How we rank neighbourhoods
Tell us where you work, what you can spend and which school phase matters. We rank neighbourhoods on recent sale prices, the state schools you could realistically get into, and your journey to work.
House prices and schools: common questions
- How can I see house prices near good schools?
- The map shades each neighbourhood by its median sold price over the last 24 months, with state schools shown as dots coloured by their results. Hover over an area for its median price, click it for prices by house type, or zoom in to street level to see each sale.
- Where do the house prices come from?
- HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, which records home sales in England and Wales. Price per m² divides each sale price by the floor area on the home’s energy certificate.
- How are neighbourhoods ranked?
- On the share of recent sales of your chosen home type at or under your budget, the state schools you could realistically get into from the neighbourhood centre, and your journey to work, with public transport times from TfL. You choose how much each one counts.
- Does living in a neighbourhood guarantee a school place?
- No. A school counts as Likely only if the neighbourhood centre was inside its last distance offered in each recent year, and past cut-offs never guarantee a place. Check the council’s admission arrangements for your exact address.
A ranking of published data, not advice. Schools are scored on results against every state mainstream school in England (Ofsted grades are shown but not scored: most schools no longer get one). Chances count as Likely only if the neighbourhood centre was inside the cut-off in each recent year. Past cut-offs never guarantee a place.
The map shades each neighbourhood by its median sale price, or price per m² of floor area, over the last 24 months; the bands come from the areas in your search, or from those in view before you search. School dots use the same results bands as the Find schools map (KS2 for primaries, GCSE for secondaries); independent schools are not shown. Zoom in to street level to see each sale, with a pin per postcode coloured by its latest price, or search sold prices by postcode.
Closer still (London commuter belt so far), each freehold plot is outlined and coloured by its newest sale in the last five years, placed through the sale's energy certificate, so some sales have no plot. Plots over an acre are outlined only. Plot outlines: HM Land Registry and Ordnance Survey 100026316, © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 (conditions).
House prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Neighbourhoods: Office for National Statistics MSOA population-weighted centres and ONS Postcode Directory, Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library, Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
Powered by TfL Open Data. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2016 and Geomni UK Map data © and database rights [2019]. Outside TfL’s journey planner, public transport is estimated from Mapbox driving times.