Selby Abbey Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 2–11 · Selby, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From North Yorkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Selby Abbey Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a primary school in Selby, North Yorkshire for ages 2–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 January 2023. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Selby Abbey Church of England Voluntary Controlled 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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 |
And 5 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but a last distance was published for Reception in 2011 and 2018, and the distance swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 41 first-choice applications for 42 offers, 1.0 first choices per offer, the 82nd lowest of 278 North Yorkshire primary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Reception place in 2026, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked the school second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 58% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 2% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other North Yorkshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- New Lane, Selby, YO8 4QB
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 303 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 11 January 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils feel happy and safe at this calm and friendly school.”
- “Relationships between staff and pupils are strong.”
- “The school’s restorative approach to behaviour management is central to its work and Christian ethos.”
To improve
- “A small minority of parents express concerns about leaders’ actions to address alleged bullying incidents.”
- “This is not the case in all subjects.”
- “For example, in religious education, although pupils understand what they can learn from religion, they struggle to recall and make links between the key features of different world religions.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 March 2023 (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) | 58% | 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: 41 first-preference applications, 42 offers in total, 41 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 North Yorkshire.
- Barlby Bridge Community Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Selby Community Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Barwic Parade Community Primary School, Selby 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Selby, Longman's Hill Community Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Staynor Hall Primary Academy 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Brayton Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Barlby Community Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published