Living in Exeter with children
Exeter, Devon. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 126,181 people in 50,233 households; 24.4% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
69 schools: 54 state primary, 9 state secondary, 2 sixth form or college, 4 privateExeter on the schools map →Every school in Exeter, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (54)
| School | Inspection | League table | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tedburn St Mary School | Good | Top 5% · 6th in Devon | — |
| The Duchy School Bradninch | Outstanding | Top 10% · 8th in Devon | — |
| St Leonard's (CofE) Primary School | Good | Top 10% · 10th in Devon | 1.188 miles (2026) |
| Ide Primary School | Good | Top 10% · 11th in Devon | — |
| Thorverton Church of England Primary School | School remains Good (Improving) | Top 25% · 21st in Devon | — |
| St Gabriel's CofE Primary School | Standards maintained | Top 25% · 22nd in Devon | — |
| St Sidwell's Church of England Primary School & Nursery | Ofsted report card | Top 25% · 25th in Devon | — |
| Kenn Church of England Primary School | School remains Good | Top 25% · 26th in Devon | — |
| Newton St Cyres Primary School | Good | Top 25% · 29th in Devon | — |
| Woodwater Academy | Good | Top half · 42nd in Devon | 1.405 miles (2025) |
| Broadclyst Community Primary School | Outstanding | Top half · 44th in Devon | 2.395 miles (2026) |
| Exwick Heights Primary School | Good | Top half · 48th in Devon | — |
| Woodbury Church of England Primary School | School remains Good | Top half · 50th in Devon | 3.098 miles (2025) |
| Cockwood Primary School | School remains Good | Top half · 57th in Devon | 1.79 miles (2026) |
| St Michael's Church of England Primary Academy | Good | Top half · 61st in Devon | 0.438 miles (2025) |
| Exminster Community Primary | Good | Top half · 65th in Devon | — |
| Stoke Hill Junior School | School remains Good | Top half · 67th in Devon | — |
| Whipton Barton Junior School | Good | Top half · 68th in Devon | — |
| Payhembury Church of England Primary School | School remains Good | Top half · 71st in Devon | — |
| Alphington Primary School | Standards maintained | Top half · 75th in Devon | — |
| Newtown Primary School | Requires improvement | Top half · 81st in Devon | — |
| Stoke Canon Church of England Primary School and Pre-School | Good | Lower half · 103rd in Devon | — |
| The Topsham School | School remains Good | Lower half · 107th in Devon | — |
| Clyst Heath Nursery and Community Primary School | School remains Good (Concerns) | Lower half · 108th in Devon | — |
| St Martin's CofE Primary & Nursery School | School remains Good | Lower half · 109th in Devon | 1.129 miles (2026) |
| Cheriton Bishop Community Primary School | Ofsted report card | Lower half · 118th in Devon | 10.76 miles (2026) |
| Clyst St Mary Primary School | Requires improvement | Lower half · 119th in Devon | — |
| St Thomas Primary School | Good | Lower half · 130th in Devon | — |
| Montgomery Primary School | Good | Lower half · 137th in Devon | 1.247 miles (2026) |
| Whimple Primary School | School remains Good | Lower half · 145th in Devon | — |
| Westclyst Community Primary School | Standards maintained | Lower half · 158th in Devon | 0.889 miles (2026) |
| Starcross Primary School | Some aspects not as strong | Lower half · 159th in Devon | — |
| Bowhill Primary School | Standards maintained | Lower half · 161st in Devon | — |
| St Nicholas Catholic Primary School | Requires improvement | Lower half · 184th in Devon | — |
| Ladysmith Junior School | Requires improvement | Lower half · 188th in Devon | — |
| Wynstream Primary School Academy | Ofsted report card | Lower half · 194th in Devon | — |
| Rockbeare Church of England Primary School and Pre-School | School remains Good | Lower half · 195th in Devon | 0.651 miles (2026) |
| Pinhoe Church of England Primary School & Nursery | Good | Lower half · 215th in Devon | 0.79 miles (2026) |
| Brampford Speke Church of England Primary School | School remains Good | — | — |
| Christow Primary School | School remains Good (Improving) | — | 1.525 miles (2025) |
| Countess Wear Primary School | Requires improvement | — | — |
| Doddiscombsleigh Primary School | School remains Good | — | — |
| Dunsford Community Academy | School remains Good | — | — |
| Kenton Primary School | Good | — | — |
| Lady Seaward's Church of England Primary School | Good | — | 3.237 miles (2026) |
| Ladysmith Infant & Nursery School | Requires improvement | — | — |
| Monkerton Community Primary School | Good | — | 0.45 miles (2026) |
| Silverton Church of England Primary School | Good | — | — |
| St David's CofE Primary School | Good | — | 0.63 miles (2025) |
| Stoke Hill Infant and Nursery School | Good | — | — |
| Trinity CofE Primary and Nursery School | Requires improvement | — | 0.368 miles (2025) |
| Whipton Barton Infants and Nursery School | School remains Good | — | — |
| Willowbrook School | Requires improvement | — | — |
| Woodbury Salterton Church of England Primary School | School remains Good | — | — |
State secondary schools (9)
| School | Inspection | League table | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Peter's Church of England Aided School | Good | Top 25% · 5th in Devon | — |
| West Exe School | Ofsted report card | Top half · 9th in Devon | — |
| St Luke's Church of England School | Good | Top half · 10th in Devon | 7.53 miles (2026) |
| St James School | School remains Good | Top half · 11th in Devon | 1.127 miles (2026) |
| Isca Academy | School remains Good | Top half · 13th in Devon | — |
| Cranbrook Education Campus | Good | Top half · 14th in Devon | 2.568 miles (2026) |
| Clyst Vale Community College | Good | Top half · 18th in Devon | — |
| Thomas Hall School | Requires improvement | Lower half · 39th in Devon | — |
| Matford Brook Academy | — | — | — |
Sixth forms and colleges (2)
| School | Inspection | League table | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exeter Mathematics School | Outstanding | Top 1% · 1st in Devon | — |
| Exeter and North Devon Colleges Group | — | Top half · 8th in Devon | — |
Private schools (4)
| School | Inspection | League table | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Maynard School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | Top 25% · 1st in Devon | — |
| Exeter School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | Top 25% · 2nd in Devon | — |
| Exeter Cathedral School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
| Exeter Pre-Prep School | Independent 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)The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (206 detached, 281 semi-detached, 458 terraced, 201 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Exeter. 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 Exeter →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 79% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 90%, on average across the 3,612 postcodes in EX5, EX2, EX4. 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: 7 outstanding; 2 strong or better in every area; 34 good, or expected standard; 1 requires improvement; 6 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £6.66 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 50 in Devon.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 19 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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