Telferscot Primary School admissions: how far away places were offered

0.29 miles

Last place offered on distance, 2026

473 m

Last distance offered, 2023 to 2026

Places, 2027 entry
60
Applications, 2026
244

In 2026, the last child offered a place at Telferscot Primary School under the distance criterion lived 0.29 miles away.

Community school · 60 Reception places for September 2027
Telferscot Road, Balham, London, SW12 0HW

Last updated · Figures from Lambeth Council · How we work these out

Reception offers at Telferscot Primary School, year by year

Telferscot Primary School: Reception applications, places and last distance offered Source: Lambeth Council allocation figures (see sources). The last distance offered is for the group that got the last places.
Year Last distance offered Who got the last places Places that year Places to siblings Applications
2026 0.29 miles
published as 472.7m
Children living nearest 60 29 244
2025 0.66 miles
published as 1061.01m
Children living nearest 60 21 192
2024 0.51 miles
published as 819.64m
Children living nearest 60 28 217
2023 — No figures — — —

Things to know before you apply for September 2027

  • Less predictable The distance cut-off has moved a lot from year to year (between 473 m and 1,061 m, or 0.29 and 0.66 miles). Treat past cut-offs here with extra caution.
  • The distance cut-off shrank from 0.66 miles in 2025 to 0.29 miles in 2026.

Ofsted inspection

At its graded inspection on 11 February 2025, Ofsted gave Telferscot Primary School no overall grade (it stopped giving one in September 2024).

Graded inspection (previous framework),
JudgementOfsted’s grade
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Early years provisionOutstanding
SafeguardingEffective
  • This inspection was under Ofsted’s previous framework. Since 10 November 2025 Ofsted publishes report cards instead, and says the new grades can’t be compared with the old ones. How Ofsted grades schools
  • From Ofsted’s data as at 30 September 2026. An inspection after that date may not be shown yet: the full report on Ofsted’s website is always the latest.

Admission criteria at Telferscot Primary School

If more children apply than there are places, the 2026 rules offer places in this order. In 2026, the last places went to children in group 5.

  1. Looked-after and previously looked-after children (including children adopted from state care outside England).
  2. Children with a brother or sister at the school who will still be there when they start (siblings in the nursery class or Year 6 don't count).
  3. Children with a professionally supported exceptional medical or social need (or a parent's significant need) for this particular school, decided by Lambeth's MEDSOC panel.
  4. Children of teachers or teaching assistants employed at the school for at least 0.6 of full time and for at least 3 years (at most one child per form of entry).
  5. Other children, by straight-line distance from the home (a point from the Local Land and Property Gazetteer) to a central point in the school's grounds, measured by Lambeth Council's mapping software. Exactly equal distances are settled by random allocation.

Where a year’s rules are missing from our data, we use the nearest year’s.

Questions about Telferscot Primary School

How far away do you need to live to get into Telferscot Primary School?

In 2026, the last place offered under the distance criterion went to a child living 0.29 miles away. In the three years with a distance cut-off (2024 to 2026), it ranged from 0.29 miles (2026) to 0.66 miles (2025). We don’t have a usable distance figure for 2023. Cut-offs move each year with the number of applicants and siblings, so treat these as a guide to past years, not a promise.

Do siblings get priority at Telferscot Primary School?

Yes. Under the 2026 admission rules, children with a brother or sister at the school come second in the order of priority, after looked-after and previously looked-after children. In 2026, 29 of the 60 places went to siblings. Check the school’s admission arrangements for who counts as a sibling.

How many applications does Telferscot Primary School get?

In 2026, Telferscot Primary School received 244 applications for 60 Reception places: about 4.1 applications for each place, counting all six preferences. Between 2024 and 2026, applications ranged from 192 to 244 a year. Families name several schools, so one child can count as an application at more than one school.

What are my chances of getting into Telferscot Primary School?

It depends mostly on how far away you live, unless you have a sibling at Telferscot Primary School or another priority. For a family applying on distance: living within 0.29 miles would have got a place in all three years we have figures for, and living more than 0.66 miles away, in none of them. This is what happened in past years, not a promise. Our Shortlist replays your own address against each year.

Is Telferscot Primary School oversubscribed?

Yes, in 2026 places ran out: the last place under the distance criterion went to a child living 0.29 miles away. It had 244 applications for 60 places, counting every preference families named.

Is Telferscot Primary School’s catchment getting smaller?

Telferscot Primary School has no fixed catchment area: places on distance go to the families living closest, so the cut-off moves each year. The distance cut-off shrank from 0.66 miles in 2025 to 0.29 miles in 2026. It depends on how many families apply and how many places go to siblings, so one year’s change doesn’t say what happens next.

What was Telferscot Primary School’s latest Ofsted inspection result?

At its graded inspection on 11 February 2025, Ofsted gave Telferscot Primary School no overall grade (it stopped giving one in September 2024). It judged quality of education Outstanding, behaviour and attitudes Outstanding, personal development Outstanding, leadership and management Outstanding and early years provision Outstanding. From Ofsted’s data as at 30 September 2026. The full report is on Ofsted’s website.

When do you apply to Telferscot Primary School for a Reception place in September 2027?

Apply by 15 January 2027 for a Reception place starting in September 2027. Apply to the council where you live, even if it isn’t Lambeth Council, naming up to six schools in your true order of preference. Offers are made on 16 April 2027.

Schools near Telferscot Primary School

Straight-line distance between the schools. Last distance offered in 2026, with the five-year trend.

Sources

Last updated

5 documents from Lambeth Council and Ofsted behind this page
  1. How offers were made on primary National Offer Day (16 April 2026): Lambeth community schoolsLambeth Council · 2026 allocation figures · p. 2 · retrieved 5 November 2026
  2. How offers were made for Lambeth primary schools on National Offer Day (16 April 2025): Lambeth community schools (web page)Lambeth Council · 2025 allocation figures · retrieved 5 November 2026
  3. How offers were made on primary National Offer Day (16 April 2024): Lambeth community schools, plus Oasis Academy Johanna (revised file, November 2024)Lambeth Council · 2024 allocation figures · p. 2 · retrieved 5 November 2026
  4. Admissions policy for Lambeth's community primary and secondary schools for the 2026/2027 academic year (determined arrangements)Lambeth Council · 2026 admission criteria; Admission arrangements; How the council measures distance · pp. 4-7 · retrieved 5 November 2026
  5. Management information - state-funded schools - latest inspections as at 30 Sep 2026 (Ofsted, published 16 October 2026) (archived copy)Ofsted · Latest Ofsted inspection · retrieved 5 November 2026

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