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Living in Walton-on-Thames with children

Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 27,016 people in 11,269 households; 33.4% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).

7schools in Walton-on-Thames
£658ktypical semi, 12 months
81crimes a year per 1,000 people
89%gigabit broadband

Schools

7 schools: 4 state primary, 2 state secondary, 1 private
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Primary: expected standard, 2025 results (DfE) · red mark: Surrey 66%ResultOfsted
1Grovelands Primary SchoolPrimary · Top 16% (35/222) · 78%School remains Good
2Bell Farm Primary SchoolPrimary · Top 32% (69/222) · 72%Improved significantly
3Walton Oak Primary SchoolPrimary · Top 42% (92/222) · 69%School remains Good
4Ashley Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary · (135/222) · 64%Good
Secondary: attainment 8, 2026 results (DfE) · red mark: Surrey 52.2ResultOfsted
1Three Rivers AcademySecondary · (49/56) · 42.6Good
Every school in Walton-on-Thames, with inspection, league band and the last place offered

State primary schools (4)

SchoolInspectionLeague rankLast place offered
Grovelands Primary SchoolSchool remains GoodTop 16% (35/222) in Surrey0.498 miles (2026)
Bell Farm Primary SchoolImproved significantlyTop 32% (69/222) in Surrey—
Walton Oak Primary SchoolSchool remains GoodTop 42% (92/222) in Surrey—
Ashley Church of England Primary SchoolGood(135/222) in Surrey—

State secondary schools (2)

SchoolInspectionLeague rankLast place offered
Three Rivers AcademyGood(49/56) in Surrey—
Heathside Walton-on-ThamesOutstanding——

Private schools (1)

SchoolInspectionLeague rankLast place offered
The Danesfield Manor SchoolIndependent Schools Inspectorate: standards 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)
Detached£1,082,000
Semi-detached£658,000
Terraced£478,000
Flat or maisonette£300,000

The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (48 detached, 82 semi-detached, 79 terraced, 85 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Walton-on-Thames. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Getting around

Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)
2railway stations within 2 km: Hersham Rail Station (0.9 miles); Walton-on-Thames Rail Station (1.0 miles)
38bus stops within 1 km of the town centre

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

Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 89% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 99%, on average across the 905 postcodes in KT12. 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
80.7 a year per 1,000 peopleCrimeInside the town's outline, September 2025 to August 2026. The most common: violent crime, anti social behaviour, public order. Source: data.police.uk, street-level crime inside the ONS built-up area outline; people from Census 2021. A town centre with shops and pubs records more crime per resident than a suburb.
Flood zone 2FloodAt the town centre, the area is in flood zone 2 for rivers and the sea on the Environment Agency's Flood Map for Planning. 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 12.5AirAt the town centre, an annual mean on DEFRA's 1 km map: nitrogen dioxide 12.5 µg/m³ (2024); PM2.5 7.8 µg/m³ (2024); PM10 11.7 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
24registered nurseries and pre-schools
£70 to £135a day, where 5 publish a day rate (the middle £114)

What Ofsted found: 18 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: 24 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.

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Key dates, Surrey

The next dates for families applying
Secondary applications close31 Oct 2026
Reception applications open2 Nov 2026
Primary applications close15 Jan 2027

Application deadlines and offer days: Surrey.

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