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Category Archives: Schools
Dozen social media sites ‘disabled’ over Croydon Wars stunt
Metropolitan Police says it is increasing number of officers patrolling around schools and town centre, ‘and we will respond firmly to any reports of violence or disorder’ A senior police officer based in Croydon has issued a statement seeking to … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Centrale, Coloma, Coombe Wood School, Crime, Croydon Council, Harris Academy Beulah Hill, Harris Academy South Norwood, Norbury Manor, Oasis Academy, Orchard Park High, Schools, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Centrale, Coloma, Coombe Wood, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Wars, Harris Beulah Hill, Harris Invictus, Harris Purley, Harris South Norwood, London Borough of Croydon, Metropolitan Police, Norbury Manor, Oasis Arena, Orchard Park, Saffron Valley Collegiate, Superintendent Luke Dillon, Sutton, TikTok, Whitgift Centre
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Schools and parents on alert for next week’s ‘Croydon Wars’
Police and community groups are preparing for a week of “Croydon Wars”, after children aged as young as 12 have been encouraged on social media to take weapons with them to a series of “Red v Blue” fights between schools. … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Centrale, Coloma, Coombe Wood School, Crime, Croydon Council, Harris Academy Beulah Hill, Harris Academy South Norwood, Norbury Manor, Oasis Academy, Orchard Park High, Schools, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Centrale, Coloma, Coombe Wood, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Wars, Hackney, Harris Beulah Hill, Harris Invictus, Harris Purley, Harris South Norwood, London Borough of Croydon, Metropolitan Police, Norbury Manor, Oasis Arena, Orchard Park, Saffron Valley Collegiate, Sutton, TikTok, Whitgift Centre
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Croydon among worst boroughs for measles vaccine uptake
The half-term break could not have come soon enough for some primary schools and health administrators in Croydon, where the vaccination rate for measles is lower than most of our neighbouring boroughs. Outbreaks of the measles virus among schoolchildren on … Continue reading
Britain’s biggest children’s book festival is coming to Croydon
Croydon youngsters are to be offered a free day of “bookish fun” at the Ashcroft Theatre in the summer as part of the annual London Schools Literature Festival. The Whitgift Foundation is sponsoring the day’s activities, which will be organised … Continue reading
Trinity submits planning application for £40m co-ed conversion
Less than a year after announcing the £30,000 a year fee-paying school would start offering places to girls, plans have gone in for works that will see its expansion to 1,400 pupils. By STEVEN DOWNES Plans for a £40million extension … Continue reading
Posted in Alasdair Kennedy, Business, Charity, Education, Old Palace, Planning, Schools, Trinity School, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Alasdair Kennedy, Croydon, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Old Palace School, Shirley, Shirley Park, Trinity School, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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GMB to hold strike ballot over weighting pay in Merton schools
Support staff working at schools in Merton are to be balloted for strike action over a long-standing pay discrepancy. Teaching Assistants and school support staff in Merton receive London Weighting at the Outer London rate. Yet their teacher colleagues in … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Merton, Schools
Tagged GMB, GMB Union, Labour, London, London weighting, Merton, Merton Council, Ross Garrod
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Deputy mayor approves of Shirley Park’s free school meal deal
Joanne McCartney, the deputy mayor for children and families, visited Shirley Park Primary School this week to see how the Mayor of London’s universal free school meals programme for the capital’s state primary schools is benefiting children and their families. … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon East, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Natasha Irons, Schools, Shirley North, Shirley South
Tagged Croydon, Croydon East, Deputy mayor for children and families, Joanne McCartney, Labour, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Natasha Irons MP, Shirley, Shirley Park Primary
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Charity formed last October buys two Old Palace buildings
