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Selby High School Specialist School for the Arts and Science: data, trends and context

Selby High School Specialist School for the Arts and Science is a secondary school in North Yorkshire. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
121702
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Community school
Status
Open
Local authority
North Yorkshire
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber
Postcode
YO8 4HT
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,176
FSM eligible
28.3%
EAL / First language other than English
12.2%
SEND (total)
16.8%
SEN Support
12.2%
EHCP
4.6%
White British
83.1%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
90.3%
Overall absence
9.7%
Persistent absence
26.7%
Severe absence
4.5%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
North YorkshireLocal authority91.0%9.0%2.8%
Yorkshire and The HumberRegion90.7%9.3%4.4%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
35.7%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
11.0%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.26%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
42.1
English & maths grade 5+
31.9%
English & maths grade 4+
58.8%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Selby High School Specialist School for the Arts and Science is a secondary school in North Yorkshire. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.