Lyttelton Primary School
Full Primary · State · Lyttelton
134 students on the roll · EQI 424 · an enrolment scheme in place.
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Its rating
Final decile (2022): 9. Current Equity Index: 424. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 34 Oxford Street, Lyttelton, 8841 — the street’s record
- Its suburb: lyttelton — the suburb’s own record
- Roll: 134 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations may be requested
- Opened 2014
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.34 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Cohort entry: Yes
- Setting: Small urban area
- Phone: 03-9290588
- Email: office@lyttelton.school.nz
- Contact: Jenny Felton
- Website: lyttelton.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.
Enrolment zone
- Lyttelton Primary School — in force from 2014-05-05 · 10 km²
It covers: Cass Bay, Corsair Bay, Lyttelton.
Indicative only — the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- Heathcote Valley School — decile 9 · EQI 424 · 2.8 km
Diamond Harbour School — decile 10 · EQI 412 · 3.1 km
Ko Taku Reo - Deaf Education New Zealand — EQI 516 · 3.7 km
Sumner School — decile 10 · EQI 382 · 4.4 km- Our Lady Star of the Sea School (Christchurch) — decile 10 · EQI 401 · 4.4 km
- Mt Pleasant School — decile 10 · EQI 393 · 4.5 km
Te Raekura Redcliffs School — decile 10 · EQI 400 · 5.2 km- Mastery Schools New Zealand - Arapaki — EQI 434 · 6.1 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.
- Oxford Street Reserve — Botanic · 21 m to its edge
- Sumner Road Gardens · 90 m to its edge
- Baden Norris Reserve · 112 m to its edge
- Albion Square — Botanic · 208 m to its edge
- Urumau Reserve — Regional · 232 m to its edge
- Sutton Reserve — Botanic · 386 m to its edge
Facilities nearby
Council facilities within 400 m of the school’s point — libraries, pools and centres a parent can walk to.
- Lyttelton Cemetery — Cemetery · 162 m
- Lyttelton Service Centre — Service centre · 181 m
- Lyttelton Library — Library · 202 m
- Lyttelton Anglican Cemetery — Cemetery · 345 m
The bus stop
The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the school’s pin, not its gate.
- Oxford Street near Winchester Street — passes the gate · routes 8, 155
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 Warder's House and Setting — 39 Oxford Street
- Cobblestone Gutters and Setting
- Former Lyttelton Gaol Site — 26D Oxford Street
- Dwelling and Setting — 3 Winchester Street
- Former Lyttelton Police Station Cells and Setting — 5 Sumner Road
- Former Court Queen of the Isles Foresters' Lodge Hall and Setting — 26 St Davids Street
- Dwelling and Setting — 28 St Davids Street
- Dwelling and Setting — 32 St Davids Street
The reports nearby
1,743 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Graffiti & vandalism and Water & drains, 1,492 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.
- Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge — 5C Norwich Quay, Banks Peninsula, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand · 5 October 2026
Overgrown Vegetation — 26E Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand · 5 October 2026
Road Signage — 26 Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand · 2 October 2026
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — 2 London Street, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand · 30 September 2026
Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art — 14 Canterbury St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand · 29 September 2026
Facility - General Request — 25 Canterbury Street, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand · 24 September 2026
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — 2 London Street, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand · 21 September 2026
Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet — Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand · 21 September 2026
Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet — Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand · 21 September 2026
Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art — 34 St Davids St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand · 20 September 2026
Graffiti on a playground or in a park — 54 Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand · 14 September 2026
Graffiti on a playground or in a park — 54 Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand · 14 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.
- Under the hill country’s watch band — the plan’s broad instability overlay
- The rockfall survey counts 27 boulders within 500 m — 9 came down · 4 wobble easy
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
Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.
134 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 424 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 9.
1 zone polygon on record — it covers Cass Bay, Corsair Bay, Lyttelton. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.