Living in Christchurch with children
Christchurch, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Hampshire. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 48,973 people in 22,277 households; 22.7% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
15 schools: 12 state primary, 3 state secondaryChristchurch on the schools map →Every school in Christchurch, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (12)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twynham Primary School | Standards maintained | Top 10% (5/51) in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | — |
| Mudeford Junior School | Good | Top 12% (6/51) in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | — |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Christchurch | School remains Good | Top 22% (11/51) in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | — |
| Christchurch Junior School | School remains Good | Top 32% (16/51) in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | — |
| Bransgore Church of England Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 33% (100/307) in Hampshire | — |
| The Priory Church of England Primary School | Ofsted report card | (30/51) in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | — |
| Highcliffe St Mark Primary School | Requires improvement | (37/51) in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | — |
| Burton Church of England Primary School | Ofsted report card | (43/51) in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | — |
| Somerford Primary School | Ofsted report card | (48/51) in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | — |
| Sopley Primary School | School remains Good | (300/307) in Hampshire | 5.41 miles (2026) |
| Christchurch Infant School | — | — | — |
| Mudeford Community Infants' School | School remains Good | — | — |
State secondary schools (3)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twynham School | Good | Top 41% (9/22) in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | — |
| Highcliffe School | School remains Good | Top 50% (11/22) in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | — |
| The Grange School | Ofsted report card | (20/22) in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | — |
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 (314 detached, 112 semi-detached, 140 terraced, 166 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Christchurch. 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 Christchurch →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 85% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 99%, on average across the 1,447 postcodes in BH23. 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: 3 good, or expected standard. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £7.58 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 3 in Hampshire.
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, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · Hampshire.
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