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Category Archives: Education
Croydon evacuees who escaped Blitz at Rothschilds’ château
Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire is hosting two special displays over the coming month, including a poignant remembrance of D-Day sacrifice For five weeks this autumn, Waddesdon Manor, the French château-style house built by the Rothschilds in Buckinghamshire, will be taken … Continue reading
‘Random guy from Croydon’ lifts global wildlife photo prize
Another prize for a former BRIT School pupil – though this accolade was won in a photography competition by someone who does not own a camera Seth Forestson, who called himself “some random guy from Croydon”, has been named the … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, BRIT School, Wildlife
Tagged BBC Wildlife, Natural History Museum, Seth Forestson, The BRIT School, Urban Wildlife
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Perry’s CALAT lies exposed as up to 200 jobs are put at risk
In four years under Croydon’s Tory Mayor, the borough’s adult education service has gone from paying its own way to operating a £500,000 overspend – after its landlords, the council, doubled its rent to more than £800,000 a year. ‘It … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Business, CALAT, Croydon Council, Education, Libraries, Mayor Jason Perry
Tagged adult education, CALAT, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Adult Learning and Training, Croydon Clocktower, Croydon Council, Croydon Town Hall, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Tory, UCU, University and College Union
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Croydon roads under Perry among London’s most dangerous
Transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON on the clear and present danger of a car-obsessed Mayor who has no consideration for road safety for Croydon’s children Croydon is the second most dangerous area in the whole of London for traffic collisions outside … Continue reading
Posted in Alasdair Stewart, Commuting, Croydon Council, Cycling, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Schools, TfL, Transport
Tagged Cllr Alasdair Stewart, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Department for Transport, DfT, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Scrap Car Comparison, TfL, Tory, Transport and Parking Strategic Direction, Transport for London
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‘Improvement’ programme of art, crime, history and geography
The Purley Lit enters its 113th season this month with a talk about medical detection dogs. The Purley Literary Society was set up in 1901 by the Congregational Church as a mechanism to “improve” agricultural workers #, and give them … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Community associations, Education, History, Purley, Purley Literary Society, Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown
Tagged Agatha Christie, Alzheimer's disease, Beckenham Cemetery, Christ Church Purley, Claude Monet, Hercule Poirot, Medical detection dogs, Peru, Purley, Purley Lit, Purley Literary Society, Suffragettes, Vincent van Gogh
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Rail crossing needed safety works 2 years before boy’s death
The pedestrian level crossing over railway lines near Kenley Station, where 11-year-old schoolboy Jaiden Shehata died after being hit by a train in January 2025, had been recommended for a safety upgrade almost two years earlier, but nothing was done. … Continue reading
Posted in Kenley, Riddlesdown, Schools, Transport
Tagged Bourneview, Bourneview crossing, British Transport Police, Jaiden Shehata, Kenley, Kenley Station, Network Rail, RAIB, Rail Accident Investigation Branch, Riddlesdown Collegiate, Sarah Ormond-Walshe, Senior Coroner Sarah Ormond-Walshe, South London Coroner's Court, Whyteleafe
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Sanderstead Lit: Newhart and Trump, condors and postcards
Sanderstead Literary Society’s 84th season begins next month, and promises an eclectic mix of talks from learned, expert and fascinating speakers, plus some live performances, too. Meetings are held in the United Reformed Church Hall, 3 Sanderstead Hill, CR2 0HB. … Continue reading
Girls and boys from 10+: Trinity School Open Day, October 3
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Bricks, ghosts and the Northern line all in the Lit’s new season
Next month sees the start of the latest season of talks and readings at St Mildred’s Literary Society in Addiscombe, continuing a near-century-old tradition. “The Lit” was founded in 1934 and today, from October to March, holds its (non-religious) meetings … Continue reading
NHS urges Croydon’s new students to have MenB vaccination
The NHS is running a campaign to help Croydon’s teenagers ensure that they are fully protected against the risk of catching the potentially deadly or disabling Meningitis B, appealing to them to get fully vaccinated before they head off for … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Health, London-wide issues
Tagged MenB, MenB vaccination, Meningitis, Meningitis B, NHS, NHS London, Vaccinations
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Girls and boys from 10+: Trinity School Open Day, October 3
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Singing and Wellbeing courses, CALAT, must book by Sep 15
C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T Courses begin September 30 To sign up for either of the courses, you must book by this Tuesday, … Continue reading
Posted in Advertisement, Advertisement features, CALAT, Education, Music
Tagged CALAT, Catherine Pestano, Croydon, Music
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MP and union join calls to save CALAT from Perry’s cutbacks
Opposition is mounting to the Croydon Mayor’s scheme to outsource the council’s adult education service, with a public petition describing any plans to undermine CALAT as ‘vandalism’. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Croydon East MP Natasha Irons and the University and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Business, CALAT, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Education, Libraries, Mayor Jason Perry, Natasha Irons
Tagged adult education, CALAT, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Adult Learning and Training, Croydon Clocktower, Croydon Council, Croydon Town Hall, Jo Grady, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Natasha Irons MP, Tory, UCU, University and College Union
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Perry finally forced to admit his scheme for CALAT closure
