Living in Wilmslow with children
Wilmslow, Cheshire East. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 25,716 people in 11,066 households; 29.4% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
12 schools: 9 state primary, 1 state secondary, 2 privateWilmslow on the schools map →Every school in Wilmslow, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (9)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashdene Primary School | Standards maintained | Top 2% (2/121) in Cheshire East | — |
| Gorsey Bank Primary School | Outstanding | Top 5% (5/121) in Cheshire East | — |
| Lindow Community Primary School | School remains Good | Top 5% (6/121) in Cheshire East | — |
| Lacey Green Primary Academy | Good | Top 19% (22/121) in Cheshire East | — |
| Handforth Grange Primary School | Outstanding | Top 31% (37/121) in Cheshire East | — |
| Styal Primary School | School remains Good | (71/121) in Cheshire East | — |
| St Anne's Fulshaw C of E Primary School | Good | (76/121) in Cheshire East | — |
| The Wilmslow Academy | Improved significantly | (84/121) in Cheshire East | — |
| St. Benedict's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | School remains Good | (102/121) in Cheshire East | — |
State secondary schools (1)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilmslow High School | Standards maintained | Top 23% (5/22) in Cheshire East | 1.799 miles (2026) |
Private schools (2)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pownall Hall School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards not met | — | — |
| Wilmslow Preparatory School | Independent 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)The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (120 detached, 95 semi-detached, 90 terraced, 68 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Wilmslow. 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 Wilmslow →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 79% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 97%, on average across the 1,070 postcodes in SK9. 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; 9 good, or expected standard; 1 inadequate, or safeguarding not met; 3 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £6.17 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 15 in Cheshire East.
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, Cheshire East
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Cheshire East.
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