Living in Nantwich with children
Nantwich, Cheshire East. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 18,741 people in 8,725 households; 23.8% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
18 schools: 15 state primary, 2 state secondary, 1 sixth form or collegeNantwich on the schools map →Every school in Nantwich, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (15)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acton Church of England Primary Academy | Good | Top 8% (9/121) in Cheshire East | — |
| Bridgemere CofE Primary School | School remains Good | Top 11% (13/121) in Cheshire East | — |
| Pear Tree Primary School | School remains Good | Top 29% (34/121) in Cheshire East | — |
| St Oswald's Worleston CofE Primary School | Good | Top 29% (35/121) in Cheshire East | — |
| Sound and District Primary School | Good | Top 32% (38/121) in Cheshire East | — |
| Wybunbury Delves CofE Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 36% (43/121) in Cheshire East | — |
| Millfields Primary Academy | School remains Good | Top 39% (46/121) in Cheshire East | — |
| Highfields Academy | Standards maintained | Top 44% (53/121) in Cheshire East | — |
| Weaver Primary School | School remains Good | Top 49% (59/121) in Cheshire East | — |
| Nantwich Primary Academy | School remains Good | (80/121) in Cheshire East | — |
| St Anne's Catholic Primary School | Good | (81/121) in Cheshire East | — |
| Wrenbury Primary School | School remains Good | (86/121) in Cheshire East | — |
| Willaston Primary Academy | School remains Good | (92/121) in Cheshire East | — |
| Stapeley Broad Lane CofE Primary School | Good | (106/121) in Cheshire East | — |
| Kingsbourne Academy | — | — | — |
State secondary schools (2)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brine Leas School | School remains Good | Top 37% (8/22) in Cheshire East | 5.251 miles (2026) |
| Malbank School and Sixth Form College | Good | (15/22) in Cheshire East | 5.047 miles (2026) |
Sixth forms and colleges (1)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reaseheath College | Requires improvement | — | — |
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 (130 detached, 72 semi-detached, 83 terraced, 53 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Nantwich. 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 Nantwich →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 68% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 92%, on average across the 920 postcodes in CW5. 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; 9 good, or expected standard. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £6.17 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 10 in Cheshire East.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 19 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, Cheshire East
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Cheshire East.
Every date, and reminders →Nearby towns
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