Living in Truro with children
Truro, Cornwall. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 23,060 people in 10,270 households; 25.3% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
33 schools: 26 state primary, 3 state secondary, 1 sixth form or college, 3 privateTruro on the schools map →Every school in Truro, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (26)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tregony Community Primary School | Standards maintained | Top 7% (13/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Mount Hawke Academy | Outstanding | Top 16% (32/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Blackwater Community Primary School | School remains Good | Top 17% (36/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Perran-Ar-Worthal Community Primary School | School remains Good | Top 28% (59/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Gerrans School | School remains Good | Top 29% (60/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Goonhavern Primary School | Good | Top 33% (69/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Ladock C of E School | Standards maintained | Top 34% (71/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Cusgarne Primary School | School remains Good | Top 37% (77/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Probus Primary School | Some aspects not as strong | Top 38% (80/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Shortlanesend School | Good | Top 42% (87/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Kennall Vale School | Standards maintained | Top 47% (99/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Truro Learning Academy | Good | (109/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Archbishop Benson CofE Primary School | School remains Good | (119/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Chacewater Community Primary School | Standards maintained | (122/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Devoran School | Good | (130/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Kea Community Primary School | School remains Good | (137/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Threemilestone School | Good | (145/212) in Cornwall | — |
| St Mawes Primary School | Standards maintained | (164/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Stithians Community Primary School | School remains Good | (169/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Tregolls Academy | Ofsted report card | (170/212) in Cornwall | — |
| St Erme with Trispen Community Primary School | School remains Good | (171/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Bosvigo School | School remains Good | (174/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Grampound Road Village CofE School | Good | (179/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Grampound-With-Creed CofE Primary School | Ofsted report card | (186/212) in Cornwall | — |
| St Mary's CofE School, Truro | Good | (196/212) in Cornwall | — |
| Veryan CofE School | Ofsted report card | — | — |
State secondary schools (3)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Lander School | School remains Good | 1st (1/31) in Cornwall | — |
| Penair School | School remains Good | Top 10% (3/31) in Cornwall | — |
| The Roseland Academy | School remains Outstanding | Top 36% (11/31) in Cornwall | — |
Sixth forms and colleges (1)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Truro and Penwith College | Good | Top 31% (4/13) in Cornwall | — |
Private schools (3)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Truro High School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | (2/2) in Cornwall | — |
| Polwhele House School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
| Truro School Preparatory School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards not met | — | — |
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 (71 detached, 56 semi-detached, 114 terraced, 46 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Truro. 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 Truro →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 61% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 92%, on average across the 1,706 postcodes in TR1, TR2, TR4. 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 outstanding; 17 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: 21 in Cornwall.
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, Cornwall
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