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Hertfordshire County Council

School

The Sele School

Welwyn Road
Hertford
Hertfordshire
SG14 2DG

Telephone: 01992 581455

Email: admin@sele.herts.sch.uk

Head teacher: Christopher Quach

School type: Secondary Mixed

School category: Academy

School number: 247

DFE number: 919-4117

Published Admission Number: 90

(how many children this school is admitting)

Number of children on roll: 436

Free Childcare

2 year old funding: No

30 hours funding: No

Admission rules for a place to start in September 2025

This school is its own admitting authority.

Read The Sele School admission rules for 25-26

Admission rules if you want a place at the school to start now

This school is its own admitting authority.

Read The Sele School admission rules for 24-25

How were school places allocated in previous years?

What happened in the last 2 years
 20232024

Number of places available

120

120

Number of applications made

257

204

Number of places offered

73

96

Places offered under each rule in 2024
Rules (in rule priority order)2024

Education, Health & Care (EHC) Plan

8

Children Looked After Or Previously Looked After

0

Medical/Social

0

Siblings

16

In Priority Area, Nearest School

11

In Priority Area, Not Nearest School

9

Outside Priority Area, Distance

17

Non Ranked Allocation

35

Places offered under each rule in 2023
Rules (in rule priority order)2023

Education, Health & Care (EHC) Plan

3

Children Looked After Or Previously Looked After

0

Medical/Social

0

Siblings

17

In Priority Area, Nearest School

24

In Priority Area, Not Nearest School

7

Outside Priority Area, Distance

13

Non Ranked Allocation

0

Distance of the furthest child admitted

Distance of the furthest child admitted in 2024 (in metres)
Rule2024

In priority area, nearest

837.07

In priority area, distance

10894.37

Outside priority area

19274.82

Distance of the furthest child admitted in 2023 (in metres)
Rule2023

In priority area, nearest

3023

In priority area, distance

6905.13

Outside priority area

49119.67

Use our 'Find Your Nearest School' system to identify the "nearest" school to your child's home address, in accordance with Hertfordshire County Council's admission arrangements.

Priority area for The Sele School

The Priority Area for the school is comprised of:

Bayford, Bengeo Rural, Bramfield, Brickendon Liberty,  Datchworth, Essendon, Great Amwell, Hertford, Hertford Heath, Hertingfordbury, Hunsdon, Little Berkhamsted, Little Munden, Sacombe,  Stanstead Abbots, Stanstead St. Margarets, Stapleford, Tewin, Thundridge, Ware, Wareside, Watton-at-Stone and Welwyn.

Vacancies (for in year applications)

Yes - there are vacancies in Year 7, Year 8, Year 9, Year 10 and Year 11

Updated: 21 November 2024

Vacancy information is only relevant to in year applications.

Schools aim to update their vacancy information every 2 weeks.

Treat this information as a guide only – the situation can change on a daily basis.

Performance and Ofsted

Performance table for The Sele School.

Ofsted report and rating for The Sele School.

School officers

Admissions Officer: Sarah Nunn

In Year Admissions Officer: Inna Lypnytska

District Schools Effectiveness Advisor: Keith Gould

Key Link Advisor: David Kilgallon

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