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Living in Deal with children

Deal, Kent. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 28,992 people in 13,442 households; 22.1% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).

12schools in Deal
£300ktypical semi, 12 months
61crimes a year per 1,000 people
83%gigabit broadband

Schools

12 schools: 10 state primary, 1 state secondary, 1 private
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Primary: expected standard, 2025 results (DfE) · red mark: Kent 62%ResultOfsted
1Kingsdown and Ringwould Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary · Top 10% (43/436) · 82%Outstanding
2Northbourne Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary · Top 14% (61/436) · 80%School remains Good
3Sholden Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary · Top 27% (116/436) · 73%Good
4St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary · Top 40% (171/436) · 69%Good
5Deal Parochial Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary · Top 40% (172/436) · 69%School remains Good
6Hornbeam Primary SchoolPrimary · (297/436) · 58%School remains Good
7Sandown SchoolPrimary · (359/436) · 50%School remains Good
8The Downs Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary · (367/436) · 48%Good
Secondary: attainment 8, 2026 results (DfE) · red mark: Kent 48.5ResultOfsted
1Goodwin AcademySecondary · (92/94) · 30.7Good
Every school in Deal, with inspection, league band and the last place offered

State primary schools (10)

SchoolInspectionLeague rankLast place offered
Kingsdown and Ringwould Church of England Primary SchoolOutstandingTop 10% (43/436) in Kent—
Northbourne Church of England Primary SchoolSchool remains GoodTop 14% (61/436) in Kent—
Sholden Church of England Primary SchoolGoodTop 27% (116/436) in Kent—
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolGoodTop 40% (171/436) in Kent—
Deal Parochial Church of England Primary SchoolSchool remains GoodTop 40% (172/436) in Kent—
Hornbeam Primary SchoolSchool remains Good(297/436) in Kent—
Sandown SchoolSchool remains Good(359/436) in Kent—
The Downs Church of England Primary SchoolGood(367/436) in Kent—
Warden House Primary SchoolRequires improvement(402/436) in Kent—
Worth Primary SchoolGood(434/436) in Kent—

State secondary schools (1)

SchoolInspectionLeague rankLast place offered
Goodwin AcademyGood(92/94) in Kent—

Private schools (1)

SchoolInspectionLeague rankLast place offered
Northbourne Park SchoolIndependent Schools Inspectorate: standards met——

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£442,000
Semi-detached£300,000
Terraced£280,000
Flat or maisonette£187,000

The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (56 detached, 102 semi-detached, 156 terraced, 66 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Deal. 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: Deal Rail Station (0.2 miles)
28bus 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 83% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 97%, on average across the 1,117 postcodes in CT14. 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
60.9 a year per 1,000 peopleCrimeInside the town's outline, September 2025 to August 2026. The most common: violent crime, anti social behaviour, 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 7.1AirAt the town centre, an annual mean on DEFRA's 1 km map: nitrogen dioxide 7.1 µg/m³ (2024); PM2.5 6.6 µg/m³ (2024); PM10 10.3 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
10registered nurseries and pre-schools
unknownnone of their fees is held yet

What Ofsted found: 9 good, or expected standard; 1 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £7.58 an hour for a two-year-old.

All of them: 10 in Kent.

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.

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Key dates, Kent

The next dates for families applying
Secondary applications close31 Oct 2026
Primary applications close15 Jan 2027
Secondary offer day1 Mar 2027

Application deadlines and offer days: Kent.

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