Living in Wotton-under-Edge with children
Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 4,966 people in 2,222 households; 24.9% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
9 schools: 8 state primary, 1 state secondaryWotton-under-Edge on the schools map →Every school in Wotton-under-Edge, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (8)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Coat CofE Primary School | Good | Top 31% (63/208) in Gloucestershire | — |
| Charfield Primary School | Good | Top 32% (27/86) in South Gloucestershire | — |
| North Nibley CofE Primary School | School remains Good | (124/208) in Gloucestershire | — |
| Alexander Hosea Primary School | School remains Good | (55/86) in South Gloucestershire | — |
| The British School | Good | (159/208) in Gloucestershire | — |
| Tortworth Primary School | — | (80/86) in South Gloucestershire | — |
| St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Cromhall | Ofsted report card | (85/86) in South Gloucestershire | — |
| Hillesley Church of England Primary School | Good | — | — |
State secondary schools (1)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Katharine Lady Berkeley's School | School remains Good (Improving) | Top 35% (14/40) in Gloucestershire | — |
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 (17 detached, 15 semi-detached, 14 terraced, 3 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Wotton-under-Edge. 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 Wotton-under-Edge →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 65% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 95%, on average across the 450 postcodes in GL12. 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: 8 good, or expected standard; 1 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £6.66 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 4 in Gloucestershire · 5 in South Gloucestershire.
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, Gloucestershire
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Gloucestershire · South Gloucestershire.
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