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Victor Seymour Infants' School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Academy
Denmark Road, Denmark Road, Carshalton SM5 2JE · victorseymourinfants.org.uk · 020 8647 9800
Overview
- Ofsted
- Outstanding
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2019
- Last distance offered
- 0.68 mi
- 1.09 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Sutton Council
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 326
- 92% of 354 places
- Local authority
- Sutton
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 11.6%
- First language not English
- 28.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 0.68 mi (1.09 km) from the school; in September 2025 it was 1.13 mi (1.81 km). Source: Sutton Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 107 families put the school first and 90 places were offered; 81% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 90 | 107 | 1.2▲ | 81% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 90 | 84 | 0.9 | 99% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 90 | 92 | 1▲ | 90% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 90 | 121 | 1.3▲ | 71% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 90 | 97 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.68 mi1.09 km | |
| September 2025 | 1.13 mi1.81 km | |
Ofsted
Victor Seymour Infants' School was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 25 September 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Mar 2025 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 11 Mar 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Sept 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2019Outstanding
Quality of education Outstanding Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2018Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective Nov 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Oct 2008Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (65 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Replies
- 65
- 20% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 60% who raised concerns
based on the 18% who had a child bullied