- 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/
website_name =Shirley High School Performing Arts College is a co-educational comprehensive
Foundation school in theLondon 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 )
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