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Living in Crediton with children

Crediton, Devon. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 7,971 people in 3,684 households; 25.3% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).

12schools in Crediton
£280ktypical semi, 12 months
90crimes a year per 1,000 people
45%gigabit broadband

Schools

12 schools: 11 state primary, 1 state secondary
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Primary: expected standard, 2025 results (DfE) · red mark: Devon 59%ResultOfsted
1Morchard Bishop Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary · Top 9% (24/275) · 83%School remains Good
2Hayward's Primary SchoolPrimary · Top 33% (89/275) · 69%Ofsted report card
3Landscore Primary SchoolPrimary · Top 44% (120/275) · 65%Good
4Sandford SchoolPrimary · Top 50% (137/275) · 62%Good
5St Thomas of Canterbury CofE Primary SchoolPrimary · (174/275) · 56%Ofsted report card
6Cheriton Fitzpaine Primary SchoolPrimary · (220/275) · 46%School remains Good
7Copplestone Primary SchoolPrimary · (220/275) · 46%Good
8Bow Community Primary SchoolPrimary · (240/275) · 40%Good
Secondary: attainment 8, 2026 results (DfE) · red mark: Devon 46.8ResultOfsted
1Queen Elizabeth'sSecondary · Top 45% (18/40) · 47.4Ofsted report card
Every school in Crediton, with inspection, league band and the last place offered

State primary schools (11)

SchoolInspectionLeague rankLast place offered
Morchard Bishop Church of England Primary SchoolSchool remains GoodTop 9% (24/275) in Devon—
Hayward's Primary SchoolOfsted report cardTop 33% (89/275) in Devon—
Landscore Primary SchoolGoodTop 44% (120/275) in Devon—
Sandford SchoolGoodTop 50% (137/275) in Devon—
St Thomas of Canterbury CofE Primary SchoolOfsted report card(174/275) in Devon—
Cheriton Fitzpaine Primary SchoolSchool remains Good(220/275) in Devon—
Copplestone Primary SchoolGood(220/275) in Devon—
Bow Community Primary SchoolGood(240/275) in Devon—
East Worlington Primary SchoolSchool remains Good(251/275) in Devon—
Spreyton SchoolGood——
Yeoford Community Primary SchoolSchool remains Good——

State secondary schools (1)

SchoolInspectionLeague rankLast place offered
Queen Elizabeth'sOfsted report cardTop 45% (18/40) 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)
Detached£386,000
Semi-detached£280,000
Terraced£222,000
Flat or maisonette£140,000

The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (33 detached, 23 semi-detached, 26 terraced, 10 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Crediton. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Getting around

Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)
1railway station within 2 km: Crediton Rail Station (0.7 miles)
36bus stops within 1 km of the town centre

Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.

Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 45% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 73%, on average across the 953 postcodes in EX17. 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 vary
90.5 a year per 1,000 peopleCrimeInside the town's outline, September 2025 to August 2026. The most common: violent crime, shoplifting, criminal damage arson. Source: data.police.uk, street-level crime inside the ONS built-up area outline; people from Census 2021. A town centre with shops and pubs records more crime per resident than a suburb.
Flood zone 1FloodAt 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). Surface-water risk: we don't hold that map, so it is unknown here. 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.Source: 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.
NO₂ 4.0AirAt the town centre, an annual mean on DEFRA's 1 km map: nitrogen dioxide 4.0 µg/m³ (2024); PM2.5 5.2 µg/m³ (2024); PM10 9.0 µg/m³ (2024). A background figure, not the air beside a busy road. Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps.

Childcare

Ofsted early years register; published prices
7registered nurseries and pre-schools
unknownnone of their fees is held yet

What Ofsted found: 1 outstanding; 1 strong or better in every area; 4 good, or expected standard; 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: 7 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.

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Key dates, Devon

The next dates for families applying
Secondary applications close31 Oct 2026
Reception applications open15 Nov 2026
Primary applications close15 Jan 2027

Application deadlines and offer days: Devon.

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