Shirley High School
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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 planned to open a sixth-form block for the 2007-2008 academic year.
Coeducation
Mixed-sex education, also known as coeducation or co-education, is the integrated education of male and female persons in the same institution. It is the opposite of single-sex education...
comprehensive
Comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
Foundation school
Foundation school
In England and Wales, a foundation school is a state-funded school in which the governing body has greater freedom in the running of the school than in community schools....
in the London Borough of Croydon
London Borough of Croydon
The London Borough of Croydon is a London borough in South London, England and is part of Outer London. It covers an area of and is the largest London borough by population. It is the southernmost borough of London. At its centre is the historic town of Croydon from which the borough takes its name...
, 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
Specialist school
The specialist schools programme was a UK government initiative which encouraged secondary schools in England to specialise in certain areas of the curriculum to boost achievement. The Specialist Schools and Academies Trust was responsible for the delivery of the programme...
as a performing arts college
Arts College
Arts Colleges were introduced in 1997 as part of the now defunct Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enabled secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, the performing, visual and/or media arts...
in September 2005. The school planned to open a sixth-form block for the 2007-2008 academic year.
External links
- Official website
- Ofsted inspection reports
- Performance tables (Department for Education and Skills)