Selsdon Primary and Nursery School

The school

• The school's vision is Caring, Learning, Aspiring and Succeeding.
• The school is a foundation school that aims to create an engaging, productive and safe environment that challenges stereotypes.

Source: Selsdon Primary and Nursery School website; Selsdon Primary and Nursery School website. Checked 11 November 2026.

How it teaches

• Mathematics is taught through White Rose Maths.
• The school teaches phonics using the Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised programme.
• Each term has a whole-school theme, with Autumn as Discover, Move, Belong.
• Reception and Nursery follow topics based on children's interests.

Source: Selsdon Primary and Nursery School website; Selsdon Primary and Nursery School website. Checked 11 November 2026.

Music, sport and trips

• Year 6 classes visit the Houses of Parliament each year.

Source: Selsdon Primary and Nursery School website. Checked 11 November 2026.

Admissions

• The school has an admission number of 90 for entry in reception.
• Applications for Reception are made to the local authority where the child lives, using the Common Application Form and no Supplementary Information Form is required.
• Distance is used as a tiebreaker for each oversubscription criterion, with random allocation if distance is the same.
• The nursery class has 52 part-time places of fifteen hours per week for 3-4 year olds.

Source: Selsdon Primary and Nursery School website. Checked 11 November 2026.

Visiting

• To book a visit, call the school office or email admin@selsdonprimary.org.uk, or ask for a tour at another time.

Source: Selsdon Primary and Nursery School website. Checked 11 November 2026.

The school day and clubs

• Clubs are booked and paid for in advance through the mag ic booking system.

Source: Selsdon Primary and Nursery School website. Checked 11 November 2026.

What each year learns

• Year 1 mathsWhite Rose Maths
• Year 2 mathsWhite Rose Maths
• Year 3 mathsWhite Rose Maths
• Year 4 mathsWhite Rose Maths
• Year 5 mathsWhite Rose Maths
• Year 6 mathsWhite Rose Maths

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