Living in Bideford with children
Bideford, Devon. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 19,493 people in 8,729 households; 26.3% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
15 schools: 13 state primary, 2 state secondaryBideford on the schools map →Every school in Bideford, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (13)
| School | Inspection | League table | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appledore School | Good | Top 25% · 17th in Devon | 1.653 miles (2026) |
| Monkleigh Primary School | School remains Good | Top 25% · 31st in Devon | 3.115 miles (2026) |
| St Helens Church of England Academy | School remains Good | Top half · 66th in Devon | 1.485 miles (2026) |
| Hartland Primary School | Standards maintained | Lower half · 92nd in Devon | — |
| Instow Community Primary and Pre-School | School remains Good | Lower half · 104th in Devon | — |
| East-the-Water Community Primary School | School remains Good | Lower half · 112th in Devon | — |
| St Mary's CofE Primary School | School remains Good | Lower half · 162nd in Devon | — |
| Woolsery Primary School | Good | Lower half · 211th in Devon | — |
| St Margaret's Church of England Junior School | Requires improvement | Lower half · 212th in Devon | — |
| West Croft School | Good | Lower half · 214th in Devon | — |
| Buckland Brewer Primary School | Requires improvement | — | — |
| Parkham Primary School | Ofsted report card | — | — |
| St George's CofE Infant and Nursery School | Ofsted report card | — | — |
State secondary schools (2)
| School | Inspection | League table | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bideford College | Ofsted report card | Lower half · 26th in Devon | — |
| Atlantic Academy | Good | Lower half · 31st in Devon | — |
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 (58 detached, 41 semi-detached, 109 terraced, 21 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Bideford. 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 Bideford →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 75% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 88%, on average across the 1,272 postcodes in EX39. 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: 1 outstanding; 8 good, or expected standard. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £6.66 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 9 in Devon.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page; 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, Devon
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Devon.
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