Alderman White School
Academy converter · 768 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.6
Academy converter
Selston High School
- Pupils on roll
- 862of 900 places
- Free school meals
- 31.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 172
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained, 24 April 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Selston High School (URN 122857, until 1 April 2016).
What the data says
Selston High School has no sixth form. Of the 170 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 18% moved to a sixth form college, 53% to a further education college and 8% started an apprenticeship.
Apprenticeships are a real route from here: 8% of leavers started one, roughly twice the England figure of 3%.
Fine Art is unusually popular at GCSE: 31% of the year group took it, against 9% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 38.8 against 46.1 across England and 46.8 in Nottinghamshire, with 34% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Nottinghamshire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Selston High School | Nottinghamshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 170 | 8,955 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 89% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 78% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 7% | 36% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 18% | 4% | 13% |
| — further education college | 53% | 42% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 8% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 9% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Selston High School | Nottinghamshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 38.8 | 46.8 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 34% | 47% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 56% | 68% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 17% | 39% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.29 | 4.15 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 30% | 24% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 28.7 | 33.9 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 43.1 | 50.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 2% | 10% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 171 | 99% | 89% | 9% | 20% | 57% |
| Mathematics | 171 | 99% | 88% | 12% | 22% | 65% |
| English Literature | 170 | 99% | 86% | 9% | 21% | 59% |
| Combined Science | 145 | 84% | 65% | 1% | 9% | 43% |
| Geography | 100 | 58% | 41% | 10% | 25% | 38% |
| History | 69 | 40% | 41% | 23% | 26% | 72% |
| Fine Art | 54 | 31% | 9% | 13% | 28% | 54% |
| Physical Education | 34 | 20% | 11% | 24% | 24% | 91% |
| Photography | 29 | 17% | 6% | 34% | 19% | 100% |
| Biology | 24 | 14% | 23% | 21% | 45% | 96% |
| Physics | 23 | 13% | 23% | 26% | 46% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 23 | 13% | 23% | 43% | 47% | 100% |
| Drama | 22 | 13% | 7% | 5% | 27% | 55% |
| Computer Science | 18 | 10% | 13% | 0% | 30% | 61% |
| Music | 16 | 9% | 5% | 6% | 33% | 25% |
| Spanish | 15 | 9% | 19% | 0% | 27% | 47% |
| French | 14 | 8% | 18% | 29% | 29% | 100% |
| Religious Studies | 1 | 1% | 31% | — | 32% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 47 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 42 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 39 | — | — |
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 26 | — | — |
| Tourism | 19 | — | — |
| Sports / Movement Science | 12 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 7 | — | — |
Where Selston High School is
Other secondary schools in Nottinghamshire are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Nottinghamshire’s allocation statistics.
Other secondary schools in Nottinghamshire
All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Academy
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84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.6
Arnold Hill Spencer Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,552 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.8
Ashfield Comprehensive School
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80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.8
Bramcote College
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79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.3
Carlton Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,354 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.1
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.