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Selby High School Specialist School for the Arts, Selby
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Selby High School Specialist School for the Arts details
- Address:
- Selby High School Specialist School for the Arts
Leeds Road, Selby, North Yorkshire YO8 4HT
- Authority:
- North Yorkshire
- Type:
- Community
- Admissions:
- Comprehensive
- Gender of entry:
- Mixed
- Age range:
- 11-16
- Number of students:
- 886
- Last inspection:
- September 2000. Read the full inspection report.
- Official school profile:
- Read the full school profile
General information
Background: Selby High was founded in 1908 as a girls' grammar school, just outside the centre of Selby. It became a mixed grammar in 1968 and a comprehensive in 1979. Part of the school is a Grade II Georgian listed building. Two 'substantial' building programmes have added laboratories and classrooms and, more recently, a sports hall and art, music and technology rooms. There are also 'large' playing fields. The school is over-subscribed and its science results are 'among the best in North Yorkshire'. Separate sciences are taught to a top group of about 20 pupils, many of them girls, and the most able pupils tend to study science at college. More than 80% of pupils continue their education after the age of 16 and mathematics and science are the most popular A-levels for former pupils. An 'extensive range' of extra-curricular activities is offered and the school achieves 'excellent' sporting results in local leagues, with girls winning almost all leagues in hockey and netball. The school is 'traditional, yet forward-looking'.
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