Living in Ryde with children
Ryde, Isle of Wight. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date.
Schools
10 schools: 8 state primary, 1 state secondary, 1 privateRyde on the schools map →Every school in Ryde, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (8)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dover Park Primary School | School remains Good | Top 6% (2/37) in Isle of Wight | — |
| Binstead Primary School | School remains Good | Top 19% (7/37) in Isle of Wight | — |
| Wootton Community Primary School | Standards maintained | Top 36% (13/37) in Isle of Wight | — |
| Oakfield Church of England Aided Primary School, Ryde | Requires improvement | (19/37) in Isle of Wight | — |
| Haylands Primary School | School remains Good | (21/37) in Isle of Wight | — |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | Good | (22/37) in Isle of Wight | — |
| St Helens Primary School | Good | (24/37) in Isle of Wight | — |
| Greenmount Primary School | Ofsted report card | (35/37) in Isle of Wight | — |
State secondary schools (1)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lift Ryde | Good | — | — |
Private schools (1)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryde School with Upper Chine | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | 1st (1/1) in Isle of Wight | — |
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)We don't hold Land Registry sales for Ryde yet, so its typical prices are unknown here.
Look up a home in Ryde →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 85% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 95%, on average across the 931 postcodes in PO33. 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; 6 good, or expected standard; 1 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £7.58 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 8 in Isle of Wight.
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, Isle of Wight
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Isle of Wight.
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