Selsted Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Dover, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.491 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Selsted Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Dover, Kent for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 2 November 2022. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Selsted 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 | 3.491 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 3.491 miles away, the 142nd longest of 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 19 first-choice applications for 15 offers; 15 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 56% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kent schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Selsted, Wootton Lane, Selsted, Wootton Lane, Dover, CT15 7HH
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 96 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 2 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to welcome everyone to their joyful school.”
- “Pupils flourish as individuals, reflecting the school motto: ‘From tiny acorns, mighty oaks grow within the love of God’.”
- “Older pupils offer guidance to younger children.”
To improve
- “While the curriculum is creative and engaging, leaders recognise that planning of core knowledge in some subjects should be more precise.”
- “For example, teachers do not sharply define when pupils should learn key geographical facts.”
- “As a result, pupils may not always know and remember more.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 December 2022 (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) | 56% | 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: 19 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 15 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 Kent.
- Lydden Primary School 2.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Elham Church of England Primary School 2.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hawkinge Primary School 2.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Shepherdswell Church of England Primary School 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Churchill School 3.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Barham Church of England Primary School 3.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Capel-le-Ferne Primary School 3.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Temple Ewell Church of England Primary School 3.9 mi Good Last distance published