The Rise School of Excellence has paid £750,000 for two buildings on the site of the former girls’ fee-paying school, as Croydon’s biggest landowners, the Whitgift Foundation, continue to dispose of their properties. By GENE BRODIE, education correspondent The piecemeal … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, CPO, Education, Old Palace, Roisha Hughes, Schools, Serenity special school, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Archbishop John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury, Croydon, Hammersfield, Knight Frank, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Old Palace School, Old Town, Rise School of Excellence, Roisha Hughes, Serenity Special School, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Brit School celebrates its made-in-Croydon Grammys hat-trick
News just in from Hollywood: former Brit School pupils have scooped the Grammys. The Brit School had a trio of Grammy winners in Los Angeles on Sunday night. Olivia Dean, Lola Young and FKA twigs, former pupils at the specialist … Continue reading
Posted in Art, BRIT School, Dance, Education, Music, Raye, Schools, Selhurst
Tagged Adele, Brit Awards, Brit School, FKA twigs, Grammys, Lola Young, Olivia Dean, Raye, Selhurst, Stuart Worden
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Perry’s council fails to spend £74,000 from road safety budget
Under the Tory Mayor, Croydon axed six lollipop patrols outside primary schools last year in a cost-cutting measure. Yet now, according to Croydon East MP Natasha Irons, the council is sitting on a pot of grant money while children’s lives … Continue reading
Posted in Addington, Crime, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Forestdale Primary, Mayor Jason Perry, Natasha Irons, New Addington South, Schools, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale
Tagged Addington, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Featherbed Lane, Fickleshole, Forestdale, Forestdale Primary School, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington, road safety, Tory, White Bear Pub
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Regina Coeli ranked in top 10% of England’s primary schools
South Croydon catholic school has expanded its offer to include a new nursery class Regina Coeli on Pampisford Road in South Croydon has been ranked the top primary school in Croydon and in the top 10% of primaries across the … Continue reading
From Carnegie Hall to Shirley: pianos centre stage at Trinity
Behzod Abduraimov, described by The Independent as “the most perfectly accomplished pianist of his generation”, is coming to Croydon next month to perform, not long after Trinity School stages its annual piano festival, which begins tomorrow. Abduraimov’s recital will take … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Music, Schools, Trinity School
Tagged Behzod Abduraimov, Shirley, Steinway, Trinity Piano Festival, Trinity School
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Charity helps South Croydon primary establish its new library
A charity dedicated to promoting children’s literacy by redistributing used books and creating inspiring reading spaces in primary schools has opened a library at Heathfield Academy in South Croydon. The school, on Aberdeen Road, was built at a cost of … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Schools, South Croydon
Tagged ABC Book Club, Aberdeen Road, books, Heathfield Academy, School libraries, South Croydon
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Woodcote garden centre gives away Christmas trees to schools
Four local primaries and pre-schools have each received large, and free, Christmas trees for children, staff and parents to enjoy, all thanks to a community giveaway organised by Dobbies Garden Centre at Woodcote Green. Sunflowers Pre School on Brabazon Avenue, … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Schools, Sutton Council
Tagged Carshalton, Christmas, Christmas trees, Dobbies, Roundshaw, Sutton, Wallington, Woodcote Green
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Teenager from Warlingham wins Trinity’s prestige piano prize
Isaac Rogers, aged 17, from Warlingham, has been named as Trinity School’s Steinway Scholar for 2025-2026. Rogers is the 12th pupil to win the prestigious annual award, which challenges pianists to perform at an exceptional level. Boys, and the girls … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Music, Schools, Trinity School
Tagged Isaac Rogers, Richard Evans, Steinway, Trinity School, Trinity-Steinway Scholarship
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Kevin Costner Christmas show is Shirley teen’s screen debut
EXCLUSIVE: ABC in the United States is airing a biblical epic tonight, with a starring role played by an 18-year-old actor from Croydon A Croydon teenager tonight makes his screen debut in an American television show fronted by Hollywood superstar … Continue reading
MP Irons is ‘inspired’ by visit to girls’ school’s space project
Labour MP Natasha Irons paid a visit to Croydon’s biggest girls’ fee-paying school this week, to find out first-hand about Mission Pegasus – Croydon High’s attempt to become the first all-girls school in the world to design, build and launch a … Continue reading
