Living in Saltash with children
Saltash, Cornwall. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 15,433 people in 6,813 households; 25.6% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
9 schools: 8 state primary, 1 state secondarySaltash on the schools map →Every school in Saltash, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (8)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Germans Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 10% (20/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Sir Robert Geffery's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School | Good | Top 10% (21/212) in Cornwall | — |
| St Stephens (Saltash) Community Primary School & Nursery | School remains Good | Top 22% (46/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Landulph School | Good | Top 29% (60/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Burraton Community Primary School | School remains Good | Top 46% (96/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Brunel Primary & Nursery Academy | Good | (123/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Bishop Cornish CofE VA Primary School | School remains Good | (204/212) in Cornwall | — |
| St Mellion Church of England Primary School | School remains Good | — | — |
State secondary schools (1)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saltash Community School | Good | (26/31) in Cornwall | — |
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 (57 detached, 57 semi-detached, 68 terraced, 21 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Saltash. 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 Saltash →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 72% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 93%, on average across the 702 postcodes in PL12. 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: 5 good, or expected standard. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £6.66 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 5 in Cornwall.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page; 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, Cornwall
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Cornwall.
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