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Waitākiri Primary School

Contributing · State · Burwood, Christchurch

558 students on the roll in Burwood · EQI 452 · an enrolment scheme in place.

Waitākiri Primary School — from the school’s own website
From the school’s own website.
At Waitākiri Primary School we continue to foster a safe and supportive environment where positive relationships and behaviours are valued and ākonga, kaimahi and whānau are empowered to be REAL Heroes making REAL CHOICES. — waitakiri.school.nz

Its rating

Final decile (2022): 8. Current Equity Index: 452. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

  • 170 Burwood Road, Burwood, Christchurch, 8083 — the street’s record
  • Its suburb: Burwood — the suburb’s own record
  • Roll: 558 (September 2026)
  • Co-Educational
  • Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
  • Opened 2014
  • An enrolment scheme is in place.
  • Isolation index 0.23 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
  • Phone: 03-383 2736
  • Email: office@waitakiri.school.nz
  • Contact: Andrew Barker
  • Website: waitakiri.school.nz

Who the roll is

European 479 · 86%
Māori 122 · 22%
Pacific 32 · 6%
Asian 60 · 11%
MELAA 9 · 2%
Other 1 · 0%
International 15 · 3%

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

Enrolment zone

  • Waitakiri Primary School — in force from 2018-08-03 · 7 km²

It covers: Burwood, Marshland.

Indicative only — the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.

Other schools near here

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.

The bus stop

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

  • Burwood Rd near Newhaven St — passes the gate · route 7

The reports nearby

274 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Trees & parks and Rubbish & dumping, 219 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.

Under the ground

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

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

What kind of school is Waitākiri Primary School?

Contributing · State · Co-Educational — in Burwood.

How many students does Waitākiri Primary School have?

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

What is Waitākiri Primary School's Equity Index?

EQI 452 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 8.

Does Waitākiri Primary School have an enrolment zone?

1 zone polygon on record — it covers Burwood, Marshland. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.