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Torrington, Devon. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date.

3schools in Torrington
32%gigabit broadband

Schools

3 schools: 2 state primary, 1 state secondary
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Primary: expected standard, 2025 results (DfE) · red mark: Devon 59%ResultOfsted
1Langtree Community School and Nursery UnitPrimary · Top 40% (108/275) · 67%School remains Good
2Great Torrington Bluecoat Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary · (200/275) · 52%Requires improvement
Secondary: attainment 8, 2026 results (DfE) · red mark: Devon 46.8ResultOfsted
1Great Torrington SchoolSecondary · (31/40) · 42.1School remains Good
Every school in Torrington, with inspection, league band and the last place offered

State primary schools (2)

SchoolInspectionLeague rankLast place offered
Langtree Community School and Nursery UnitSchool remains GoodTop 40% (108/275) in Devon—
Great Torrington Bluecoat Church of England Primary SchoolRequires improvement(200/275) in Devon—

State secondary schools (1)

SchoolInspectionLeague rankLast place offered
Great Torrington SchoolSchool remains Good(31/40) in Devon—

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 Torrington yet, so its typical prices are unknown here.

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Getting around

Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)
0railway stations within 2 km
6bus stops within 1 km of the middle of its schools

Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.

Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 32% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 79%, on average across the 289 postcodes in EX38. 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 vary
not heldCrimeWe don't hold police.uk figures for Torrington yet.
Flood zone 1FloodAt the middle of its schools, the area is in flood zone 1 for rivers and the sea on the Environment Agency's Flood Map for Planning (not in zone 2 or 3, the lowest of the three). Surface-water risk: we don't hold that map, so it is unknown here. One point says little about a whole town, and the zones describe the area, not a building: check the address on the Environment Agency's long-term flood risk service.Source: Environment Agency, Flood Map for Planning (Rivers and Sea), read from its open download. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Open Government Licence v3.0.
NO₂ 2.8AirAt the middle of its schools, an annual mean on DEFRA's 1 km map: nitrogen dioxide 2.8 µg/m³ (2024); PM2.5 4.7 µg/m³ (2024); PM10 8.9 µg/m³ (2024). A background figure, not the air beside a busy road. Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps.

Childcare

Ofsted early years register; published prices
2registered nurseries and pre-schools
unknownnone of their fees is held yet

What Ofsted found: 1 good, or expected standard; 1 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £6.66 an hour for a two-year-old.

All of them: 2 in Devon.

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.

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Key dates, Devon

The next dates for families applying
Secondary applications close31 Oct 2026
Reception applications open15 Nov 2026
Primary applications close15 Jan 2027

Application deadlines and offer days: Devon.

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources are named beside each figure. How we know · All sources.