Victor Seymour Infants' School

Academy converter·Infant school Carshalton, Sutton·SM5 2JE

School type

Infant school

Ages 3–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Victor Seymour Infants' School is an infant school for pupils aged 3–7. 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 infant 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

81%

107 first choices, 90 places

First choices per place

1.19

more first choices than places

Applications naming the school

324

any preference, for 90 places

Last place offered lived

0.68 mi

straight line, 2026 intake · 1092 m

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.26

00.511.52

1 per place

1.0820221.3420231.0220240.9320251.192026

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

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

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

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness

Outstanding

Quality of education

Outstanding

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Outstanding

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Outstanding

School profile

Age range: 3–7
Pupils on roll: 324
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

15.3%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

28.4%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

4.6%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

1.9%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

4.5%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

8.2%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

22.9

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£7,279

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Harris Junior Academy Carshalton Carshalton · 0.2 mi 65.8 All Saints Carshalton Church of England Primary School Carshalton · 0.4 mi 74.0 Rushy Meadow Primary Academy Carshalton · 0.5 mi 47.8 Hackbridge Primary School Wallington · 0.6 mi 54.3 Muschamp Primary School and Language Opportunity Base Carshalton · 0.6 mi 61.8 St Mary's RC Junior School Carshalton · 0.7 mi 74.2 Holy Trinity CofE Junior School Wallington · 0.7 mi 71.3 Culvers House Primary School Mitcham · 0.8 mi 68.6

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

Victor Seymour Infants' School is a primary school serving Carshalton, Sutton, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 324 pupils aged 3 to 7 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Victor Seymour Infants' School 'Outstanding'.

Competition for places is real here - 81% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (107 first choices for 90 places). The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2026 lived 0.68 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. Overall pupil absence was 4.5%. There are about 22.9 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.