Living in Paignton with children
Paignton, Torbay and Devon. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 67,509 people in 29,640 households; 24.5% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
12 schools: 10 state primary, 1 state secondary, 1 sixth form or collegePaignton on the schools map →Every school in Paignton, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (10)
| School | Inspection | League table | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayes School | Outstanding | Top 5% · 2nd in Torbay | — |
| Marldon Church of England Primary School | Standards maintained | Top 25% · 24th in Devon | 1.477 miles (2026) |
| Collaton St Mary Church of England Primary School | School remains Good | Top half · 6th in Torbay | — |
| Sacred Heart Catholic School | School remains Good | Top half · 7th in Torbay | — |
| Roselands Primary School | Good | Top half · 12th in Torbay | — |
| Curledge Street Academy | School remains Good | Lower half · 15th in Torbay | — |
| White Rock Primary School | Standards maintained | Lower half · 19th in Torbay | — |
| Oldway Primary School | Good | Lower half · 22nd in Torbay | — |
| Kings Ash Academy | Good | Lower half · 23rd in Torbay | — |
| St Michael's Church of England Academy | Good | — | — |
State secondary schools (1)
| School | Inspection | League table | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paignton Academy | Requires improvement | Lower half · 6th in Torbay | — |
Sixth forms and colleges (1)
| School | Inspection | League table | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Devon College | Good | Lower half · 8th in Torbay | — |
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 (240 detached, 250 semi-detached, 202 terraced, 168 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Paignton. 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 Paignton →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 91% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 98%, on average across the 1,258 postcodes in TQ3, TQ4. 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: 2 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: 2 in Devon · 11 in Torbay.
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, Torbay
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Torbay · Devon.
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