Living in Twickenham with children
Twickenham, Richmond upon Thames. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date.
Schools
23 schools: 15 state primary, 5 state secondary, 3 privateTwickenham on the schools map →Every school in Twickenham, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (15)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park School | School remains Outstanding | 1st (1/40) in Richmond upon Thames | — |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School | Outstanding | Top 10% (4/40) in Richmond upon Thames | — |
| St James's Catholic Primary School | Outstanding | Top 28% (11/40) in Richmond upon Thames | — |
| Archdeacon Cambridge's Church of England Primary School | School remains Good | Top 30% (12/40) in Richmond upon Thames | — |
| Bishop Perrin Church of England Primary School | Outstanding | Top 40% (16/40) in Richmond upon Thames | — |
| St Stephen's C E Primary School | School remains Good (Improving) | Top 50% (20/40) in Richmond upon Thames | — |
| Chase Bridge Primary School | Outstanding | (21/40) in Richmond upon Thames | 1.038 miles (2026) |
| Trafalgar Junior School | Good | (27/40) in Richmond upon Thames | — |
| St Edmund's Catholic Primary School | School remains Good | (29/40) in Richmond upon Thames | — |
| Orleans Primary School | Good | (30/40) in Richmond upon Thames | 1.129 miles (2026) |
| Twickenham Primary Academy | Standards maintained | (36/40) in Richmond upon Thames | — |
| Heathfield Junior School | School remains Good (Improving) | (37/40) in Richmond upon Thames | — |
| Nelson Primary School | Good | (38/40) in Richmond upon Thames | — |
| Heathfield Infant School | Improved significantly | — | — |
| Trafalgar Infant School | Good | — | 1.706 miles (2026) |
State secondary schools (5)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orleans Park School | School remains Outstanding | 1st (1/10) in Richmond upon Thames | 0.69 miles (2026) |
| Waldegrave School | Standards maintained | Top 20% (2/10) in Richmond upon Thames | — |
| Turing House School | Outstanding | Top 50% (5/10) in Richmond upon Thames | — |
| The Richmond upon Thames School | Good | (8/10) in Richmond upon Thames | 2.289 miles (2026) |
| Twickenham School | Ofsted report card | (9/10) in Richmond upon Thames | — |
Private schools (3)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kneller Hall School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | (5/7) in Richmond upon Thames | — |
| Newland House School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards not met | — | — |
| The Mall 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)We don't hold Land Registry sales for Twickenham yet, so its typical prices are unknown here.
Look up a home in Twickenham →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 94% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 99%, on average across the 1,077 postcodes in TW2, TW1. 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; 29 good, or expected standard; 6 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £8.63 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 36 in Richmond upon Thames.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 2 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, Richmond upon Thames
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Richmond upon Thames.
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