Selby High School

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Selby High School

Motto	In Arduis Fidelis "Faithful in adversity".
Established	1908
Type	Secondary School
Religious affiliation	Mixed
Headmaster	Paul Eckersley
Location	Leeds Road Selby North Yorkshire YO8 4HT England
LEA	North Yorkshire
Students	c.900
Ages	11 to 16
Houses	Garrett, Hockney, Mason and Palin
School colours	Maroon (Year 7 - 9) and Black (10-11)

Selby High School is a co-educational, comprehensive high school in North Yorkshire, England. The main catchment area is from the town of Selby itself along with many other small villages from the Selby District including Thorpe Willoughby, Hambleton, Monk Fryston, Cawood and Wistow.

1 History
2 Specialist Status
3 Community
4 External links

[edit] History

Selby Grammar School was founded in 1908 as an all girls school. In 1968 it became a coeducational grammar school and from 1979 a mixed comprehensive school. The name was changed to Selby High School to reflect the change in status. In June 2005 Selby High School was awarded Specialist School Status in the Performing and Visual Arts.

[edit] Specialist Status

In 2003 Selby High School began to raise money that would go towards securing specialist status. In 2005, the school was awarded specialist status in the Performing Arts after the targets required had been successfully met. In 2007 the School became the third most improved school in England. Selby High is regarded as the best school in selby district and North North Yorkshire.

[edit] Community

[edit] Charities

Selby High School is well known within the area for its charity work. After raising thousands of pounds over the past few years the school is recognised by many charities and has received several honours acknowledging this.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Future plans

Selby High plans to open a cinema for the use of the local community^{[citation needed]}, and an all weather sports pitch within the next year. The renovation of several rooms with better equipment is also a key point in the school's development.