Selston High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
4.474 miles
Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Selston High School is a secondary school in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 24 April 2025. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Selston High School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 4.474 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 4.474 miles away, the 15th longest of 39 Nottinghamshire secondary schools with a published last distance.
- For Year 7, the 2026 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and further than in 2020, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Selston had 144 first-choice applications for 151 offers for Year 7 in 2026; 143 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 34% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 38.8 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Nottinghamshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Chapel Road, Selston, Nottingham, NG16 6BW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Nottinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 862 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 31.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 24 April 2025
Strengths
- “The school has high expectations for all pupils.”
- “Staff promote an environment where each pupil is inspired ‘to achieve their full potential and enjoy the experience’.”
- “Pupils rise to meet these ambitions by being inclusive of each other and working hard.”
To improve
- “The school’s published outcomes do not align with the high-quality education that current pupils receive.”
- “However, some pupils struggle with the school’s high expectations for behaviour.”
- “Some parents and carers feel that communication around the purpose of the behaviour policy has not been effective.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 June 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 34% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 38.8 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 144 first-preference applications, 151 offers in total, 143 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Nottinghamshire.
- Ashfield Comprehensive School 3.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Outwood Academy Kirkby 3.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hall Park Academy 3.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Sutton Community Academy 4.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The National CofE Academy 4.3 mi Good Last distance published
- The Holgate Academy 4.4 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Quarrydale Academy 4.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Kimberley School 5.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
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