Living in Ripon with children
Ripon, North Yorkshire. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 16,593 people in 7,294 households; 25.0% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
15 schools: 13 state primary, 2 state secondaryRipon on the schools map →Every school in Ripon, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (13)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Outwood Primary Academy Greystone | Ofsted report card | Top 12% (28/245) in North Yorkshire | — |
| Grewelthorpe Church of England Primary School | Standards maintained | Top 15% (36/245) in North Yorkshire | — |
| St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | Standards maintained | Top 16% (37/245) in North Yorkshire | — |
| Ripon Cathedral Church of England Primary School | Standards maintained | Top 26% (63/245) in North Yorkshire | — |
| Fountains Church of England Primary School | Standards maintained | Top 39% (94/245) in North Yorkshire | — |
| Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 50% (121/245) in North Yorkshire | — |
| Moorside Primary School & Nursery | Good | (127/245) in North Yorkshire | — |
| Kirkby Malzeard Church of England Primary School | School remains Good | (169/245) in North Yorkshire | 5.584 miles (2026) |
| Masham CofE Primary School | Inadequate | (201/245) in North Yorkshire | — |
| Thornton Watlass Church of England Primary School | Good | (226/245) in North Yorkshire | — |
| Sharow Church of England Primary School | Good | (231/245) in North Yorkshire | — |
| North Stainley Church of England Primary School | Requires improvement | (245/245) in North Yorkshire | — |
| St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, West Tanfield | School remains Good | — | — |
State secondary schools (2)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ripon Grammar School | Good | 1st (1/38) in North Yorkshire | — |
| Outwood Academy Ripon | Good | Top 40% (15/38) in North Yorkshire | — |
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 (48 detached, 41 semi-detached, 49 terraced, 42 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Ripon. 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 Ripon →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 53% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 81%, on average across the 919 postcodes in HG4. 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: 7 good, or expected standard; 2 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £6.17 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 9 in North Yorkshire.
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, North Yorkshire
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: North Yorkshire.
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