Institute of Physics praises work of Croydon High’s star teacher
Arabi Karteepan, the Croydon High School teacher who has got its pupils reaching for the stars, has been named as the winner of this year’s Teacher of Physics prize at the Institute of Physics awards, for “pushing boundaries and reaching extraordinary … Continue reading
Reform to investigate claims over conduct of ‘nasty’ Morgan
Nigel Farage’s business-cum-party is trying to distance itself from controversial Coulsdon resident, as they struggle to establish any credibility in Croydon, where they have no mayoral candidate and are on to their third branch chair since June An official from … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Coulsdon, Crime, Policing, Purley, Schools, Transport
Tagged Conservative, Cordrey Gardens, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Tramlink, Croydon Trams, Daniel Tebbutt, Fieldway, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Metropolitan Police, New Addington, Nigel Farage, Nik Stewert, Peter Morgan, Reform UK, Scott Holman, Sharon Carby, TfL, Tory, Transport for London
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Reform party official wants to scrap vital New Addington trams
EXCLUSIVE: As Nigel Farage’s company-cum-party struggles with a constant credibility crisis, here in Croydon, one member has a policy idea which could damage their election chances. By STEVEN DOWNES Ahead of next May’s local elections in Croydon, Peter Morgan wants … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Coulsdon, Crime, Parking, Policing, Purley, Schools, Transport
Tagged Conservative, Cordrey Gardens, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Tramlink, Croydon Trams, Fieldway, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Metropolitan Police, New Addington, Nigel Farage, Peter Morgan, Reform UK, Sharon Carby, Surrey, Surrey Police, TfL, Tory, Transport for London
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Two Harris academies in Croydon get plugged in to solar power
Two Croydon schools have been announced among 250 that are to benefit from having solar panels fitted to their roofs under a scheme run by Great British Energy. The funding from Great British Energy and the government should enable millions … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon East, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Education, Harris Academy Crystal Palace, Natasha Irons, Schools, Shirley North, Shirley South
Tagged Croydon, Croydon East, Crystal Palace, Great British Energy, Harris City Academy Crystal Palace, Harris Primary Academy Benson, Labour, Natasha Irons MP, Shirley, solar panels
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Worries over ‘nasty’ Peter Morgan’s part in Croydon Reform UK
EXCLUSIVE: The party that selected a dead woman to be their candidate for mayor in Croydon is once more having questions asked about its checks on candidates and officials. By STEVEN DOWNES Still without a mayoral candidate for the local … Continue reading
Posted in Coulsdon, Crime, Parking, Policing, Purley, Schools, Transport
Tagged Conservative, Cordrey Gardens, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, Metropolitan Police, Nigel Farage, Peter Morgan, Reform UK, Sharon Carby, Surrey, Surrey Police, Tory
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Shirley teen to release Christmas single to support charities
A teenaged actor and musician from Shirley has revived a family song to raise funds to support young people and seriously ill children this festive season. At the end of this month, 18-year-old Ethan Thorne is releasing two versions of … Continue reading
Posted in CYTO, Music, Shirley North, Shirley South, Theatre, Trinity School
Tagged Christmas, Ethan Thorne, Shirley, St George's Hospital, Sugar Snow, Trinity School, WellChild
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Boy in Kenley rail accident was distracted by his mobile phone
Schools across the country are to be advised to include ‘targeted and locally relevant railway safety lessons’ in response to the death of a Year 7 Riddlesdown pupil earlier this year Jaiden Shehata, the 11-year-old Riddlesdown schoolboy killed at a … Continue reading
Posted in Kenley, Riddlesdown, Schools
Tagged British Transport Police, Jaiden Shehata, Kenley, Kenley Station, Network Rail, Riddlesdown Collegiate, Whyteleafe
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Summer studies win Royal Russell’s young pupils new badges
Almost 100 pupils from Royal Russell School on Coombe Lane are wearing new badges on their uniforms this week, after they took part in a national maths and English learning challenge. The DoodleLearning Summer Challenge is designed to motivate primary-aged … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Royal Russell, Schools
Tagged Coombe Lane, Discovery Education, DoodleEnglish, DoodleMaths, Gravel Hill, Royal Russell School
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