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# Shirley Community Primary School

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](https://eduatlas.org/#vacancies).

- **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
- **Local authority:** Cambridgeshire
- **Location:** Cambridge, CB4 1TF, United Kingdom
- **Telephone:** 01223712252
- **Website:** [shirley.cambs.sch.uk](https://www.shirley.cambs.sch.uk/)
- **Register number:** URN 110663 ([register entry](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/110663))
- **Ofsted:** Good, inspected 6 March 2024

## Vacancies (1)

- [Midday Supervisor](https://eduatlas.org/jobs/1ge2met11go-midday-supervisor) · Salary £13.28 an hour · Closes 30 Nov · Part time · Lunchtime and wraparound care · 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 |

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% |

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.

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## Sources

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.

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