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Shirley High School Performing Arts College[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 38 38.5 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C- C- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
38.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
24.6% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
2.8% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.51 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 37.7[6] 23.3%[6]
2023/24 38[4] 29.7%[4] -0.51[4]
2022/23 44.4[7] 39%[7] -0.17[7]
2021/22 47.7[8] 46%[8] -0.03[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
3.8% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C[10] 3.3%[10]
2022/23 D+[11] 0%[11]
2021/22 C-[12] 2.8%[12]
2018/19 C-[13] 0%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
95% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
45% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
4% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
44% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
2% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 91%[15] 48%[15] 1%[15] 39%[15] 0%[15] 3%[15]
2020/21 99%[16] 63%[16] 2%[16] 27%[16] 3%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 97%[17] 55%[17] 4%[17] 34%[17] 2%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 97%[18] 54%[18] 4%[18] 35%[18] 3%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
84% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
57% 2022/23[19]
Education
60% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[19]
Employment
21% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 81%[20] 48%[20] 49%[20] 10%[20] 22%[20]
2020/21 88%[21] 65%[21] 74%[21] 3%[21] 11%[21]
2019/20 80%[22] 58%[22] 63%[22] 2%[22] 15%[22]
2018/19 84%[23] 51%[23] 61%[23] 1%[23] 22%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
61% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
3% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
9% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 77%[26] 10%[26]
2019/20 76%[25] 10%[25] 9%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 68%[27] 4%[27] 2%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 56%[28] 7%[28] 7%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
30 Nov 2022[29]
Type
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[29]
Report published
31 Jan 2023[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Overall effectiveness
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
16 Jan 2019[30] S5 Inspection[30] Requires improvement[30]
Date not published[31] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[31] Good[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.7 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
386 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
84 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
142 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.6 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 479[32] 97[32] 166[32] 2.9[32] 0.6[32]
Entry Sept 2024 398[32] 66[32] 125[32] 3.2[32] 0.5[32]
Entry Sept 2023 385[32] 59[32] 141[32] 2.7[32] 0.4[32]
Entry Sept 2022 420[32] 76[32] 174[32] 2.4[32] 0.4[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1105[1]
Trust
SHIRLEY HIGH SCHOOL[1]
Local authority
Croydon[1]
Website
http://www.shirley.croydon.sch.uk[1]
District
Croydon[33]
Postcode
CR0 5EF[1]
URN
137772[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
785 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
30.6% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
24.6% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
2.6% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
53% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
30.3%[35]
Mixed
17%[35]
Asian
7.1%[35]
Black
37.3%[35]
Any other ethnic group
3.8%[35]
Unclassified
4.6%[35]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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