Selsdon Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 3–11 · South Croydon, Croydon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.224 miles
Published by Croydon Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Selsdon Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in South Croydon, Croydon for ages 3–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 25 March 2025. Croydon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Selsdon Primary and Nursery School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 2.224 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 2.224 miles from the school, the 32nd shortest of 64 Croydon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The Reception last distance for 2026 was nearer the school than in 2025 and further than in 2023, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 23 first-choice applications for 26 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 61% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 4% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Croydon schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Addington Road, ., South Croydon, CR2 8LQ
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Croydon
- Pupils on roll
- 325 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 25 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils at Selsdon Primary School are happy and proud of their school.”
- “The caring and nurturing environment enables pupils to build confidence and feel supported.”
- “Pupils are kind to each other.”
To improve
- “In 2024, too many pupils left the school at the end of Year 6 without fully securing the depth of knowledge needed, especially in mathematics.”
- “However, children in the early years have not fully benefited from these improvements.”
- “However, there is variation in how well aspects of handwriting and letter formation are taught.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 July 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 61% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 23 first-preference applications, 26 offers in total, 23 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Croydon.
- Quest Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Greenvale Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Forestdale Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Courtwood Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ridgeway Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Gresham Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Applegarth Academy 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Good Shepherd Catholic Primary and Nursery School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published