Living in Staines-upon-Thames with children
Staines-upon-Thames, Surrey. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 21,327 people in 9,135 households; 28.2% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
3 schools: 1 state primary, 2 state secondaryStaines-upon-Thames on the schools map →Every school in Staines-upon-Thames, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (1)
| School | Inspection | League table | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanwell Fields CofE Primary School | Good | Lower half · 163rd in Surrey | — |
State secondary schools (2)
| School | Inspection | League table | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Magna Carta School | Good | Top half · 35th in Surrey | — |
| The Matthew Arnold School | School remains Good | Lower half · 46th in Surrey | 1.388 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 (25 detached, 65 semi-detached, 62 terraced, 71 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Staines-upon-Thames. 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 Staines-upon-Thames →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 88% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 99%, on average across the 624 postcodes in TW18. 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: 4 good, or expected standard; 1 requires improvement; 2 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £8.63 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 7 in Surrey.
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, Surrey
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Surrey.
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