Living in Wareham with children
Wareham, Dorset. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 5,876 people in 2,753 households; 20.9% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
10 schools: 9 state primary, 1 state secondaryWareham on the schools map →Every school in Wareham, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (9)
| School | Inspection | League table | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stoborough Church of England Primary School | School remains Good | Top half · 21st in Dorset | — |
| Corfe Castle Church of England Primary School | Good | Lower half · 38th in Dorset | 3.265 miles (2025) |
| Bovington Academy | Good | Lower half · 39th in Dorset | — |
| Bere Regis Primary and Preschool | Good | Lower half · 63rd in Dorset | — |
| Wareham St Mary Church of England Primary School | Good | Lower half · 66th in Dorset | — |
| Lulworth and Winfrith CofE Primary School | Good | Lower half · 68th in Dorset | — |
| Sandford St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | Good | Lower half · 69th in Dorset | — |
| St Mary & St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | Requires improvement | Lower half · 73rd in Dorset | — |
| Wool Church of England Primary School | Good | Lower half · 80th in Dorset | 1.435 miles (2026) |
State secondary schools (1)
| School | Inspection | League table | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Purbeck School | Improved significantly | Top half · 1st in Dorset | — |
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 (21 detached, 15 semi-detached, 29 terraced, 9 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Wareham. 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 Wareham →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 51% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 90%, on average across the 668 postcodes in BH20. 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 good, or expected standard. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £7.58 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 4 in Dorset.
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, Dorset
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Dorset.
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