Category Archives: Education

Coulsdon residents call for more school places and new library

Posted on May 15, 2013 by

A Coulsdon residents’ group has called on the council to ensure that a new primary school is provided to cope with the anticipated increase in roll numbers as a result of developing nearly 700 family homes on the site of … Continue reading →

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Spellings joins the Code Club to help next digital generation

Posted on May 12, 2013 by

Code Club, the scheme to bring practical knowledge about digital technology into primary school classrooms, has another local volunteer in Neil Spellings, a past contributor to this website. Spellings has worked for more than 18 years in the IT industry, … Continue reading →

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Cane Hill plans for 675 family homes but only 222 children

Posted on May 10, 2013 by

The “family homes” built by Barratt Homes can’t be very good: according to the house-builder, few of those that it will be building at Cane Hill in Coulsdon will accommodate any children. Apparently to avoid having to provide a school … Continue reading →

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Council’s Mr & Mrs act that defies proper declarations

Posted on May 8, 2013 by

The move by Croydon Council to take over the running of the Fairfield Halls has thrown a supertrouper spotlight on some of the interests, and potential conflicts of interest, of leading members of the borough’s Establishment. After all, with senior … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Care Homes, Charity, Croydon 8/8, Dudley Mead, Fairfield Halls, London Mozart Players, Margaret Mead, Old Palace, Riots Review Panel, Schools, Trinity School, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

The Sugarloaf, the school and the lost Lawrence connection

Posted on May 5, 2013 by

What hope for Croydon’s future when so little interest is shown in its past? Local author BRIAN MELICAN on how the area’s links with one of the outstanding novelists of the 20th Century have been ignored, forgotten and … re-developed … Continue reading →

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Campaign groups unite for Croydon’s May Day Rally

Posted on May 3, 2013 by

The annual Croydon Mayday March takes place on Saturday, May 4. Organised by the Croydon Trade Union Council, the march begins at noon from a meeting point in Elmwood Road, West Croydon, and progresses to Coombe Road’s Ruskin House, the … Continue reading →

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Council accused of broken promise to disabled children

Posted on April 25, 2013 by

A father from South Croydon has accused Croydon Council of acting unlawfully and immorally over the decision in 2011 to stop providing transport to disabled children attending the Purley Oaks literacy centre. The centre is run by Croydon Council and … Continue reading →

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Roke Primary victim of “overzealous” Gove, says Tory MP

Posted on April 23, 2013 by

Readers of a nervous disposition should look away now. The following article contains flashing lights and some robust English language and may not be suitable for those under the age of about 12. Or Michael Gove. If further proof were … Continue reading →

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Rollerball 2013: coming to a Croydon school near you

Posted on April 21, 2013 by

Roller derby is Britain’s secret sports obsession, and Croydon’s very own league is growing fast and has a new home venue, reports LILY RAE An import from the United States, even for those who have never seen the cult 1975 … Continue reading →

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Highly objectionable: Roke parents lodge academy complaints

Posted on April 20, 2013 by

The sham “consultation” over the future of Roke Primary in Kenley, in which Michael Gove, the education secretary, wants to hand over the public property of a recently built, high-achieving school, to a Conservative party donor, ended on Friday. The Save … Continue reading →

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Schoolboys have fund-raising in the bag on Purley Way

Posted on April 19, 2013 by

RUGBY ROUND-UP: Customers at Sainsbury’s, Purley Way, this weekend have the chance to take advantage of some extra special service when it comes to packing up the weekly shop. Dozens of pupils from Wallington County Grammar School will be helping … Continue reading →

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Okoye looks to spin his career for the lure of NFL draft

Posted on April 17, 2013 by

By Ian Lamont Hearing Lawrence Okoye, the British record-holder in the discus, describe gridiron as “football” was somewhat strange – especially as he seems to want to raise its profile in Britain, where the word has a completely different meaning. … Continue reading →

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Woodcote school on its marks to get right on track

Posted on April 17, 2013 by

IAN LAMONT reports on a £800,000 training facility in Coulsdon that will boost one of the country’s oldest athletics clubs Students returning to Woodcote High School in for the summer term are tantalisingly close to being able to use a … Continue reading →

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Maggie and me: Why I could never be “one of us”

Posted on April 16, 2013 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Ahead of her funeral, ANDREW PELLING assesses Margaret Thatcher’s legacy for Croydon The Croydon Guardian reports that Dudley Mead, the deputy leader of the local Conservatives, can’t recall Margaret Thatcher ever visiting Croydon. Maybe it’s a sign that … Continue reading →

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Forza Forzoni! Croydon man’s marathon challenge

Posted on April 16, 2013 by

If ever there was an occasion when those running in Sunday’s London Marathon deserved our support to help to carry them all the way, safely, around the 26-mile 385-yard course, then it must be this year. With added security measures, … Continue reading →

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