The Sele First School

Community school·First school Hexham, Northumberland·NE46 3QZ

School type

First school

Ages 3–9

Key Stage 2 performance

The Sele First School is a first school for pupils aged 3–9. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every first school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

98%

59 first choices, 58 places

First choices per place

1.02

more first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 58 places

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00

00.511.5

1 per place

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

Northumberland 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 The Sele First School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

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

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness

Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Good

School profile

Age range: 3–9
Pupils on roll: 405
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

13.5%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

2.5%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

14.8%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

3.0%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

4.9%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

11.2%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

20.3

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£6,830

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Hexham Middle School Hexham · 0.5 mi 58.8 St Joseph's Catholic Middle School, Hexham Hexham · 0.5 mi 41.8 Corbridge Middle School Corbridge · 3.4 mi 69.8 Newbrough Church of England Primary School Hexham · 3.9 mi 32.5

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

School overview

The Sele First School is a primary school serving Hexham, Northumberland, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 405 pupils aged 3 to 9 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated The Sele First School 'Good'.

Competition for places is real here - 98% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (59 first choices for 58 places). Overall pupil absence was 4.9%. There are about 20.3 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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.