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Category Archives: Education
Landowner wants public cash to help delayed Westfield project
EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The Whitgift Foundation is in talks with the Mayor of London and central government for another multi-million-pound bail-out for Croydon, this one likely to centre around building around 3,000 homes in the town centre. That’s according … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Centrale, Charity, Housing, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, North End Quarter, Old Palace, Planning, Property, Roisha Hughes, Schools, TfL, Tom Copley, Trinity School, Under The Flyover, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Croydon, Hammersfield, London, Mayor, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Old Palace School, Roisha Hughes, Sir Howard Dawber, Tom Copley, Trinity School, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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Find beauty in the mundane as Thames gives up lost treasures
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: There’s artefacts of history all around us, but as Minster archivist DAVID MORGAN found at an exhibition this week, there can be few sites as rich in finds as London’s often perilous river banks An exhibition has just … Continue reading
From Dolly Parton to Haydn: Whitgift concert jazzed things up
DAVID MORGAN reports from an event which saw one of the Fairfield Halls’ biggest audiences for a while – and certainly one of its most enthusiastic The excitement and expectation of more than a thousand primary school children from across … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, David Morgan, Education, Fairfield Halls, Music, Schools, Whitgift School
Tagged Croydon, David Morgan, Fairfield Halls, Whitgift School
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Southwark Cathedral to hear the passion from boys’ choirs
Boys from one of Croydon’s independent schools will team up tomorrow with a choir from Germany for a unique performance of JS Bach’s St Matthew Passion at Southwark Cathedral. In a landmark collaboration, more than 100 boys from Trinity Boys … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Music, Schools, Trinity School
Tagged Coventry, Germany, JS Bach, Kiel, Kieler Knabenchor, Southwark Cathedral, St Matthew's Passion, Trinity, Trinity Boys' Choir, Trinity School
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Community energy firm celebrates hitting £120,000 target
The people behind Croydon Community Energy, the innovative new company which wants to install solar panels across some of the borough’s public buildings, saving you money while helping to save the planet, are celebrating today after hitting their initial target … Continue reading
Christ Church Primary teachers carry out their strike threat
Strike action by teachers and support staff at Purley’s Christ Church Primary School has gone ahead today – despite the governors having written to parents last week encouraging them to ignore the industrial action and to send their children into … Continue reading
Posted in Purley, Schools
Tagged Christ Church School, Croydon NEU, Montpelier Road, National Education Union, NEU, Purley
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Hills and history around the margins of the parish of Streatham
That august group of people, the Streatham Society, is staging a Beating the Bounds walk on Saturday May 24, which promises to be full of history, and some hills. “Beating the Bounds” an ancient custom that involves walking the boundaries … Continue reading
Posted in Education, History, Norbury, Streatham and Croydon North, Walks
Tagged Beating the Bounds, History, Norbury, River Graveney, Streatham, Streatham Society
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Time to check out kids’ holiday activities clubs this Easter
The government-funded Holiday Activities and Food Programme returns in April, offering a wide range of sport, music and fun, plus free meals, for eligible children. HAF provides families receiving benefits-related free school meals access to holiday programmes where children can … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Schools, Sport
Tagged Croydon, Easter, HAF, Holiday Activities and Food Programme
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Croydon families get help from second ‘hub’ in South Norwood
Croydon families will soon have more support, with a “Family Hub” opening at the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Centre in South Norwood. The council said: “The opening of this hub marks another milestone in the council’s commitment to making sure Croydon’s families … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Services, Croydon Council, Education, Family Hubs, Health, Selsdon and Addington Village, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale, South Norwood
Tagged Department for Education, Department of Health and Social Care, Family Hub, Samuel Coleridge Taylor Centre, Selsdon, South Norwood, Woodlands Centre
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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
Posted in Coulsdon, Coulsdon Sixth Form College
Tagged Coulsdon Sixth Form College, Coulson, Elstree Studios
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Oval Primary pupils win art competition for Red Nose Day
Three pupils from Oval Primary have won a regional competition with Amazon and Comic Relief to have their art displayed at their local Amazon Fresh store for Red Nose Day. The children’s work was judged from more than 200 entries … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Art, Business, Charity, Oval Primary, Schools
Tagged Addiscombe, Amazon, Amazon Fresh, Ark Oval Primary, Comic Relief, Oval Primary, Red Nose Day, Ruskin Square
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Mayor Perry lies to BBC over his closures of Croydon libraries
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Decision to close four libraries was based on dodgy data that failed to measure use of public amenities for a range of activities, from private study for school pupils to yoga classes for the elderly. By WALTER … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Education, Libraries, Mayor Jason Perry, Old Coulsdon, Sanderstead, Shirley North, Shirley South
Tagged Asset disposals, Bradmore Green Library, Broad Green, Broad Green Library, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington, Old Coulsdon, Purley, Sanderstead, Sanderstead Library, Shirley, Shirley Library, South Norwood, Tory
