# Te Kāpehu Riccarton School

**Type:** Full Primary (State)  
**Gender:** Co-Educational  
**Address:** 1 English Street, Sockburn, Christchurch  
**Region:** Canterbury, Chatham Islands  
**Total roll:** 379  
**Equity Index (EQI):** 462  
**Founded:** 1873  
**Website:** <http://www.riccartonprimary.school.nz>  

## Latest ERO review (2023-10-27)

**Author:** Shelley Booysen, ERO  
**Source:** <https://www.ero.govt.nz/institution/3485/te-kapehu-riccarton-school#report-29203>

### Key findings
- School has strong collective capacity to use internal evaluation and knowledge building for improvement and innovation
- School board has a focused approach to improvement supporting shared understandings and continuous improvement
- Leaders and teachers are committed to ongoing professional learning supporting shared understandings of explicit and systematic teaching practices
- School has identified need to further strengthen consistency of pedagogical practices
- Strategic priorities include implementation of localised curriculum and positive emotional wellbeing

### Verbatim quotes from ERO
> _"a localised coherent curriculum pathway for learners, effective teacher professional development and insightful evaluation supports the progress and achievement of all ākonga"_ — ERO, 2023-10-27 (curriculum)

> _"learning and working environments support positive emotional wellbeing, ensuring teachers are able to teach, and learners are able to learn"_ — ERO, 2023-10-27 (wellbeing)

> _"Strong collective capacity to do and use internal evaluation and knowledge building for improvement and innovation with a clear focus on improving outcomes for learners"_ — ERO, 2023-10-27 (leadership)

## International student programme

- **SIEBA member:** yes
- **Source:** <https://sieba.nz/members/member-schools>

## Tags

`accepts_international_students` · `sieba_member` · `improving_maori_achievement` · `improving_equity` · `consistent_excellence` · `state_school` · `coeducational` · `full_primary_1_8` · `international_students_accepted` · `reviewed_by_prolific_director`

## Machine-readable siblings

- JSON: <https://schoolsnearme.co.nz/api/school/te-kapehu-riccarton-school/facts.json>
- ERO history (markdown): <https://schoolsnearme.co.nz/api/school/te-kapehu-riccarton-school/ero-history.md>

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Methodology: <https://schoolsnearme.co.nz/methodology> · Every claim above links to its source document.