Selston High School, Nottingham

In 2026, pupils at Selston High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 40.1, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.6 in Nottinghamshire and 47 across England.

36% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 47% in Nottinghamshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 38.8 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.41: pupils made below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 32, against 42.8 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 10.8 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and History.

For September 2026 entry, 144 families put Selston High School as their first choice and 282 named it as one of their preferences, for 151 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 1 family who put it first was not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Selston High School are Frederick Gent School (2.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.5); Ashfield Comprehensive School (3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.2); Outwood Academy Kirkby (3.1 miles, Attainment 8 40.5); and David Nieper Academy (3.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.2).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Selston High School.

Selston High School is one of 10 schools run by The Two Counties Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.7 in 2024/25.

202 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Selston High School (as of September 2025): 57% would recommend the school, 68% say their child is happy there and 59% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (72%); the weakest, that they would recommend the school (57%).

Of the 161 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 82% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 57% to a further education college, 5% to an apprenticeship and 5% into work.

1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 86 pupils (10%) received SEN support and 21 (2.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

Selston High School has a resourced provision for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, visual impairment, other difficulties or disabilities, hearing impairment, speech, language and communication needs, autism, social, emotional and mental health needs, physical disability and moderate learning difficulties: 55 places, 56 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Kirkby in Ashfield Rail Station, about 2.9 miles away in a straight line.

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Infants School (adjacent), 160 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 25 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, criminal damage and arson and anti-social behaviour. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Nottinghamshire (101).

In 2024/25, Selston High School issued 497 suspensions, 56.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Selston High School are Selston Church of England Infant and Nursery School (0.1 miles), Holly Hill Primary and Nursery School (0.5 miles), Bagthorpe Primary School (1.1 miles) and Westwood Infant and Nursery School (1.1 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.