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Category Archives: Coulsdon Sixth Form College
‘We couldn’t be prouder’: college teacher clinches silver prize
Andrew Mallen, a performing arts teacher at Coulsdon Sixth Form College, has been named a Silver Winner in the 2026 Pearson National Teaching Awards. The award recognises the outstanding impact Mallen has made on pupils’ lives, inside and outside the … Continue reading
Coulsdon Sixth Form College to stage open evening, June 24
Coulsdon Sixth Form College is to stage an open evening later this month, to provide prospective pupils a chance to explore the possibilities of studying there at 16+. The event will be held on Wednesday June 24 from 5pm to … Continue reading
Croydon College gets ‘remarkable’ praise from Commissioner
Croydon College has been highlighted as a national case study of successful improvement and transformation in the Further Education Commissioner’s 2024–2025 annual report, published by the Department for Education. The Commissioner reports on how Croydon College, which includes Coulsdon Sixth … Continue reading
That’s NEET: College offers students fresh start in January
Croydon College has moved to try to improve the training and employment opportunities for the borough’s young people by opening its doors to students starting new courses in January. Croydon has one of the highest proportions of NEETs in London … Continue reading
National Gallery artworks exhibit comes to Croydon’s doorstep
You would probably be blissfully unaware if you relied on information from the propaganda bunker at part-time Mayor Jason Perry’s dysfunctional council, but parts of Croydon are today arrayed with a selection of some of the world’s greatest artistic masterpieces. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Coulsdon Sixth Form College, Croydon Council, Croydon Minster, Croydon parks, Education, National Gallery Art On Your Doorstep, Park Hill Recreation Ground, Queens Gardens
Tagged Art On Your Doorstep, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, JMW Turner, Minster Green, Monet, National Gallery, Pablo Picasso, Park Hill Park, Purley, Queens Gardens, Renoir, Stubbs, Thornton Heath, Upper Norwood, Van Eyck, Vincent van Gogh, Whitgift Centre
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Open days attract record numbers to Croydon College campus
Bookings are being taken for open days in November for courses from A level to degrees, including the new T levels Croydon College and Coulsdon Sixth Form College have seen record-breaking numbers of prospective students attending their open days this … Continue reading
Croydon College names Shawcross as new chair of governors
Val Shawcross, a former leader of Croydon Council, London Assembly Member and deputy mayor of London, has been named as the new chair of governors for Croydon College. Most recently, Shawcross was the chief executive in charge of the Crystal … Continue reading
Lights! Cameras! Action! Coulsdon pupils enjoy studio time
Pupils from Coulsdon Sixth Form College were given an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of one of the country’s biggest film and TV studios as part of their course. The group – all studying BTEC Media, or A-Level Media or Film Studies … Continue reading
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Tagged Coulsdon Sixth Form College, Coulson, Elstree Studios
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Sixth formers sprinkle Christmas cheer at Coulsdon College
Coulsdon residents were treated to an evening of festive entertainment and fun earlier this month, courtesy of pupils from the Coulsdon Sixth Form College. Art students at the college invited the local resident associations, the Friends of Grange Park, church … Continue reading
College given ‘Good’ rating after Ofsted inspectors’ return visit
A year and a half after being rated as “Inadequate” following an Ofsted inspection, when the leadership was warned “about the risks associated with radicalisation and extremism” on its campus, Croydon College, together with Coulsdon Sixth Form College, has had … Continue reading
Colleges given ‘must do better’ report from Commissioner
The governors and staff at Croydon College have been handed a demanding set of 12 recommendations by a Government-appointed intervention team, following the institution’s “Inadequate” Ofsted report earlier this year. The inspectors from the Further Education Commissioner spent a couple … Continue reading
Inadequate funding that is sending colleges towards failure
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Lack of adequate funding from central government has not been confined to local authorities, as GENE BRODIE, education correspondent, reports Anyone who wanted a warning of the “Inadequate” rating applied to Croydon College last week by Ofsted … Continue reading
‘We feel strongly that it does not fairly reflect the evidence’
Ofsted’s inspection of Croydon College and Coulsdon Sixth Form College, conducted in February, resulted in an ‘Inadequate’ rating for the further education institutions Here, in full, is the statement issued this morning on behalf of Caireen Mitchell, the principal and … Continue reading
