GCSE Results 2010
RECORD YEAR FOR SELBY ON THE CARDS
Headteacher, Paul Eckersley said, “I am absolutely delighted to report that Selby High School is once again celebrating another year on year improvement in its GCSE results with 70% of students achieving 5 GCSEs at grades A*-C; the school was only 3% away from achieving the government’s most challenging target (the FFT D target), together with 100% of students achieving at least one GCSE A*-G pass. The school is now 23 percentage points above where it was in 2004 and continues to build upon its 2007 accolade as the third most improved school in the country
This looks like it will be a record year for both the school and Selby and I am really proud of the fact that this has been achieved with 100% genuine GCSE qualifications!
Equally impressive is the six per cent increase in the number of students gaining 5 A*-C grades including English and mathematics. Nationally the gap in the performance of boys and girls remains a problem, but not at Selby High School where there is little difference in their relative pass rates.
There were some fantastic individual performances which is a testimony to the hard work of both students and staff and whilst I don’t like singling out individual subjects, the work of the mathematics department deserves a special mention, given that they have now taken their 5 A*-C pass rate up by 20% in two years!”---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Selby High School awarded
Artsmark Gold
Details on news page
Activity Week at
Selby High School
The 17th May marked the start of Activity Week for students at Selby High School. The theme this year was 'Culture & Diversity' and the normal timetable was collapsed with the aim of allowing students to experience a wide range of workshops designed to engage, inspire and increase awareness of the world which they live. A number of guest artists were engaged to lead some of the workshops including Chinese Lion Dancers, African mask makers, Street Dancers, a Football skill school, Dance Craze and the Bollywood Dance Company. The week was a great success with staff and students really immersing themselves in the activities throughout the week.
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Selby High School, the proud winners of the npower’s Climate Cops SOS competition
Students from Selby High School were announced as the winners of the npower Climate Cops SOS final. The students have won £20,000 for the school as well as an Apple Mac laptop computer each.
Ten Year 8 students, working closely with Mrs Knights, have spent the last nine months working on their npower Climate Cops project. The students came up with a fantastic, creative idea to write a story book for primary school pupils teaching them to be green. The book focused on a bear called Boam, who wakes up one morning and discovers his favourite ice slide is melting. Thereafter he sets out on a journey around the world to find out why. The book, illustrated and written by the students, formed part of a series of lesson plans, which the pupils delivered to schools across the area.
On the 24th March, the Selby High School climate cop students travelled to Birmingham Science Museum for the finals. They were competing against nine other schools from across the UK for the grand prize. The standard of entries was extremely high from all the schools. The build up during the finals was very tense as so much work had gone into the nine projects from all the schools. Mrs Knights and all the students were over the moon as Selby High was announced the winning school
Alistair Campbell, one of the judges for the competition was very impressed with their innovative and original idea and the confidence the pupils showed in taking on the role of primary school teacher. Judge Alastair Campbell commented, “Selby High School students have proved that small actions can make a big difference. By encouraging their community and peers to be more aware of their environment, the students are demonstrating the power their generation can have to make change happen”.
Mrs. Knights the Eco-coordinator and project leader commented that "Winning the project is absolutely fantastic and I'm not quite sure it has sunk in yet. I have been so proud of the students throughout the project as they have worked so hard, showing enthusiasm and maturity. It has created a real buzz across school with students and staff alike. The team have found it tough at times and made a lot of sacrifices. Winning has shown them that life and hard work also has its rewards."
Finally Paul Eckersley said. “Winning 2009/2010 Climate Cops has been fantastic. In that it both recognises the really hard work of Cadence Knights and the student team and the vital progress we, as a school, have made in respect of the sustainable schools agenda. Everyone at the school is justifiably proud of the team's achievement and national recognition. We are looking forward to developing the work done to date, in order to impact on an even greater number of people and organisations in the future"
The Selby High School Climate Cops:
Ailsa K, Ryan T, Lily P,Chloe K, James T, Will R, Claire A, Gavin B, Daisy J, Harriet W
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.