Selborne Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 2–11 · Alton, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Hampshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Selborne Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Alton, Hampshire for ages 2–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 30 January 2024. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Selborne Church of England Primary 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 | Not published |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 had 14 first-choice applications for 15 offers; 13 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family (7%) was not offered a place.
- For Reception 2026 no last distance was published; the published admission number was 15 places, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 9.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hampshire is 19.8%.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hampshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- School Lane, Selborne, Alton, GU34 3JA
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 116 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 30 January 2024
Strengths
- “Right from the start of the pre-school, they are known as individuals by staff.”
- “Pupils love their school and describe their teachers as kind and firm.”
- “Pupils rise to this challenge, taking pride in their school community and achieving well.”
To improve
- “However, in just a couple of subjects, teachers’ subject knowledge is less strong.”
- “Here, their expectations of pupils’ work are lower than in the most established subjects.”
- “This means that while pupils broadly achieve well, they could do even better.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 March 2024 (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) | 57% | 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: 14 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 13 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 Hampshire.
- St Matthew's Church of England Aided Primary School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Greatham Primary School 3.0 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Chawton Church of England Primary School 3.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Butts Primary School 3.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bordon Infant School 3.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bordon Junior School 3.7 mi Good
- Woodlea Primary School 3.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Alton Infant School 3.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published