Croydon’s failed Mayor, embarrassed by having his secret plans to axe the council’s adult education programme exposed, has issued a belated explanation to councillors. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES After months of secrecy and suspicion, Jason Perry, Croydon’s failed Mayor, has … Continue reading
Former pupil’s business gives BRIT School a £40,000 facelift
Pupils at the world-famous BRIT School in Selhurst returned for the start of their new academic year this week to find the place having undergone a bit of a facelift. A former pupil at the school, Lucian Ivan, had returned … Continue reading
Posted in BRIT School, Business, Education, Selhurst
Tagged Lucian Ivan, Selhurst, Spectrum Specialist Support, The BRIT School
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After closing libraries, now Philistine Perry takes axe to CALAT
Council briefing document says Mayor wants to outsource borough’s widely admired adult education service as his latest cost-cutting wheeze. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES CALAT, the council-run Croydon Adult Learning and Training organisation, has effectively been evicted from its home in … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Brigitte Graham, Business, CALAT, Croydon Council, Education, Greenwich Leisure, Libraries, Mayor Jason Perry
Tagged adult education, CALAT, Cllr Brigitte Graham, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Adult Learning and Training, Croydon Clocktower, Croydon Council, Croydon Town Hall, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry
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Sign-up week at colleges for courses that can change your life
There’s still time to sign up for one of the post-GCSE courses starting this autumn term at Croydon College and Coulsdon Sixth Form College. Open Enrolment sessions give Croydon’s young people the chance to visit the colleges, at the town … Continue reading
‘Crap’ council is caught taping over the cracks of listed building
Croydon Council has been accused of failing to protect and preserve one of the town centre’s heritage buildings, the Grade II-listed Segas House, on the corner of Katharine Street and Wellesley Road. The office building was given listed status in … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Business, Croydon Council, Croydon School of Art, Fairfield, Mayor Jason Perry, Nestle Tower, Planning, Ria Patel, Segas House, St George's Walk
Tagged Cllr Ria Patel, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Electric House, Fairfield, Fairfield ward, Grade II, Green Party, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Segas House, Tory, Town Centre
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Schools hire public relations firms to play GCSE numbers game
Education correspondent GENE BRODIE gives a Grade 3 to the public relations firms working for some of the borough’s secondary schools, whose news releases failed to include the hard facts on GCSE results day GCSE results day this year came … Continue reading
Posted in Caireen Mitchell, Coulsdon Sixth Form College, Croydon College, Croydon High, Education, Meridian High, Oasis Academy Shirley Park, Schools, Trinity School
Tagged Annabel Davies, Coulsdon Sixth Form College, Croydon College, Croydon High School, Oasis Shirley Park, Toby Seth, Whitgift School
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The high street business that made sure Croydon was on song
CROYDON CHRONICLES: A talented musician established a business that over the course of 60 years taught and encouraged at least 30,000 youngsters to sing, play an instrument or perform on stage. DAVID MORGAN looks at the life and career of … Continue reading
Croydon High’s high achievers celebrate on A Level results day
Croydon’s schools, state and private sector, were claiming “best ever” outcomes on A Level results day. At Whitgift School, the £30,000 per year independent in South Croydon, 1-in-4 of their results were at the highest, A* grade, while close to … Continue reading
Posted in Caireen Mitchell, Coulsdon Sixth Form College, Croydon College, Croydon High, Education, Oasis Academy Shirley Park, Schools, Toby Seth, Whitgift School
Tagged Annabel Davies, Coulsdon Sixth Form College, Croydon College, Croydon High School, Oasis Shirley Park, Toby Seth, Whitgift School
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Open House 2026: from Croydon Town Hall to Downing Street
There are almost 30 venues in Croydon next month, many offering tours of normally off-limit buildings, as part of the annual London Open House Festival. And it is all free! It is one of the better years for getting a … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Croydon Minster, Fairfield Halls, History, Museum of Croydon, Old Palace, Surrey Street, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Town Hall, Fairfield Halls, Greenwich, History, Leadenhall Market, Lloyd's Building, London, London Open House, London Open House Festival, Museum of Croydon, No10 Downing Street, Royal Naval College, Surrey Street, Surrey Street Market, Whitgift Almshouses, Whitgift Foundation
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Teacher whose poetry saw ‘The Merry Gang’ visiting Croydon
CROYDON CHRONICLES: A Restoration period writer who taught at the Free School made friends with ‘literary lords’ and the Poet Laureate. DAVID MORGAN looks back nearly 400 years to the life and work of John Oldham Poetry performances – spoken … Continue reading
Posted in Art, David Morgan, Poetry, Schools, Whitgift School
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Free School, David Morgan, Earl of Kingston, Jhn Oldham, John Dryden, King Charles II, Lord Rochester, Oliver Cromwell, Poetry, Samuel Pepys, The Civilised Savage, Whitgift School, Will's Coffee House
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Perry drives a black cab through council’s consultation rules
The Croydon Mayor’s latest Trumpian edict, to ingratiate himself with London taxi drivers, is not quite what it seems, as our Town Hall correspondent, KEN LEE, reports Jason Perry, Croydon’s failed Mayor, is now pandering to black cab drivers, allowing … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Schools
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Croydon station, Healthy School Streets, Highways Dept, Licensed Taxi Drivers' Association, London, London Borough of Croydon, LTDA, LTNs, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, PCNs, Penalty Charge Notices, school streets, TfL, Tory, Transport for London
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