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Living in Falmouth with children

Falmouth, Cornwall. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 24,066 people in 10,040 households; 20.9% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).

10schools in Falmouth
£338ktypical semi, 12 months
83crimes a year per 1,000 people
74%gigabit broadband

Schools

10 schools: 9 state primary, 1 state secondary
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Primary: expected standard, 2025 results (DfE) · red mark: Cornwall 60%ResultOfsted
1Mawnan CofE VA Primary SchoolPrimary · Top 12% (24/212) · 78%Outstanding
2Flushing SchoolPrimary · Top 16% (33/212) · 75%Good
3King Charles Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary · Top 18% (38/212) · 74%Ofsted report card
4Marlborough SchoolPrimary · Top 27% (57/212) · 70%Ofsted report card
5Mylor Bridge Community Primary SchoolPrimary · Top 31% (64/212) · 70%School remains Good
6Falmouth Primary AcademyPrimary · Top 35% (73/212) · 69%School remains Good
7Constantine Primary SchoolPrimary · Top 36% (75/212) · 68%Good
8St Mary's Catholic Primary School, FalmouthPrimary · (121/212) · 60%Good
Secondary: attainment 8, 2026 results (DfE) · red mark: Cornwall 45.9ResultOfsted
1Falmouth SchoolSecondary · Top 13% (4/31) · 49.1Good
Every school in Falmouth, with inspection, league band and the last place offered

State primary schools (9)

SchoolInspectionLeague rankLast place offered
Mawnan CofE VA Primary SchoolOutstandingTop 12% (24/212) in Cornwall—
Flushing SchoolGoodTop 16% (33/212) in Cornwall—
King Charles Church of England Primary SchoolOfsted report cardTop 18% (38/212) in Cornwall—
Marlborough SchoolOfsted report cardTop 27% (57/212) in Cornwall—
Mylor Bridge Community Primary SchoolSchool remains GoodTop 31% (64/212) in Cornwall—
Falmouth Primary AcademySchool remains GoodTop 35% (73/212) in Cornwall—
Constantine Primary SchoolGoodTop 36% (75/212) in Cornwall—
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, FalmouthGood(121/212) in Cornwall—
St Francis CofE Primary SchoolOfsted report card(157/212) in Cornwall—

State secondary schools (1)

SchoolInspectionLeague rankLast place offered
Falmouth SchoolGoodTop 13% (4/31) in Cornwall—

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£515,000
Semi-detached£338,000
Terraced£312,000
Flat or maisonette£238,000

The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (55 detached, 72 semi-detached, 95 terraced, 78 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Falmouth. 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)
3railway stations within 2 km: Falmouth Town Rail Station (0.5 miles); Falmouth Docks Rail Station (0.6 miles); Penmere Rail Station (0.7 miles)
62bus 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 74% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 90%, on average across the 942 postcodes in TR11. 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
82.8 a year per 1,000 peopleCrimeInside the town's outline, September 2025 to August 2026. The most common: violent crime, shoplifting, anti social behaviour. 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 4.8AirAt the town centre, an annual mean on DEFRA's 1 km map: nitrogen dioxide 4.8 µg/m³ (2024); PM2.5 5.4 µg/m³ (2024); PM10 9.8 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
12registered nurseries and pre-schools
£48a day, the one day rate published

What Ofsted found: 2 outstanding; 9 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: 12 in Cornwall.

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, Cornwall

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: Cornwall.

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