The school's staff and its 430 pupils have relocated to a state-of-the-art $21.5 million campus at Scurr Heights, where they celebrated the new facility and the start of the fourth term on Monday.
A spokesman for Ministry of Education general manager of property Kim Shannon said a decision on the future of the Tenby St site and buildings was still to be made.
No approaches had been made to the ministry regarding the former school, he said.
"The disposal process has only just started."
The ministry was bound to follow a six-step process should a decision be made about a future sale of the property, he said.
It had to first consult other government agencies about their potential interests in the Tenby St site before considering an option to consult other local authorities.
Then the property had to be offered to the former owners of the school land, or their willed successors.
The next step was to then offer the property to Ngai Tahu; otherwise, an assessment by the Office of Treaty Settlements for any "claim specific" or individual interest in the property would be considered by the ministry.
Finally, if the ministry had followed this process and none of the former options had been taken, the property could go up for sale on the open market, the spokesman said.
The most recent valuation of $1.736 million for the site was undertaken in June last year.
Several temporary classrooms have been moved from the vacant school site during the past week.
Two of the relocatable rooms have been moved to the new school site at Ironside Dr, while another four classrooms have been transported to the earthquake-damaged Halswell Primary School in Christchurch.
