Living in Melton Mowbray with children
Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 27,451 people in 12,057 households; 26.4% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
23 schools: 20 state primary, 2 state secondary, 1 sixth form or collegeMelton Mowbray on the schools map →Every school in Melton Mowbray, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (20)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Peter's Church of England Primary School Wymondham | Good | Top 2% (3/214) in Leicestershire | — |
| Asfordby Hill Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 8% (16/214) in Leicestershire | — |
| Great Dalby School | Good | Top 17% (36/214) in Leicestershire | — |
| Stathern Primary School | Outstanding | Top 19% (40/214) in Leicestershire | — |
| Frisby Church of England Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 44% (93/214) in Leicestershire | — |
| Harby Church of England Primary School | Good | Top 49% (103/214) in Leicestershire | — |
| Scalford Church of England Primary School | — | Top 49% (103/214) in Leicestershire | — |
| Sherard Primary School | Good | (118/214) in Leicestershire | — |
| Saint Francis Catholic Primary School | School remains Good | (124/214) in Leicestershire | — |
| Waltham on the Wolds Church of England Primary School | Good | (133/214) in Leicestershire | — |
| The Grove Primary School | Good | (146/214) in Leicestershire | — |
| Captains Close Primary School | Good | (155/214) in Leicestershire | — |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School | Good | (157/214) in Leicestershire | — |
| Swallowdale Primary School and Community Centre | Good | (162/214) in Leicestershire | — |
| Brownlow Primary School | School remains Good | (163/214) in Leicestershire | — |
| Somerby Primary School | School remains Good | (173/214) in Leicestershire | — |
| Hose Church of England Primary School | Good | (196/214) in Leicestershire | — |
| Old Dalby Church of England Primary School | Good | (202/214) in Leicestershire | — |
| Ab Kettleby Primary School | Good | (204/214) in Leicestershire | — |
| Long Clawson Church of England Primary School | Good | — | — |
State secondary schools (2)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Field Spencer Academy | School remains Good | (31/43) in Leicestershire | — |
| John Ferneley College | Requires improvement | (33/43) in Leicestershire | — |
Sixth forms and colleges (1)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melton Vale Sixth Form College | Outstanding | Top 45% (8/18) in Leicestershire | — |
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 (121 detached, 143 semi-detached, 79 terraced, 14 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Melton Mowbray. 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 Melton Mowbray →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 70% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 91%, on average across the 1,173 postcodes in LE14, LE13. 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: 13 good, or expected standard; 1 inadequate, or safeguarding not met; 1 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £6.88 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 15 in Leicestershire.
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, Leicestershire
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Leicestershire.
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