UK Schools
Selby High School Specialist School for the Arts and Science
Selby High School Specialist School for the Arts and Science is a mixed local-authority maintained secondary school in Selby, North Yorkshire Council, teaching 1,176 pupils aged 11 to 16. Its last Ofsted inspection in October 2023 found the school remains Good. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 42.1 (England 46.1). Term dates and holidays for 2025–2026 are listed below.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Selby High School Specialist School for the Arts and Science.
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Selby High School Specialist School for the Arts and Science.
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Training Day 1st September 2025 Inset Day
- Training Day 2nd September 2025 Inset Day
- Return (Years 7 & 11) 3rd September 2025 Event
- Return (All Year Groups) 4th September 2025 Event
- Break up 18th September 2025 Holiday
- Training Day 19th September 2025 Inset Day
- Return 22nd September 2025 Event
- Autumn Half Term Break up 24th October 2025 Holiday
- Autumn Half Term Return 3rd November 2025 Holiday
- Christmas Holiday Break up 19th December 2025 Holiday
- Training Day 5th January 2026 Inset Day
- Return (Spring Term Starts) 6th January 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Break up 13th February 2026 Holiday
- Spring Half Term Return 23rd February 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday Break up 27th March 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday Return (Summer Term Starts) 13th April 2026 Holiday
- May Day Break up 1st May 2026 Holiday
- Return after May Day 5th May 2026 Event
- Summer Half Term Break up 22nd May 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term Return 1st June 2026 Holiday
- Break up (End of Summer Term) 17th July 2026 Holiday
- Training Day 20th July 2026 Inset Day
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Selby High School Specialist School for the Arts and Science with North Yorkshire Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 42.1 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school North Yorkshire Council England
Attendance 26.7% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school North Yorkshire Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 91% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school North Yorkshire Council England
About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Selby High School Specialist School for the Arts and Science. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Selby High School Specialist School for the Arts and Science than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.