Shirley High School

Infobox UK school
name = Shirley High School Performing Arts College


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latitude = 51.36950
longitude = -0.04932
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established = 1954 [The school has been an 11-16 school since reorganisation in 1983]
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type = comprehensive
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head_label = Headteacher
head = Mr Nigel Barrow
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specialist = Arts College
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street = Shirley Church Road
city = Croydon
county = Surrey
country = England
postcode = CR0 5EF
LEA = London Borough of Croydon
ofsted = 101825
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enrollment = 938
gender = Coeducational
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 16
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website = http://www.shirley.croydon.sch.uk/
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Shirley High School Performing Arts College is a co-educational comprehensive Foundation school in the London Borough of Croydon, which first opened in 1954. The school has around 900 pupils aged 11—16. It is the only foundation school in South London that has been able to achieve a Performing Arts grant, and was awarded specialist status as a performing arts college in September 2005. The school has recently built a sixth-form block which is planned to be open to sixth-form students for the 2007-2008 academic year.

References

External links

* [http://www.shirley.croydon.sch.uk/ Official website]
* [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/101/101825.pdf Ofsted inspection reports]
* [http://www.dfes.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/dfekx1_05.pl?Mode=&Code=&School=3065407&Type= Performance tables] (Department for Education and Skills)