Selby High School Specialist School for the Arts and Science
Ofsted: Good
Score
D54
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Selby, YO8 4HT
- Distance
- 3.6km away
Barlby High School
York Road, Barlby, Selby, YO8 5JP
Local ranking29th of 41 secondary schools in North Yorkshire
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
750
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 25 November 2025. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 37.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 29.2% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 53.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 120
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 97.0%
- Continued in education
- 92.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 1.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 480
- Boys
- 246 (51%)
- Girls
- 236 (49%)
- Capacity
- 750 (64% full)
- SEND
- 10.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 15.2%
- EAL
- 3.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.5%
- SEN Support
- 6.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 27.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,475/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 11.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 29.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 93.5%
- White Other: 2.7%
- White Irish: 0.8%
- Asian Other: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.6%
- Black African: 0.6%
- White Traveller: 0.2%
- Mixed Other: 0.2%
93.5%
White British
2.7%
White Other
0.8%
White Irish
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
York Road
Selby, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 144929
- UKPRN
- 10065067
- Establishment No.
- 4232
- Trust
- HEARTWOOD LEARNING TRUST
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