Villa Maria College
About this school · from Ministry of Education data
Villa Maria College in brief
Villa Maria College is a large state integrated girls' secondary school (Year 7–13) in Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, with 817 students on the roll. Its Equity Index of 411 is among the lower values in New Zealand, meaning its students face fewer socio-economic barriers than most. EQI reflects funding need, not school quality. Teaching is in English. As a state-integrated school it enrols by preference for its special character rather than by home zone. It opened in 1918.
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Villa Maria College
21 Peer Street, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch
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Villa Maria College is a state-integrated school. Places go first to applicants with a preference connection to the school's special character (for example, a faith connection), so the usual in-zone and ballot rules don't apply in the same way. Where a geographic priority exists, it works within those preference criteria. Check the school's own enrolment scheme before relying on a zone result.
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How enrolment at Villa Maria College works
- Villa Maria College is a state-integrated school with an enrolment scheme. Admission turns first on its special-character preference criteria — a religious or philosophical connection the school sets out in its own scheme — before where you live. Within those criteria, the scheme must give priority to applicants for whom the school is reasonably convenient. When a priority group has more applicants than places, the school's scheme sets how it chooses between them, for example by distance or ballot.
- Year levels: Year 7–13
- Roll size: Large school
- School website: villa.school.nz
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What families ask about Villa Maria College
- Does Villa Maria College have an enrolment zone?
- Villa Maria College is a state-integrated school, so places go first to applicants who meet its special-character preference criteria. Any geographic priority applies within those criteria, so an address alone doesn't decide it — check the school's own enrolment scheme.
- What year levels does Villa Maria College teach?
- Villa Maria College teaches Year 7–13.
- What is Villa Maria College's Equity Index?
- The listed EQI is 411. EQI reflects socioeconomic barriers used for funding; it is not a school-quality score.
- How large is the school?
- The latest listed roll is 817 students.
- When was the latest listed ERO review?
- The latest review date in the public data is October 2023.
The basics
Ministry of Education records
- Teaching language
- All students taught in English
- Opened
- 1918
- Principal
- Deborah Brosnahan
- Urban/rural setting
- Major urban area
- Donation requests
- May Be RequestedSchool may request voluntary donations
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Schools near Villa Maria College
Other schools close by, nearest first.
- Riccarton High SchoolSockburn · Secondary0.8 km
- St Thomas of Canterbury CollegeSockburn · Secondary1.1 km
- Christchurch Boys' High SchoolRiccarton · Secondary2.5 km
- Hornby High SchoolHornby · Secondary3.4 km
- Christchurch Girls' High School -Te Kura o Hine WaioraRiccarton · Secondary3.6 km
- Hillmorton High SchoolBarrington · Secondary3.8 km