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Elizabeth Selby Infants' School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–7 · Community school
Old Bethnal Green Road, Bethnal Green, Elizabeth Selby Infant School, London E2 6PP · elizabethselby.co.uk · 020 7739 6187
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2023
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 258
- 93% of 277 places
- Local authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 39.5%
- First language not English
- 93.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 50 families put the school first and 51 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 51 | 50 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 48 | 48 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 58 | 59 | 1▲ | 98% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 41 | 39 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 55 | 54 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 29 March 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Elizabeth Selby Infants' School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 28 Mar 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2013
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective May 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Mar 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Outstanding
What parents said
82% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (11 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 82%
- Replies
- 11
- 4% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 82% who raised concerns
based on the 45% who had a child bullied