Living in Marlborough with children
Marlborough, Wiltshire. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 8,829 people in 3,525 households; 23.1% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
13 schools: 12 state primary, 1 state secondaryMarlborough on the schools map →Every school in Marlborough, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (12)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Michael's CofE Aided Primary | School remains Outstanding (Concerns) | Top 6% (11/185) in Wiltshire | — |
| Ramsbury Primary School | Outstanding | Top 12% (22/185) in Wiltshire | — |
| St Katharine's CofE Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 18% (33/185) in Wiltshire | — |
| Burbage Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 20% (37/185) in Wiltshire | — |
| Kennet Valley Church of England Aided Primary School | Good | Top 27% (49/185) in Wiltshire | — |
| Great Bedwyn Church of England School | Outstanding | Top 28% (51/185) in Wiltshire | — |
| Preshute Church of England Primary School | Good | Top 45% (83/185) in Wiltshire | — |
| Collingbourne Church of England Primary School | Standards maintained | (97/185) in Wiltshire | — |
| Ogbourne CofE Primary School | Good | (110/185) in Wiltshire | — |
| Marlborough St Mary's CE Primary School | Improved significantly | (112/185) in Wiltshire | — |
| Baydon St Nicholas Church of England Primary School | Good | (131/185) in Wiltshire | — |
| Oare Church of England Primary School | Good | — | — |
State secondary schools (1)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| St John's Marlborough | Good | Top 11% (3/28) in Wiltshire | — |
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 (26 detached, 17 semi-detached, 26 terraced, 26 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Marlborough. 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 Marlborough →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 32% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 84%, on average across the 872 postcodes in SN8. 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: 1 outstanding; 10 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: 11 in Wiltshire.
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.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, Wiltshire
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Wiltshire.
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