Selby High School Specialist School for the Arts and Science
Secondary · Community school · Mixed · North Yorkshire
Leeds Road, Selby, YO8 4HT
62
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
83%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
90.3%
26.7% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,176
Capacity used
Nearly full99%
1,185 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
83%
1st preference success rate
227 of 274 families who put it first got an offer
227
Places offered
462
Total applications
2.0
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 274 | 227 | ● 83% |
| 2nd preference | 138 | 0 | ● 0% |
| 3rd preference | 33 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Later preferences (4th–5th) | 17 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 462 | 227 | 49% |
1st preference success by year
North Yorkshire lets families list 5 preferences. 3 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Nicholas Hinchliffe
- Address
- Leeds Road, Selby, YO8 4HT
- Phone
- 01757703327
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Ward / constituency
- Selby West · Selby
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 121702
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 28% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 15% | — | — |
| SEN support | 13% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
1,176 pupils · 1,185 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
05 October 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,192 pupils
Attendance
90.3%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
9.7%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
26.7%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
4.5%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.7%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 43.3 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.19 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 44% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 64% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.96 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 42.1 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 31.9% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 58.8% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 49.1% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.85 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 226 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 223 | 13% | 51% | 72% | |
| Mathematics | 222 | 9% | 35% | 64% | |
| English Literature | 215 | 17% | 53% | 71% | |
| Combined Science | 186 | 5% | 33% | 54% | |
| History | 135 | 13% | 36% | 47% | |
| Spanish | 101 | 13% | 50% | 68% | |
| Geography | 80 | 18% | 53% | 68% | |
| Business | 64 | 16% | 39% | 52% | |
| Social Studies | 64 | 11% | 30% | 41% | |
| Art and Design | 56 | 13% | 50% | 63% | |
| Physical Education | 34 | 3% | 26% | 53% | |
| Biology | 29 | 31% | 86% | 97% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through North Yorkshire council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.