# Shirley High School Performing Arts College

Shirley High School Performing Arts College is a secondary school in Croydon, for pupils aged 11 to 19.

It had 800 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E137772. [Croydon](https://openindex.co.uk/croydon)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 11 to 19
- Pupils: 800
- Council: Croydon
- URN: 137772

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Good (overall), November 2022
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 30 November 2022
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Shirley High School Performing Arts College was 38.5, against 46.0 in Croydon and 46.2 in England.
24.6% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | Croydon | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 38.5 | 46.0 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 24.6% | 46.1% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 48.6% | 64.3% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 142 | – | – |

The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Coloma Convent Girls' School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/coloma-convent-girls-school-e149347): 200 m. Secondary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 56.8 (2025/26, provisional)
- [St John's CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-johns-cofe-primary-school-e101788): 380 m. Primary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met. 81% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Harris Primary Academy Benson](https://openindex.co.uk/school/harris-primary-academy-benson-e139905): 490 m. Primary. Outstanding (overall), June 2023. 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Trinity School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/trinity-school-e101842): 970 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Forest Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/forest-academy-e140113): 1.4 km. Primary. Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Orchard Way Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/orchard-way-primary-school-e148971): 1.6 km. Primary. Standards maintained, January 2025. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/137772)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/137772)

## How to cite

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