Living in Whitchurch with children
Whitchurch, Shropshire and Hampshire and Cheshire West and Chester. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date.
Schools
9 schools: 7 state primary, 2 state secondaryWhitchurch on the schools map →Every school in Whitchurch, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (7)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tushingham With Grindley CofE Primary School | Good | Top 24% (29/122) in Cheshire West and Chester | 3.064 miles (2025) |
| Whitchurch Church of England Primary School | Good | Top 38% (114/307) in Hampshire | 5.84 miles (2026) |
| Prees CofE Primary School | Standards maintained | Top 40% (45/113) in Shropshire | — |
| Lower Heath CofE Primary School | Good | (72/113) in Shropshire | — |
| Whitchurch CofE Junior Academy | Good | (80/113) in Shropshire | — |
| Tilstock CofE Primary and Nursery | Ofsted report card | (97/113) in Shropshire | 2.55 miles (2026) |
| Whitchurch CofE Infant and Nursery Academy | School remains Good | — | — |
State secondary schools (2)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Testbourne Community School | Good | Top 18% (12/67) in Hampshire | — |
| Sir John Talbot's School | Good | (14/20) in Shropshire | — |
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 Whitchurch yet, so its typical prices are unknown here.
Look up a home in Whitchurch →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 57% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 86%, on average across the 1,062 postcodes in SY13, RG28. 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: 2 outstanding; 5 good, or expected standard. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £6.88 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 4 in Hampshire · 2 in Shropshire · 1 in Cheshire West and Chester.
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, Shropshire
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Shropshire · Hampshire · Cheshire West and Chester.
Every date, and reminders →Nearby towns
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