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Living in Kingsbridge with children

Kingsbridge, Devon. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 5,682 people in 2,661 households; 21.6% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).

9schools in Kingsbridge
£292ktypical semi, 12 months
80crimes a year per 1,000 people
32%gigabit broadband

Schools

9 schools: 8 state primary, 1 state secondary
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Primary: expected standard, 2025 results (DfE) · red mark: Devon 59%ResultOfsted
1Thurlestone All Saints Church of England AcademyPrimary · Top 3% (6/275) · 89%Improved significantly
2Aveton Gifford CofE Primary SchoolPrimary · Top 14% (36/275) · 79%Ofsted report card
3Stokenham Area Primary SchoolPrimary · Top 15% (40/275) · 79%Good
4Loddiswell Primary SchoolPrimary · Top 40% (108/275) · 67%School remains Good
5West Alvington Church of England AcademyPrimary · Top 49% (134/275) · 63%Good
6Kingsbridge Primary SchoolPrimary · (139/275) · 61%Requires improvement
7Charleton Church of England AcademyPrimary · (165/275) · 57%Standards maintained
8Malborough with South Huish Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary · (208/275) · 50%School remains Good
Secondary: attainment 8, 2026 results (DfE) · red mark: Devon 46.8ResultOfsted
1Kingsbridge AcademySecondary · Top 13% (5/40) · 51.1Good
Every school in Kingsbridge, with inspection, league band and the last place offered

State primary schools (8)

SchoolInspectionLeague rankLast place offered
Thurlestone All Saints Church of England AcademyImproved significantlyTop 3% (6/275) in Devon—
Aveton Gifford CofE Primary SchoolOfsted report cardTop 14% (36/275) in Devon—
Stokenham Area Primary SchoolGoodTop 15% (40/275) in Devon—
Loddiswell Primary SchoolSchool remains GoodTop 40% (108/275) in Devon—
West Alvington Church of England AcademyGoodTop 49% (134/275) in Devon—
Kingsbridge Primary SchoolRequires improvement(139/275) in Devon—
Charleton Church of England AcademyStandards maintained(165/275) in Devon—
Malborough with South Huish Church of England Primary SchoolSchool remains Good(208/275) in Devon—

State secondary schools (1)

SchoolInspectionLeague rankLast place offered
Kingsbridge AcademyGoodTop 13% (5/40) in Devon5.053 miles (2026)

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£500,000
Semi-detached£292,000
Terraced£240,000
Flat or maisonette£192,000

The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (15 detached, 6 semi-detached, 31 terraced, 24 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Kingsbridge. 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)
0railway stations within 2 km
29bus 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 32% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 78%, on average across the 856 postcodes in TQ7. 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
79.9 a year per 1,000 peopleCrimeInside the town's outline, September 2025 to August 2026. The most common: violent crime, anti social behaviour, criminal damage arson. 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 3.1AirAt the town centre, an annual mean on DEFRA's 1 km map: nitrogen dioxide 3.1 µg/m³ (2024); PM2.5 5.0 µg/m³ (2024); PM10 8.6 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
7registered nurseries and pre-schools
unknownnone of their fees is held yet

What Ofsted found: 1 outstanding; 6 good, or expected standard. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £6.66 an hour for a two-year-old.

All of them: 7 in Devon.

Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 13 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, Devon

The next dates for families applying
Secondary applications close31 Oct 2026
Reception applications open15 Nov 2026
Primary applications close15 Jan 2027

Application deadlines and offer days: Devon.

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources are named beside each figure. How we know · All sources.