Selborne Church of England Primary School

About Selborne Church of England Primary School

Parents considering Selborne Church of England Primary School will be reassured by the strong vote of confidence from local families. In the 2025/26 admissions round, the school received 18 applications for just 10 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.8, with all nine first-preference applicants offered a spot. This level of demand suggests the school is well-regarded within the East Hampshire community. While the Department for Education’s Parent View data isn’t available here, the fact that the school is oversubscribed and that every first-preference family secured a place points to a positive local reputation. The school is a Church of England primary for mixed genders aged 2 to 11, with nursery provision on site. Its most recent Ofsted inspection, an ungraded visit in January 2024, confirmed the school remains Good, a rating it has held consistently since its last graded inspection in 2014. Leadership and management, early years provision, and overall effectiveness were all judged Good.

Academically, Selborne performs well above the Hampshire local authority average. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 assessments, 79% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with a LA average of 61%. This places the school 8th out of 31 primary schools in East Hampshire, putting it in the top 25% nationally. Individual subject results are strong: 86% met the expected standard in reading and writing, and 93% in maths. At the higher standard, 50% of pupils achieved in reading, 29% in maths, and 29% in writing. Average scaled scores were 110 in reading and 107 in maths, both comfortably above the national benchmark of 100. Progress measures are not published for this school, so it’s not possible to say how much value the school adds relative to pupils’ starting points, but the raw attainment figures are clearly above average for the area.

The school is small, with 88 pupils against a capacity of 105, and serves a rural community in East Hampshire. Facilities include art studios, a gymnasium, playing fields, a dining hall and a chapel. Sport is well catered for with netball, football, athletics, cricket, cross country, dance and gymnastics, and there are clubs in drama, film, eco, choir and gardening. The school has a broad range of SEND provisions, including support for dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, speech and language needs, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, social and emotional mental health needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. With a low percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals at 6.8%, the intake is relatively advantaged. This is a school that will particularly suit families looking for a small, church-affiliated village primary with strong academic outcomes and a wide extracurricular offer, though oversubscription means early application is advisable.

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