Selby Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · 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 🔒
Selby Community Primary School is a primary school in Selby, North Yorkshire for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 28 April 2022. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Selby Community 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 6 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Reception 2026 entry there were 26 first-choice applications for 27 offers; 25 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family (4%) was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 60% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 6% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There are 15.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.1 across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire.
- 38.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire is 22.6%.
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
- Flaxley Road, Selby, YO8 4DL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 303 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 28 April 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils, staff and governors are proud members of the school community.”
- “Pupils are happy and safe and say they would recommend their school to others.”
- “The school is inclusive, and pupils feel valued.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects, the order that knowledge and skills will be taught is unclear.”
- “Leaders know disrupted learning, due to the pandemic, has affected pupils’ ability to recall their prior learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 June 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) | 60% | 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: 26 first-preference applications, 27 offers in total, 25 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.
- Selby Abbey Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Barlby Bridge Community Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Selby, Longman's Hill Community Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Barwic Parade Community Primary School, Selby 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Brayton Church of England Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Staynor Hall Primary Academy 1.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Barlby Community Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published