Shirley Community Primary School is a state-maintained primary school in Cambridge, United Kingdom with 303 pupils. Ofsted: Good, inspected 6 March 2024. As of 10 November 2026 it is advertising 1 vacancy: Midday Supervisor (closes 30 November).
Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. 1 live vacancy.
Head
Claire Smalley, Co-Headteacher
Type
State-maintained, Primary
Pupils
303 pupils · 51% girls · 41.6% eligible for free school meals · 24.4% with English as an additional language DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
63 (20.8%) on SEN support · 20 (6.6%) with an education, health and care plan DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
Job Role: Midday Supervisor Grade: Scale 1 - Point 3 (£13.28 an hour)Hours of duty: 7.5 hours per week, working 11:45 - 1:15pm Monday - Friday, term time only Responsible to…
Exam results
Year
KS2 expected
KS2 higher
2024/25
43%
8%
2023/24
44%
9%
2022/23
50%
5%
Department for Education performance tables.
Inspections
Date
Inspection
Outcome
6 March 2024
Graded inspection
Good
9 March 2018
Graded inspection
Good
Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.
Staff
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
16.9
17.9
–
0
£47,882
2024/25
17.9
19.2
28%
0
£45,984
2023/24
17.9
19.4
29%
0
£42,972
2022/23
17.4
21.7
22%
0
£36,771
2021/22
18.4
20.2
49%
0
£40,558
2020/21
20.9
17.3
12%
0
£37,626
Earlier years (2010/11 to 2019/20)
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2019/20
19.4
20.2
29%
0
£39,163
2018/19
20.9
18.7
19%
0
£35,186
2017/18
19.6
20.1
29%
0
£34,980
2016/17
25.6
15.5
23%
0
£32,590
2015/16
25.4
16.5
23%
0
£31,642
2014/15
23.6
17.9
9%
0
£32,817
2013/14
21.4
19.6
24%
0
£32,447
2012/13
21.6
19.4
19%
0
£33,111
2011/12
22.9
17.6
19%
0
£33,113
2010/11
17.6
22.2
19%
0
£34,624
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
Attendance
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2025/26
8.4%
1.6%
24.7%
3.2%
2024/25
8.5%
1.6%
30.0%
1.5%
2023/24
8.2%
1.3%
23.7%
2.9%
2022/23
8.0%
1.4%
28.1%
1.8%
2021/22
9.0%
1.9%
29.0%
3.3%
2020/21
9.7%
1.9%
25.2%
9.6%
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2018/19
6.5%
1.7%
20.3%
2.2%
2017/18
6.2%
1.4%
22.2%
1.1%
2016/17
5.3%
1.7%
14.4%
1.7%
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
Hiring history
6 past vacancies seen since May 2026: 2 teaching, 4 support. Most often advertised: Teaching Assistant (2), Class teacher, Finance Assistant & Administrator. Last advertised October 2026.
Counted from the job services and school websites EduAtlas reads; a school may also advertise elsewhere.
Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Inspection: Ofsted. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.