Selsted Church of England Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Dover, Kent·CT15 7HH
Composite score
36.4
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#11,996
National rank
#1794
In South East
#358
In Kent
Top 81%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
56%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
100.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
79%
19 first choices, 15 places
First choices per place
1.27
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
41
any preference, for 15 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.60
00.511.5
1 per place
1.1920220.8620231.0020240.6720251.272026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Kent does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Selsted Church of England Primary School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
97
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
13.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
7.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,587
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Selsted Church of England Primary School at a glance

Located in Dover, Kent, Selsted Church of England Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 97 pupils aged 4 to 11. 56% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 3.0 percentage points year on year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 102 in reading and 100 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Selsted Church of England Primary School is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 19 first choices for 15 places. Overall pupil absence was 4.3%. There are about 17.3 pupils per teacher. Selsted Church of England Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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