Living in Bodmin with children
Bodmin, Cornwall. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 16,904 people in 7,258 households; 28.2% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
18 schools: 16 state primary, 1 state secondary, 1 sixth form or collegeBodmin on the schools map →Every school in Bodmin, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (16)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beacon Academy | Improved significantly | Top 9% (19/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Luxulyan School | Good | Top 12% (25/212) in Cornwall | — |
| St Mabyn CofE School | School remains Good | Top 25% (53/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Lanivet Community Primary School | Good | Top 31% (64/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Cardinham School | School remains Good | Top 34% (71/212) in Cornwall | — |
| St Petroc's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | Good | (108/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Nanstallon Community Primary School | Ofsted report card | (112/212) in Cornwall | — |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Bodmin | Standards maintained | (114/212) in Cornwall | — |
| St Tudy CofE Primary School | Good | (114/212) in Cornwall | — |
| St Wenn School | School remains Good | (138/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Berrycoombe School | Good | (147/212) in Cornwall | — |
| St Kew Academy | Standards maintained | (161/212) in Cornwall | — |
| St Teath Community Primary School | Good | (162/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Lanlivery Primary Academy | Standards maintained | (207/212) in Cornwall | — |
| St Breward Community Primary School | Good | (209/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Blisland Primary Academy | Good | — | — |
State secondary schools (1)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bodmin College | Requires improvement | Top 42% (13/31) in Cornwall | — |
Sixth forms and colleges (1)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Callywith College | Outstanding | Top 39% (5/13) in Cornwall | — |
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 (60 detached, 46 semi-detached, 58 terraced, 13 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Bodmin. 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 Bodmin →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 77% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 92%, on average across the 970 postcodes in PL30, PL31. 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 good, or expected standard; 1 requires improvement; 1 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £6.66 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 6 in Cornwall.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 16 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, Cornwall
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Cornwall.
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