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Living in Cirencester with children

Cirencester, Gloucestershire. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 17,715 people in 8,239 households; 23.5% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).

18schools in Cirencester
£393ktypical semi, 12 months
40crimes a year per 1,000 people
62%gigabit broadband

Schools

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SourceDfE results by phase (the year is in each table's heading). Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures.
School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.

How it is worked outRank: 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).

Things to know
  • Schools with hidden or no results get no rank.
18 schools: 15 state primary, 2 state secondary, 1 sixth form or college
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Primary: expected standard, 2025 results (DfE) · red mark: Gloucestershire 60%ResultOfsted
1Meysey Hampton Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary · Top 1% (2/208) · 100%Good
2Powell's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary · Top 16% (33/208) · 78%Outstanding
3Kemble Primary SchoolPrimary · Top 19% (38/208) · 77%Good
4Ampney Crucis Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary · Top 25% (52/208) · 73%Good
5Rodmarton Primary SchoolPrimary · Top 36% (73/208) · 70%Ofsted report card
6Stratton Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary · Top 49% (100/208) · 65%Good
7Siddington Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary · Top 50% (104/208) · 64%Good
8North Cerney Church of England Primary AcademyPrimary · (106/208) · 63%Good
Secondary: attainment 8, 2026 results (DfE) · red mark: Gloucestershire 51.2ResultOfsted
1Cirencester Deer Park SchoolSecondary · Top 33% (13/40) · 51.4School remains Good
2Cirencester Kingshill SchoolSecondary · Top 50% (20/40) · 48.4Good
Every school in Cirencester, with inspection, league band and the last place offered

State primary schools (15)

SchoolInspectionLeague rankLast place offered
Meysey Hampton Church of England Primary SchoolGoodTop 1% (2/208) in Gloucestershire3.64 miles (2026)
Powell's Church of England Primary SchoolOutstandingTop 16% (33/208) in Gloucestershire—
Kemble Primary SchoolGoodTop 19% (38/208) in Gloucestershire0.31 miles (2026)
Ampney Crucis Church of England Primary SchoolGoodTop 25% (52/208) in Gloucestershire—
Rodmarton Primary SchoolOfsted report cardTop 36% (73/208) in Gloucestershire3.92 miles (2026)
Stratton Church of England Primary SchoolGoodTop 49% (100/208) in Gloucestershire2.08 miles (2026)
Siddington Church of England Primary SchoolGoodTop 50% (104/208) in Gloucestershire—
North Cerney Church of England Primary AcademyGood(106/208) in Gloucestershire—
Chesterton Primary SchoolGood(111/208) in Gloucestershire—
Down Ampney Church of England Primary School—(148/208) in Gloucestershire2.09 miles (2026)
Ann Edwards Church of England Primary SchoolGood(171/208) in Gloucestershire—
Watermoor Church of England Primary SchoolGood(172/208) in Gloucestershire—
Cirencester Primary SchoolGood(192/208) in Gloucestershire—
Bibury Church of England Primary SchoolGood——
Sapperton Church of England Primary SchoolGood——

State secondary schools (2)

SchoolInspectionLeague rankLast place offered
Cirencester Deer Park SchoolSchool remains GoodTop 33% (13/40) in Gloucestershire11.12 miles (2026)
Cirencester Kingshill SchoolGoodTop 50% (20/40) in Gloucestershire—

Sixth forms and colleges (1)

SchoolInspectionLeague rankLast place offered
Cirencester CollegeRequires improvement(21/28) in Gloucestershire—

Homes and prices

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SourceHM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Cirencester, September 2025 to August 2026.

How it is worked outThe middle sale of each type: half sold for more, half for less (47 detached, 47 semi-detached, 97 terraced, 57 flat or maisonette sales).

LicenceContains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026
Detached£525,000
Semi-detached£393,000
Terraced£340,000
Flat or maisonette£181,000
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Getting around

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SourceStops and stations: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes).
Broadband: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode.

How it is worked outRail stations within 2 km and bus stops within 1 km of the town centre; straight-line distances.
Broadband is an average across the 1,506 postcodes in GL7.

Things to know
  • Broadband is an average of postcodes, not of homes: check the postcode you are looking at, it can differ street by street.
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)
0railway stations within 2 km
53bus stops within 1 km of the town centre

Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 62% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 96%. Average of postcodes, not of homes.

Safety and environment

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SourceCrime: data.police.uk, street-level crime inside the ONS built-up area outline; people from Census 2021.
Flood: Environment Agency, Flood Map for Planning (Rivers and Sea), read from its open download. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Open Government Licence v3.0..
Air: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps.

How it is worked outCrime is street-level crime inside the town's outline over September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 people (Census 2021).
Flood: at the town centre the area is in flood zone 1 for rivers and the sea on the Environment Agency's Flood Map for Planning (not in zone 2 or 3, the lowest of the three).
Air: an annual mean on DEFRA's 1 km map at the town centre.

Things to know
  • A town centre with shops and pubs records more crime per resident than a suburb.
  • Flood: surface-water risk is unknown here, we don't hold that map. One point says little about a whole town, and the zones describe the area, not a building: check the address on the Environment Agency's long-term flood risk service.
  • Air: a background figure, not the air beside a busy road.
  • These are for the town centre; an address can differ.
The town centre; addresses vary
40.5 a year per 1,000 peopleCrimeSeptember 2025 to August 2026. Most common: violent crime, shoplifting, anti social behaviour.
Flood zone 1FloodAt the town centre: flood zone 1 for rivers and the sea. Surface-water risk: unknown, we don't hold that map. Check an address.
NO₂ 5.6AirAt the town centre: nitrogen dioxide 5.6 µg/m³ (2024); PM2.5 6.2 µg/m³ (2024); PM10 10.2 µg/m³ (2024).

Childcare

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SourceOfsted, Childcare providers and inspections (the early years register): the number of nurseries and what Ofsted found.
Fees: 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

How it is worked outThe day rate range counts only nurseries that publish a day rate; the middle is the median of those.

Things to know
  • A nursery that does not publish its fees has none held here, so its price is unknown.
Ofsted early years register; published prices
12registered nurseries and pre-schools
unknownnone of their fees is held yet
£6.66an hour, a typical place for a two-year-old in this region
What Ofsted found
Outstanding1
Good, or expected standard11
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Key dates, Gloucestershire

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SourceEach council's own published admissions dates, held on the dates page.

How it is worked outThe next dates ahead for Reception and Year 7 applications: applications opening and closing, offer day, and the reply deadline.

Things to know
  • A date marked (about) or (earliest) is worked out from the offer day under the national rules; the council has not announced it.
The next dates for families applying
Secondary applications close31 Oct 2026
Reception applications open2 Nov 2026
Primary applications close15 Jan 2027
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