Selborne Primary School

About Selborne Primary School

Selborne Primary School sits well above the Ealing local authority average for Key Stage 2 outcomes, with 84% of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with the LA average of 71%. That 13-point gap is significant and places the school 7th out of 65 primary schools in the borough, comfortably inside the top 10. The school’s overall Ofsted rating is Outstanding, a grade it has held since its most recent graded inspection in 2017, and an ungraded inspection in 2023 confirmed it remains Outstanding. Leadership and management, early years provision, and overall effectiveness all received Outstanding judgements, while the previous inspection in 2012 rated the school Good. With 654 pupils on roll against a capacity of 630, Selborne is clearly a popular choice among local families.

Digging into the 2023/24 KS2 results, the school’s strengths are particularly evident in maths, where 94% of pupils met the expected standard and 62% reached the higher standard, with an average scaled score of 110. Reading and writing are also strong: 85% reached the expected standard in reading and 90% in writing, with 30% and 31% respectively hitting the higher threshold. The combined higher standard across all three subjects sits at 17%. Nationally, Selborne ranks in the top 7% of all primary schools for its KS2 expected standard performance, and within London it sits in the top 15%. The school does not publish Progress 8 scores, but the raw attainment figures suggest pupils are leaving well prepared for secondary school.

Selborne is oversubscribed: for 2025/26 entry, there were 157 applications for 71 places, with 65 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.21. The school offers a nursery provision for children aged 3 and above, and its facilities include a library, art studios, music rooms, a sports hall, playing fields, a forest school, and even a chapel. Sports on offer include swimming, gymnastics, netball, rounders, cricket and football, while clubs cover coding, art, drama and film. The SEND provision is broad, with support for specific learning difficulties, moderate learning difficulties, speech and language needs, hearing impairment, physical disability, autistic spectrum disorder, and a resourced provision. This is a school that suits families looking for strong academic outcomes within a well-equipped, inclusive setting that is clearly in high demand locally.

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