Selston High School

Selston High School is a comprehensive school that educates students aged 11–16. It is located in Selston, Nottinghamshire, England. The head teacher is Mr Kevin Gaiderman.^[1] It is now named Selston High School after the previous name SACC (Selston Arts and Community College). The school opened with a new brand, uniform and a name in September 2012.

History

The school was previously called Matthew Holland School, named after the chairman of the local education committee at the time of its construction, who lived locally. The name change was the subject of much debate as it had been known as Matthew Holland for more than half a century. The building was constructed in the late 1930s, and during the war was on standby for use as an hospital until being established as an educational institution in late 1945 or early 1946. After a long campaign, the school obtained Specialist Arts College status in 2006 becoming Selston Arts and Community College, and subsequently received specialist funding. This funding has not only supported the arts departments within the college, but has been a catalyst for many improvements benefiting the whole student community. In September 2012 the school opened with a new brand, uniform and a name that signalled the start of a new year set to be full of changes under the leadership of the new headteacher, Mr Kevin Gaiderman. The school was renamed to Selston High School.

Demographics

The College is a mixed school with around 700 pupils ^[2]which prides itself on its inclusivity. The Primary schools which feed Selston High are Holly Hill Primary School, Jacksdale Primary School, Bagthorpe Primary School, Underwood CofE Primary School, and Brinsley Primary School. Over 90% of students directly transfer from these schools to the school.

Academic performance

Having previously been deemed 'Satisfactory' Selston High School was found to be 'Good' in all areas by Ofsted in its February 2014 inspection ^[3]

In 2013 78% of students made the expected 3 levels of progress in English. This is well above the National average of 67%, 76% of students made the expected 3 levels of progress in Maths. This is well above the National average of 68%. ^[4]

The 2013 overall value-added score of 1038.2 was one of the top scores in Nottinghamshire ^[5]

Overall absence is in line with the National Average at 5.8%^[6]

Premises

In the past, the state of the school was always upon the agenda of school council meetings since it had long been criticised by the students for the building's aged looks. However, the school made an effort to change the working environment for the students; they installed new carpets, new desks, renewed the furnishings in all the science rooms, turned Room One into a conference centre and created a high tech. visitors reception area.

Some students at the school complained that the classrooms, in particular the ones along the south-east façade, got unbearably hot in summer because the old wooden windows along these corridors, if opened, could have potentially put students and staff at risk. However, the windows were subsequently replaced.

Notable alumni

• Samantha Beckinsale, Actress
• Liam Bailey (1994-1999), musician signed to Polydor Records.
• Kyle Ryde, (2008-2013), British Grand Prix motorcycle racer

References

External links

• Official website