Chertsey School

Chertsey School is a co-educational contributing school in Ashburton, within the Canterbury Region, operating in the state sector, with 36 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 502. The school has been open since 1878.

With 36 students on roll, Chertsey School is a very small school — larger than about 11% of New Zealand schools. Its rural setting typically means smaller class groups and a close-knit community feel.

The school's Equity Index is 502, which is above the national average of 463. A higher Equity Index signals greater socio-economic need in the school's community — schools in this band receive more targeted government funding and support.

The roll is genuinely diverse: no single ethnic group dominates, with European at 50% and Asian at 28.9%. Diversity of this kind is common in urban New Zealand schools.

On the isolation index the school scores 1.1 (high isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.