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Gertrude Massey’s masterstrokes showed Royalty in best light
CROYDON CHRONICLES: A prize-winner at Croydon School of Art went on to become one of the most sought-after portrait artists in Edwardian London, and taught Evelyn Waugh and the Wizard of Oz’s Scarecrow. DAVID MORGAN recalls the stellar career of … 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
10% discount for students at Heavenly Desserts until April
Heavenly Desserts on Dingwall Road, near East Croydon Station, is offering a 10% discount for students on all eat-in drinks, meals and desserts from now until March 31. All anyone needs to claim the money-off saving is a valid student … Continue reading
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
MP Reed caps off his high-profile week with a flood of protest
CONFERENCE NOTEBOOK: Bringing Croydon’s trains back into public ownership and putting more emphasis on apprenticeships are among some of the announcements made by Labour figures in Liverpool, where ANDREW FISHER, pictured left, was checking out the queues for Steve Reed’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Fisher, Build Baby Build, Croydon, Croydon College, Donald Trump, Heidi Alexander, Labour, Labour Party Conference, Liverpool, London, London Borough of Croydon, LSBU Croydon Campus, MAGA, Mayor of London, Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan, Morgan McSweeney, New Addington, President Donald Trump, Sadiq Khan, Sir Sadiq Khan, Steve Reed OBE
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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
College’s video gamers win national student esports grand final
Croydon College is celebrating a landmark achievement as its esports team, called Croydon Prime, won the League of Legends Grand Final at the British student championships in Sunderland. Made up of five students aged 18 to 20, Croydon Prime delivered … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Croydon College, Education
Tagged BTEC, Croydon College, esports, Gloria Januszewicz, League of Legends, Shamil Mohamed, Summoner's Rift
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College sets tough target of 50 apprentice places in 50 days
Croydon College is celebrating Colleges Week 2025 with a campaign to secure 50 apprentices in 50 days by appealing to employers to get involved and support young people getting into the workplace. As part of the campaign, Croydon College has … Continue reading
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Tagged Apprenticeship, Croydon, Croydon College
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Catering students serving up a festive feast at Croydon College
Catering and hospitality students at Croydon College are putting their learning into practice by offering a special Christmas lunch menu to the community at the College’s Chef’s Restaurant. The students are working alongside Chef Mark Goldstein to serve a festive … Continue reading
More Christmas cheers: December music at The Oval Tavern
Posted in Art, Croydon School of Art, Music, Pubs
Tagged Addiscombe, Christmas, Croydon, The Oval Tavern
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Fairfield Halls to close down borough’s biggest music school
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The council-owned arts centre, refurbished at a cost of £70m, is closing its doors to 200 fee-paying pupils in what one councillor describes as ‘a loss to the community’. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Croydon, London’s “Borough of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, BH Live, Borough of Culture 2023, Business, Croydon Council, Croydon School of Art, Fairfield Halls, Jonathan Higgins, Music, Neil Chandler, Ruskin Square, Theatre
Tagged BH Live, BHLive, Borough of Culture, Cllr Esther Sutton, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Fairfield Halls, Jonathan Higgins, London Borough of Croydon, Neil Chandler, Tory, Yamaha Music School
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Harrison finishes top of her class in School of Art competition
Croydon School of Art student Leanne Harrison was this week named as the winner of the annual Croydon Art Space Best Artist of the Year competition. The competition, supported by gallery owner Paul Hall, each year celebrates the best artistic … 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
University with campus in Croydon drops to 100th on UK list
The university with a “campus” in a listed building in Croydon town centre has slipped to a ranking of 100th among the country’s best higher education establishments. When London South Bank University was unveiled in 2019 as the new occupiers … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Croydon College, Croydon Council, Croydon School of Art, Education, Jo Negrini, Planning, South Bank Poly, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Electric House, Hammersfield, Jo Negrini, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, South Bank Poly, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Croydon youngster who found route from court to construction
One of the country’s leading development and building companies is working with Croydon College, local charities and not-for-profits to offer apprenticeships and work experience opportunities that are life-changing The life of Louis Bienaime is an example of how to start … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Charity, Community associations, Croydon College, East Croydon, Education, Wates
Tagged East Croydon, Lives Not Knives, Serious About Youth, Wates
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College chief: ‘We have a drugs gang outside our front door’
Croydon College has a drugs gang operating outside its front door at East Croydon, looking to sell Class A drugs to students, some as young as 16, as they go to and from their daily studies. That’s according to the … Continue reading
It’s an F grade for Keegan over nation’s apprenticeship failings
ANDREW FISHER, pictured right, explains how apprenticeships can be a valuable means of recruitment for some employers while offering some pay to trainees, but that the Education Minister’s dabbling with ‘apprentice teachers’ looks like another ‘fail’ by this Government This … 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
Farewell Jamie Reid, artist and anarchist, forgotten by Croydon
Jamie Reid, the anarchist artist and graphic designer who devised the designs and artwork that defined the punk era’s iconoclasm, has died. He was 76. Reid’s ransom note-style collage work for the Sex Pistols was “a central pillar of the … Continue reading
It’s hard to find signs of the borough’s musical heritage trail
So just what do we get for the £220,000 of Lottery cash splurged on Croydon’s Music Heritage Trail? We sent LOUISA GAUTREY along to road-test the trail and its accompanying app As a teenager who listens to a wide range … Continue reading
Croydon School of Art presents Time Travels, Jun 15-28
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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
