Selby Community Primary School, Selby

The school runs a breakfast club from 8:00am and after-school care.

In 2025, 79% of Year 6 pupils at Selby Community Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 79% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 73% in North Yorkshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 85% in reading and 85% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 26 families put Selby Community Primary School as their first choice and 43 named it as one of their preferences, for 27 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 1 family who put it first was not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Selby Community Primary School are Selby Abbey Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 78% reading, 75% maths); Barlby Bridge Community Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 80% reading, 80% maths); Selby, Longman's Hill Community Primary School (0.9 miles, Good, 70% reading, 67% maths); and St Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy (1 mile, Good, 68% reading, 60% maths).

Selby Community Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Selby Community Primary School is one of 6 schools run by Selby Educational Trust, an academy trust.

38.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 27.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 77 pupils (25.4%) received SEN support and 27 (8.9%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Selby Community Primary School had 25 teachers in 2026, one for every 12 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Selby Rail Station, about 1010 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).

19 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Post Office (e-bound), 90 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Selby Community Primary School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 184 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in North Yorkshire (9), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Selby Community Primary School issued 24 suspensions, 6.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The secondary schools closest to Selby Community Primary School are Selby High School Specialist School for the Arts and Science (0.3 miles) and Brayton Academy (0.8 miles).