Graded inspection · Nov 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Croydon
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry386 applications · 142 places offered · 84 named it first
- 2026 2.7; Croydon median median 2.8
- 2025 2.9; Croydon median median 2.9
- 2024 3.2; Croydon median median 2.9
- 2023 2.7; Croydon median median 2.8
- 2022 2.4; Croydon median median 2.7
- 2021 2.6; Croydon median median 2.8
- 2020 2.5; Croydon median median 2.5
- 2019 3.5; Croydon median median 2.6
- 2018 3.9; Croydon median median 2.4
- 2017 3.9; Croydon median median 3.0
- 2016 3.7; Croydon median median 2.7
- 2015 4.0; Croydon median median 3.0
- 2014 4.9; Croydon median median 3.7
- This school
- Croydon median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 142 | 386 | 2.7 | 84 | 0.59 |
| Sep 2025 | 166 | 479 | 2.9 | 97 | 0.58 |
| Sep 2024 | 125 | 398 | 3.2 | 66 | 0.53 |
| Sep 2023 | 141 | 385 | 2.7 | 59 | 0.42 |
| Sep 2022 | 174 | 420 | 2.4 | 76 | 0.44 |
| Sep 2021 | 149 | 393 | 2.6 | 57 | 0.38 |
| Sep 2020 | 160 | 397 | 2.5 | 84 | 0.53 |
| Sep 2019 | 179 | 623 | 3.5 | 131 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2018 | 180 | 707 | 3.9 | 129 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2017 | 180 | 709 | 3.9 | 164 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2016 | 177 | 658 | 3.7 | 101 | 0.57 |
| Sep 2015 | 172 | 691 | 4.0 | 146 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2014 | 176 | 853 | 4.9 | 198 | 1.13 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 142 | 38.5 | 25% | 49% | – |
| 2024/25 | 120 | 37.7 | 23% | 49% | – |
| 2023/24 | 175 | 38.0 | 30% | 49% | −0.51 |
| 2022/23 | 165 | 44.4 | 39% | 61% | −0.17 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Shirley High School Performing Arts CollegeThis schoolThis schoolGood20222.7applications per place 38.5Attainment 8
- 0.2 km · Croydon20262.6applications per place 56.8Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · CroydonRemains Good · improving20244.1applications per place 50.5Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · CroydonGraded · no overall grade20243.7applications per place 40.6Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · CroydonGood20237.1applications per place 53.9Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · CroydonRequires improvement20242.1applications per place 40.5Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · Croydon20263.0applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · CroydonGood20232.7applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · Croydon20264.3applications per place 39.0Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 137772 · 306/5407
- Trust
- Shirley High School
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,105 pupils · 800 on roll
- Free school meals
- 51.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 January 2012
- Replaced
- Shirley High School Performing Arts College (URN 101825)
- Address
- Shirley Church Road, Croydon, CR0 5EF
- Local authority
- Croydon
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources