Living in Driffield with children
Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 13,216 people in 6,165 households; 21.6% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
18 schools: 17 state primary, 1 state secondaryDriffield on the schools map →Every school in Driffield, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (17)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kilham Church of England Voluntary Controlled School | School remains Good | Top 3% (3/108) in East Riding of Yorkshire | — |
| Brandesburton Primary School | Good | Top 15% (16/108) in East Riding of Yorkshire | — |
| Garton-on-the-Wolds Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | Good | Top 17% (18/108) in East Riding of Yorkshire | — |
| Nafferton Primary School | Good | Top 21% (22/108) in East Riding of Yorkshire | 1.762 miles (2026) |
| Driffield Junior School | School remains Good | Top 45% (48/108) in East Riding of Yorkshire | — |
| Wold Newton Foundation School | School remains Good | Top 49% (52/108) in East Riding of Yorkshire | — |
| Hutton Cranswick Community Primary School | Good | Top 50% (53/108) in East Riding of Yorkshire | — |
| Beeford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | Standards maintained | (60/108) in East Riding of Yorkshire | — |
| North Frodingham Primary School | Ofsted report card | (60/108) in East Riding of Yorkshire | — |
| Sledmere Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | School remains Good | (90/108) in East Riding of Yorkshire | — |
| Middleton-on-the-Wolds Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | Good | (93/108) in East Riding of Yorkshire | — |
| Burton Agnes Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | Ofsted report card | (101/108) in East Riding of Yorkshire | — |
| Beswick and Watton CofE (VC) School | Good | — | — |
| Driffield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant School | School remains Good | — | — |
| Lockington Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | Good | — | 3.59 miles (2026) |
| Northfield Infant School | School remains Good | — | — |
| Skipsea Primary School | Good | — | 8.013 miles (2026) |
State secondary schools (1)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driffield School and Sixth Form | Good | (13/16) in East Riding of Yorkshire | — |
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 (88 detached, 89 semi-detached, 51 terraced, 21 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Driffield. 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 Driffield →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 61% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 87%, on average across the 1,307 postcodes in YO25. 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: 5 good, or expected standard; 3 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £6.17 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 8 in East Riding of Yorkshire.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 11 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, East Riding of Yorkshire
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: East Riding of Yorkshire.
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