Living in Glastonbury with children
Glastonbury, Somerset. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 8,304 people in 4,034 households; 20.1% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
7 schools: 6 state primary, 1 state secondaryGlastonbury on the schools map →Every school in Glastonbury, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (6)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meare Village Primary School | Good | Top 12% (19/161) in Somerset | — |
| West Pennard Church of England Primary School | Good | Top 44% (70/161) in Somerset | — |
| Baltonsborough Church of England VC Primary School | Requires improvement | Top 45% (71/161) in Somerset | — |
| St Benedict's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior School | School remains Good | (96/161) in Somerset | — |
| Butleigh Church of England Primary School | Good | (122/161) in Somerset | — |
| St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infants School | Good | — | — |
State secondary schools (1)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Dunstan's School | Good | Top 18% (5/28) in Somerset | — |
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 (29 detached, 36 semi-detached, 43 terraced, 17 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Glastonbury. 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 Glastonbury →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 57% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 86%, on average across the 504 postcodes in BA6. 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: 3 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: 4 in Somerset.
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.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, Somerset
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Somerset.
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