UK Schools
Shirley High School Performing Arts College
Shirley High School Performing Arts College is a mixed secondary academy in Croydon, London Borough of Croydon, teaching 800 pupils aged 11 to 19. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in November 2022. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 37.7 (England 46.1). Term dates and holidays for 2025–2026 are listed below.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Shirley High School Performing Arts College.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Shirley High School Performing Arts College.
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Teachers return to school Monday 1st September 2025 Inset Day
- Staff & Student INSET day 2 Tuesday 2nd September 2025 Inset Day
- Students return to school (Autumn term starts) Wednesday 3rd September 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term begins Friday 24th October 2025 Holiday
- Autumn Half Term ends Monday 3rd November 2025 Holiday
- School closes for Christmas Holiday Friday 19th December 2025 Holiday
- Spring Term begins Monday 5th January 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term begins Friday 13th February 2026 Holiday
- Spring Half Term ends Monday 23rd February 2026 Holiday
- School closes for Easter Holiday Friday 27th March 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term begins Tuesday 14th April 2026 Term
- Summer Half Term begins Friday 22nd May 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term ends Monday 1st June 2026 Holiday
- School closes for Summer Holiday Friday 17th July 2026 Holiday
- Staff INSET day 5 Monday 20th July 2026 Inset Day
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Shirley High School Performing Arts College with London Borough of Croydon and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 37.7 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school London Borough of Croydon England
16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 26.21 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
This school London Borough of Croydon England
Attendance 35.2% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 95% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school London Borough of Croydon England
What students do after 16 to 18 study 84% In education, apprenticeship or work
Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.
This school London Borough of Croydon England
About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Shirley High School Performing Arts College. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Shirley High School Performing Arts College than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.