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Selston High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Chapel Road, Selston, Nottingham NG16 6BW · selston.ttct.co.uk · 01773 810321
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Apr 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 38.8
- average Attainment 8 score. Nottinghamshire 46.8, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Nottinghamshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 862
- 96% of 900 places
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 31.7%
- First language not English
- 1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Nottinghamshire Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 144 families put the school first and 151 places were offered; 99% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 151 | 144 | 1 | 99% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 167 | 148 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 175 | 152 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 178 | 168 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 179 | 187 | 1▲ | 94% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 38.8, and 33.7% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Nottinghamshire it was 46.8, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼38.8 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼33.7% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼56.4% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼16.9% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.29 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 122857)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 15.5 | −7.3 |
| Sixth form college | 8.7 | +1.3 |
| Further education | 57.1 | +7.1 |
| Other education | 0.6 | −0.6 |
| Apprenticeship | 5 | −3 |
| Employment | 5 | +1.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 5.6 | +1.3 |
| Activity not captured | 2.5 | 0 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 24 April 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for Selston High School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 23 Apr 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Apr 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Apr 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Feb 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Sept 2012Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
57% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (202 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 57%
- Replies
- 202
- 23% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 90% who raised concerns
based on the 48% who had a child bullied
based on 53 parents (26%) with SEND