A Specialist School for the Arts
At Selby High School we believe that by working together we achieve more for our students and for the community as a whole.
Selby High School is pleased to announce the success of the Headteacher, Mr Paul Eckersley in achieving the award of Distinction, in the Royal Air Force Award for Headteacher of the Year in a Secondary School for the North of England in both 2007 and 2008. .
At Selby High we encourage all of our students to adopt a Healthy Life Style. Information about healthy choices for food and drink can be found at www.eatwell.gov.uk. School lunches are now produced in house by the 'Top Nosh' team. These high quality lunches are proving to be a big success with all who eat them.
Selby High School is now pleased to announce that it has now achieved the Inclusion Quality Mark Level 5 for our leading work on inclusion. The Inclusion Quality Mark comprises a number of elements which deal with inclusion in its widest sense and in all aspects of school life.
The IQM Elements are all practical parts of the life of Selby High school. They are divided into 3 core groups:
Selby High has the status of Arts Mark Silver. The Arts Mark sets a bench mark for arts provision in a school. Selby High School as a specialist school for the Arts engages fully with arts in the curriculum. Art, Music, Dance and Drama are all strong elements of school life. This support of the arts is often extended into the community and our feeder partner primary schools.
Selby High has now achieved FMSiS status. This Financial Management Standard indicates the Selby High School can exercise proper control and stewardship over the public funding entrusted to them and allocate and deploy resources effectively to meet school priorities for development and improvement..
At Selby High we have achieved Leading Aspect Awards for Community Cohesion and the quality of our Care, Guidance & Support.
The school has demonstrated that it can achieve the Criteria:
Selby High School has become the first school in North Yorkshire to achieve the status of Centre of Excellence in the use of WhiteBoards.
Selby High was commended in 2007 by the Education Business Awards for successful investment in education in the category of outstanding progress and in 2008 we were equally commended in the category of educational visits. Details of the commendations can be viewed on the EBA website.
At Selby High there is a strong belief that mentoring and coaching can have a significant impact in supporting students and staff. This focus in supporting the individual is crucial to our vision. At Selby High School we run a number of mentoring schemes and as a result we were awarded the NMN Excellence in Mentoring Award in May 2005. .
Selby High School has been awarded the Youth Charter from Connexions. To achieve this award Selby High School had to demonstrate that as a school it is... friendly, clean and comfortable, has clear signs to tell you where to go and what to do and is a place where students feel safe.
Students at the school are... treated with respect, listened to, have things explained to them, are able to speak in private to someone who understands young people and have information that can be easily understood.
The Prince's Trust offers practical solutions to help change young lives. A group of Year 11 students presently undertake the Prince's Trust Course during Key Stage 4
The link below will take you to the main portal for information exchange between the North Yorkshire education services and those concerned with early years education, schools, adult learning and the youth service. .
Selby High School supports the Campaign for the Wearing of Seatbelts in memory of Neil Houliston, a former student, who died in a car accident whilst not wearing a seat belt, on Christmas Day 2005.