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When people talk, things happen and they get things done
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Businessman TIM WATES believes that even a small shift in engagement with each other can make a big difference to the borough’s future Across Croydon, many community groups, volunteers and businesses are rolling up their sleeves to make … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Charity, Community associations, Croydon Commitment, Crystal Palace FC, Education, Knife crime, Lives Not Knives, Serious About Youth, Tim Wates, Wates Group
Tagged Croydon, Croydon College, Croydon Voluntary Action, Crystal Palace FC, Fairfield Halls, Lives Not Knives, Palace for Life Foundation, Serious About Youth, Tim Wates, Wates, Wates Group
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By Royal appointment: Duchess pays a visit to Croydon High
The Duchess of Gloucester has marked the 150th anniversary of Croydon High School with a royal visit to the girls’ fee-paying school in Selsdon, marking “a poignant moment in the school’s rich legacy of empowering girls through education since its … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon High, Education, Schools
Tagged Croydon, Croydon High School, Dorinda Neligan, Duchess of Gloucester, GDST, Girls Day School Trust, Selsdon
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I’d love every girl to find strength of knowing they’ve got power
CROYDON COMMENTARY: On International Women’s Day, TIA DEAN, who works as a teacher, talks about how her training in a Korean martial art can provide lessons in confidence in everyday life This International Women’s Day, I’m thinking about confidence – … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Schools, Sport
Tagged Choi Kwang Do, Croydon, international womens day, Overton Grange School, Sutton, Tia Dean
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3,000 children enjoy a special World Book Day at Waterstones
More than 2,000 primary-aged pupils have been inspired and excited at a book shop in the Whitgift Centre this week, all part of activities around World Book Day. The children, aged from four to 11, were visiting Waterstones to hear … Continue reading
Lanfranc in appeal to restore memorial to victims of air crash
By NEIL BENNETT The Archbishop Lanfranc Academy is asking for help to restore the memorial to 34 of its pupils who died in a 1961 air crash, one of the most tragic chapters in Croydon history. The boys, two teachers … Continue reading
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
Posted in Business, Croydon College, Education
Tagged Apprenticeship, Croydon, Croydon College
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Free STEM workshop for children with autism, BLBG, Mar 29
Croydon families have a unique opportunity to participate in a free Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths – STEM – workshop designed specifically for children with autism. Taking place on Saturday March 29 at the Hub Broad Green on Keeley Road, … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Broad Green, Community associations, Education, SEND
Tagged autism, Big Local Broad Green, Broad Green, Chi Mu Mu Foundation, RoboThink UK, SEND
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Hindu fellowship buys Old Palace prep school site for £7.5m
The new owners of what was once Croham Hurst Primary are BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha, who want to use the site for educational purposes, while making it available for community use, as GENE BRODIE, our education correspondent, reports The Whitgift Foundation … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Charity, Church and religions, Education, Old Palace, Property, Roisha Hughes, Schools, South Croydon, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha, Melville Avenue, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Old Palace Prep School, Old Palace School, Roisha Hughes, South Croydon, Whitgift Foundation
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Top Marks! Mitcham academy shines with A-level grades
Sixth formers at St Mark’s Church of England Academy in Mitcham achieved well above expectations in their A-levels last year, according to statistics released by the Department for Education. The stats show St Mark’s as the fourth-highest ranking school in … Continue reading
Rail investigation launched into schoolboy’s death at Kenley
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch has announced that it will conduct an investigation into the circumstances that led to the death of a Year 7 schoolboy who was hit by a train on a pedestrian footpath crossing in Kenley when … 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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Meridian opens new doors for pupils with oracy excellence
Meridian High School in New Addington has been accredited as an Oracy Centre of Excellence by Voice 21, a national charity, for its work developing students’ speaking and listening skills. Meridian High, on Fairchildes Avenue, is one of only 24 … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Meridian High, New Addington, New Addington North, Schools
Tagged Meridian High School, New Addington, Oracy
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Purley primary school’s teachers vote for strikes over job cuts
Pupils at Christ Church Primary in Purley, who yesterday broke up for half-term, could be getting more time off school next month after their teachers voted overwhelmingly for strike action. Teachers, members of the National Education Union, voted by a … Continue reading
Posted in Purley, Schools
Tagged Christ Church School, Croydon NEU, Montpelier Road, National Education Union, NEU, Purley
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‘Series of errors’ saw Croydon schoolboy turn into a terrorist
A case review released yesterday shows failures in the Prevent anti-terror programme allowed a radicalised young Briton left free to murder Conservative MP Sir David Amess The killer of Sir David Amess MP had been referred to the anti-terrorism Prevent … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon Council, Policing, Riddlesdown
Tagged Ali Harbi Ali, anti-terrorism, Channel, Islamism, Metropolitan Police, murder, Old Bailey, Prevent, Sir David Amess MP, terrorism
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