Living in Tamworth with children
Tamworth, Staffordshire and Warwickshire. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 76,074 people in 31,759 households; 29.9% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
47 schools: 40 state primary, 6 state secondary, 1 sixth form or collegeTamworth on the schools map →Every school in Tamworth, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (40)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Howard Church of England Primary School | Good | Top 1% (2/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| Warton Nethersole's CofE Primary School | Standards maintained | Top 3% (4/166) in Warwickshire | — |
| Lakeside Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 25% (55/229) in Staffordshire | 0.536 miles (2026) |
| St Leonard's CofE (A) Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 29% (66/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| Manor Primary Academy | Good | Top 36% (81/229) in Staffordshire | 2.135 miles (2026) |
| St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 48% (109/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| Millfield Primary School | School remains Good | Top 49% (110/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| Glascote Academy | Good | Top 49% (111/229) in Staffordshire | 1.051 miles (2026) |
| Longwood Primary School | Improved significantly | (117/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| The Nethersole CofE Academy | Ofsted report card | Top 42% (69/166) in Warwickshire | — |
| Dosthill Primary School | Good | (122/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| Flax Hill Junior Academy | Ofsted report card | (124/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| Birchwood Primary School | Outstanding | Top 45% (74/166) in Warwickshire | 4.175 miles (2025) |
| Hanbury's Farm Community Primary School | Good | (131/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| Three Peaks Primary Academy | School remains Good | (131/229) in Staffordshire | 0.973 miles (2025) |
| Bird's Bush Primary School | Requires improvement | (141/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| Stoneydelph Primary School | Good | (141/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| Thomas Barnes Primary School | Good | (161/229) in Staffordshire | 1.137 miles (2026) |
| Moorgate Primary Academy | Good | (164/229) in Staffordshire | 1.691 miles (2026) |
| Coton Green Primary School | Good | (168/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| The Woodlands Community Primary School | School remains Good | (172/229) in Staffordshire | 0.176 miles (2024) |
| Ankermoor Primary Academy | Good | (177/229) in Staffordshire | 1.16 miles (2026) |
| Landau Forte Academy Greenacres | Good | (178/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| Newton Regis CofE Primary School | Standards maintained | (119/166) in Warwickshire | — |
| William MacGregor Primary School | School remains Good | (189/229) in Staffordshire | 0.266 miles (2026) |
| The Howard Primary School | Good | (190/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| Wilnecote Junior Academy | Requires improvement | (193/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| Dordon Primary School | Good | (140/166) in Warwickshire | — |
| Amington Heath Primary School and Nursery | School remains Good | (199/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School | Good | (200/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| St Andrew's Church of England Primary School | Good | (205/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| Two Gates Primary School | Good | (212/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| Florendine Primary School | Some aspects not as strong | (213/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| Anker Valley Primary Academy | Good | — | — |
| Ashcroft Infants' School | Ofsted report card | — | 3.215 miles (2026) |
| Dunstall Park Primary School | — | — | — |
| Garden Village Primary Academy | — | — | 0.217 miles (2026) |
| Heathfields Infant Academy | Standards maintained | — | — |
| Lark Hall Infant & Nursery Academy | Ofsted report card | — | 0.236 miles (2025) |
| Oakhill Primary School | School remains Good | — | — |
State secondary schools (6)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landau Forte Academy, QEMS | Good | Top 31% (16/53) in Staffordshire | — |
| The Wilnecote School | Good | (34/53) in Staffordshire | — |
| The Polesworth School | Good | (28/36) in Warwickshire | 2.331 miles (2025) |
| Landau Forte Academy, Amington | Good | (42/53) in Staffordshire | 1.543 miles (2024) |
| Lift Rawlett | Requires improvement | — | — |
| Lift Tamworth | Good | — | — |
Sixth forms and colleges (1)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landau Forte Academy Tamworth Sixth Form | Good | Top 33% (12/37) in Staffordshire | — |
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 (257 detached, 323 semi-detached, 197 terraced, 81 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Tamworth. 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 Tamworth →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 79% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 96%, on average across the 2,133 postcodes in B77, B79, B78. 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; 27 good, or expected standard; 1 requires improvement; 3 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £6.88 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 5 in Warwickshire · 27 in Staffordshire.
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, Staffordshire
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Staffordshire · Warwickshire.
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