Living in Helston with children
Helston, Cornwall. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 11,366 people in 4,911 households; 29.7% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
20 schools: 18 state primary, 2 state secondaryHelston on the schools map →Every school in Helston, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (18)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halwin School | Ofsted report card | Top 4% (8/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Landewednack Community Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 24% (50/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Garras Community Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 39% (82/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Nansloe Academy | Ofsted report card | Top 45% (94/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Porthleven School | Ofsted report card | Top 45% (94/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Wendron Church of England Primary School | Good | (116/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Godolphin Primary School | Ofsted report card | (141/212) in Cornwall | — |
| St Michael's Church of England Primary School | Standards maintained | (152/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Parc Eglos School | Requires improvement | (168/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Mullion Primary School | Good | (177/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Sithney Community Primary School | Good | (178/212) in Cornwall | — |
| St Keverne Primary School | Requires improvement | (186/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Grade-Ruan CofE Primary School | Requires improvement | (195/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Boskenwyn Community Primary School | Good | (196/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Trannack Primary School | Good | (211/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Manaccan Primary School | Requires improvement | (212/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Breage CofE Primary School | Ofsted report card | — | — |
| Coverack Primary School | Requires improvement | — | — |
State secondary schools (2)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mullion School | Good | (16/31) in Cornwall | — |
| Helston Community College | Good | (18/31) 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)The middle sale of each type, August 2025 to July 2026: half sold for more, half for less (48 detached, 30 semi-detached, 49 terraced, 11 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Helston. 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 Helston →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 71% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 88%, on average across the 1,161 postcodes in TR13, TR12. 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: 4 outstanding; 10 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: 15 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.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, Cornwall
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