Category Archives: Paul Greenhalgh

Council finance chief Simpson’s promotion is confirmed

Posted on September 6, 2016 by insidecroydon

Richard Simpson, formerly the council’s finance director, has been promoted to the role of executive director of resources, it was confirmed today. Simpson’s move into one of the six-figure salary roles at Fisher’s Folly is part of the on-going reshuffle … Continue reading →

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Peacock lands Town Hall top job for social care and housing

Posted on May 3, 2016 by insidecroydon

Barbara Peacock, a former senior council employee, has landed the executive director job in charge of education, housing and social care in the borough, the council announced this morning. Peacock will succeed Paul Greenhalgh as “executive director, people”, when he … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult Social Care, Barbara Peacock, Croydon Council, Education, Jo Negrini, Nathan Elvery, Paul Greenhalgh, Youth Services | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Negrini named as interim council CEO in four-month process

Posted on April 19, 2016 by insidecroydon

Jo Negrini is to be the interim chief executive of Croydon Council once her current boss, the entrepreneurial Nathan Elvery, leaves his job in June. Negrini has been chosen for the onerous task from a field of… err… just one. … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Nathan Elvery, Paul Greenhalgh, Planning, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Chief executive Elvery has quit £180,000 Croydon Council job

Posted on March 30, 2016 by insidecroydon

The council’s CEO is the third senior executive to announce their departure from Croydon so far this year. WALTER CRONXITE reports Ambitious for Croydon? Hmm, maybe the allure of the £1 billion Hammersfield development is not so attractive after all: … Continue reading →

Posted in Bernard Weatherill House, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Jon Rouse, Julie Belvir, Nathan Elvery, Paul Greenhalgh, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , | 14 Comments

Council’s £170,000 per year education chief is set to retire

Posted on January 27, 2016 by insidecroydon

Paul Greenhalgh, one of Croydon Council’s most senior executives, is to retire from his job in Fisher’s Folly this summer. Aged 61, Greenhalgh will step down from his £170,000 per year position as “Executive Director, People” at the end of … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Council, Education, Nathan Elvery, Paul Greenhalgh, Schools | Tagged , , , , | 4 Comments

South Norwood Primary is forced to become an academy

Posted on June 30, 2015 by insidecroydon

Parents and guardians of children at South Norwood Primary received the dread note of execution for their school yesterday. John Phillipson, the chairman of the interim executive board (IEB), has already overseen the forcible academisation of one Croydon primary school … Continue reading →

Posted in Alisa Flemming, Croydon North, Education, Hamida Ali, Paul Greenhalgh, Paul Scott, Schools, South Norwood, South Norwood Primary, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman, Woodside | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Father gets council to promise refund of lesson charges

Posted on April 30, 2015 by insidecroydon

Our education correspondent, GENE BRODIE, reports on a Croydon Council U-turn over its unlawful charges of £3,500 per year to some parents of children at state primary schools A campaigning parent is claiming victory over local authority bureaucracy after Croydon … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Council, Education, Julie Belvir, Paul Greenhalgh, Purley Oaks, Schools | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

How to get youngsters into work? Get them passing exams

Posted on March 25, 2015 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Much work has been done lately to try to improve the borough’s youngsters employability. But little was said about local schools’ GCSE results, writes CHARLOTTE DAVIES Jamie Audsley, a young, energetic and enthusiastic new councillor, last week laid … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Council, Education, Environment, Paul Greenhalgh, Schools, South Croydon Community Association | Tagged , , , , | 3 Comments

Council presses on with £22m academy that no one wants

Posted on February 3, 2015 by insidecroydon

As Croydon Council prepares to give the go-ahead for a school which has just 29 first-choice applications, WALTER CRONXITE turns detective to investigate the mysterious case of the disappearing demand for school places Residents living near Croydon Arena in Woodside … Continue reading →

Posted in Chris Wright, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Croydon Council, Education, Hamida Ali, Julie Belvir, Oasis Academy, Oasis Academy Coulsdon, Oasis Academy Shirley Park, Paul Greenhalgh, Paul Scott, Planning, Ryelands Primary and Nursery, Schools, Tony Newman, Woodside | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

GCSE results put Croydon in bottom four London boroughs

Posted on February 2, 2015 by insidecroydon

GENE BRODIE reports that 2014’s GCSE results demonstrate that academisation isn’t working – with 3 in every 4 Croydon school leavers still lacking the basic five exam passes According to Croydon’s new Opportunity and Fairness Commission, the borough’s schools are … Continue reading →

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Labour council continues to charge for reading lessons

Posted on January 26, 2015 by insidecroydon

GENE BRODIE, our education correspondent, has discovered that Croydon’s Labour-run council is using a legal loophole to continue to charge local children up to £3,500 per year just to teach them how to read and write Croydon Council continues to … Continue reading →

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Segas House school scheme dropped over Minerva sale price

Posted on January 20, 2015 by insidecroydon

“A victory for commonsense”, to borrow from the UKIP/Freedom Association/Tax-payers Alliance handbook of handy, populist, yet empty statements. But the decision to convert Segas House into a primary school has been binned. The very notion was ludicrous. It was put … Continue reading →

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Croydon primary school performance among worst in London

Posted on January 5, 2015 by insidecroydon

GENE BRODIE, our education correspondent, has been crunching some numbers ahead of the new term. It doesn’t make encouraging reading If you are short of things to do in the New Year, there might be nothing more interesting to do … Continue reading →

Posted in Coulsdon, Education, Fairchildes Primary, New Addington, New Valley primary, Paul Greenhalgh, Schools | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Arena trams ‘most congested part of network’ says Bee

Posted on December 9, 2014 by insidecroydon

Croydon Council’s planning committee meets next month to consider the application to build a massive secondary academy on Metropolitan Open Land next to Croydon Sports Arena. But the Labour-run council’s cabinet member for transport has already suggested that public transport … Continue reading →

Posted in Ashburton, Boris Johnson, Commuting, Croydon Council, Education, Environment, Kathy Bee, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Oasis Academy, Parking, Paul Greenhalgh, Planning, Schools, South Norwood, Tony Newman, Tramlink, Transport, Wayne Lawlor | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment