholic Cathedral College?**

Wilson Park, Washington Way Reserve — green space within 400 m of the school’s point.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=531 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026