Living in Bath with children
Bath, Bath and North East Somerset and Somerset. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 94,080 people in 38,691 households; 23.0% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
47 schools: 35 state primary, 6 state secondary, 1 sixth form or college, 5 privateBath on the schools map →Every school in Bath, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (35)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freshford Church School | School remains Good | 1st (1/55) in Bath and North East Somerset | 1.843 miles (2026) |
| Shoscombe Church School | School remains Good | Top 6% (3/55) in Bath and North East Somerset | 2.224 miles (2026) |
| St Julian's Church School | School remains Good | Top 15% (8/55) in Bath and North East Somerset | 2.078 miles (2026) |
| St Mary's CofE Primary School | Outstanding | Top 17% (9/55) in Bath and North East Somerset | — |
| Widcombe CofE Junior School | Outstanding | Top 19% (10/55) in Bath and North East Somerset | — |
| St Philip's CofE Primary School | Good | Top 22% (12/55) in Bath and North East Somerset | 0.773 miles (2024) |
| Trinity Church School | School remains Good | Top 28% (15/55) in Bath and North East Somerset | — |
| Bathford Church School | Good | Top 31% (17/55) in Bath and North East Somerset | — |
| Newbridge Primary School | Good | Top 33% (18/55) in Bath and North East Somerset | 0.787 miles (2026) |
| St Stephens Church School | School remains Good | Top 35% (19/55) in Bath and North East Somerset | 1.741 miles (2026) |
| St John's Catholic Primary School | Good | Top 39% (21/55) in Bath and North East Somerset | 0.503 miles (2025) |
| Swainswick Church School | Outstanding | Top 44% (24/55) in Bath and North East Somerset | — |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | Good | Top 48% (26/55) in Bath and North East Somerset | — |
| Bathwick St Mary Church School | Good | Top 50% (27/55) in Bath and North East Somerset | 0.624 miles (2025) |
| Batheaston Church School | Good | (29/55) in Bath and North East Somerset | — |
| Oldfield Park Junior School | Standards maintained | (31/55) in Bath and North East Somerset | 0.418 miles (2026) |
| Combe Down CofE Primary School | Standards maintained | (32/55) in Bath and North East Somerset | 2.364 miles (2026) |
| Peasedown St John Primary School | Good | (34/55) in Bath and North East Somerset | — |
| Farmborough Church Primary School | Good | (38/55) in Bath and North East Somerset | — |
| St Andrew's Church School | Good | (39/55) in Bath and North East Somerset | 0.739 miles (2026) |
| St Saviours Junior Church School | School remains Good | (40/55) in Bath and North East Somerset | — |
| Moorlands Junior School | Good | (41/55) in Bath and North East Somerset | 0.325 miles (2025) |
| Mulberry Park Educate Together Primary Academy | Good | (43/55) in Bath and North East Somerset | — |
| Bathampton Primary School | Good | (45/55) in Bath and North East Somerset | — |
| Weston All Saints CofE Primary School | Good | (46/55) in Bath and North East Somerset | — |
| Marksbury CofE Primary School | Good | (52/55) in Bath and North East Somerset | — |
| Roundhill Primary School | Ofsted report card | (53/55) in Bath and North East Somerset | — |
| St Martin's Garden Primary School | Ofsted report card | (54/55) in Bath and North East Somerset | — |
| St Michaels Junior Church School | Good | (55/55) in Bath and North East Somerset | — |
| Moorlands Infant School | Good | — | 0.822 miles (2026) |
| Norton St Philip Church of England First School | Good | — | — |
| Oldfield Park Infant School | Standards maintained | — | 1.16 miles (2026) |
| St Saviours Infant Church School | Good | — | — |
| Twerton Infant School | Good | — | — |
| Widcombe Infant School | Ofsted report card | — | 0.966 miles (2026) |
State secondary schools (6)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayesfield Girls School | School remains Good | 1st (1/14) in Bath and North East Somerset | — |
| Beechen Cliff School | Good | Top 15% (2/14) in Bath and North East Somerset | — |
| Ralph Allen School | School remains Good | Top 22% (3/14) in Bath and North East Somerset | — |
| Saint Gregory's Catholic College | Good | Top 43% (6/14) in Bath and North East Somerset | — |
| St Mark's CofE School | Ofsted report card | Top 50% (7/14) in Bath and North East Somerset | — |
| Oldfield School | Good | (9/14) in Bath and North East Somerset | — |
Sixth forms and colleges (1)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bath College | Requires improvement | — | — |
Private schools (5)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingswood School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | Top 34% (2/6) in Bath and North East Somerset | — |
| Monkton Combe School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | (4/6) in Bath and North East Somerset | — |
| Bath Academy | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | (6/6) in Bath and North East Somerset | — |
| Kingswood Preparatory School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
| Prior Park Paragon | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (122 detached, 215 semi-detached, 379 terraced, 327 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Bath. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Look up a home in Bath →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 67% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 92%, on average across the 3,398 postcodes in BA2, BA1. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 4 outstanding; 1 strong or better in every area; 32 good, or expected standard; 1 requires improvement; 2 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £6.66 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 39 in Bath and North East Somerset · 1 in Somerset.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 19 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, Bath and North East Somerset
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Bath and North East Somerset · Somerset.
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