Selston High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 3 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Nottinghamshire
Unique reference
142725
Address
Chapel Road, Selston, NG16 6BW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
870 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
52.5%
Girls
47.5%
First language not English
1.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
28.5%
Persistent absence
30.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 93%
Mixed 2.4%
Other White 1.3%
Unclassified 1.3%
Other Asian 0.6%
Chinese 0.5%
African 0.3%
Caribbean 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.21
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 29%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 33%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.3
Local authority average 46.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.61
Local authority average 4.04
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award28
TourismTechnical Award17
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE45
BiologyGCSE18
ChemistryGCSE17
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE20
English LanguageGCSE161
English LiteratureGCSE160
FrenchGCSE15
GeographyGCSE104
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Selston High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
175
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
152
2nd preference
76
3rd preference
49
From another Local Authority
30
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
152
2nd preference
18
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
18
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
180
106
74
Year 8
181
82
99
Year 9
175
105
70
Year 10
173
88
85
Year 11
161
76
85
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
83.4%
85.6%
Further education
50.0%
38.1%
35.4%
School sixth form
23.0%
40.8%
36.6%
Sixth form college
7.0%
4.0%
13.0%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.2%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
8.0%
4.5%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
6.2%
5.9%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.6%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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