Living in Royston with children
Royston, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire and Essex. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 17,443 people in 7,485 households; 28.6% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
18 schools: 15 state primary, 3 state secondaryRoyston on the schools map →Every school in Royston, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (15)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thriplow CofE Primary School | School remains Good | Top 17% (33/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Chrishall Holy Trinity and St Nicholas CofE (Aided) Primary School and Pre-School | School remains Good | Top 29% (112/398) in Essex | — |
| St Mary Roman Catholic Primary School | Good | Top 42% (143/344) in Hertfordshire | — |
| Melbourn Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 50% (97/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Steeple Morden CofE VC Primary School | Ofsted report card | (132/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Bassingbourn Primary School | Requires improvement | (147/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Petersfield CofE Aided Primary School | Good | (170/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Fowlmere Primary School | Requires improvement | (194/196) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Barley (VA) Church of England First School | Good | — | — |
| Icknield Walk First School | Good | — | — |
| Reed First School | Good | — | 3.393 miles (2026) |
| Roman Way Academy | Good | — | — |
| Studlands Rise First School | Good | — | — |
| Tannery Drift School | Good | — | — |
| Therfield First School | Good | — | 2.895 miles (2026) |
State secondary schools (3)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bassingbourn Village College | School remains Good | (25/34) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| Melbourn Village College | Requires improvement | (26/34) in Cambridgeshire | — |
| King James Academy Royston | Good | (68/78) in Hertfordshire | 1.469 miles (2026) |
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 (53 detached, 54 semi-detached, 73 terraced, 58 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Royston. 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 Royston →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 74% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 96%, on average across the 1,190 postcodes in SG8. 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: 3 outstanding; 1 strong or better in every area; 14 good, or expected standard; 1 requires improvement; 2 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £7.04 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 9 in Hertfordshire · 12 in Cambridgeshire.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 9 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.
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