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Aerodrome parents staging protest over crossing cuts
Parents at Aerodrome School will be staging a protest this afternoon in support of their lollipop lady, Maureen Seymour, who faces losing her job ensuring the safety of hundreds of children, as Croydon Council looks to make savings of £60,000 … Continue reading
Posted in Aerodrome Primary, Croydon Council, Education, Schools, Waddon
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Borough of Croydon, Parent, Primary school, Waddon
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Fisher battle through to second day at Rosslyn Park 7s
RUGBY ROUND-UP: John Fisher School‘s senior rugby squad faces a daunting morning today, as the National Schools 7s go into a second day at Rosslyn Park, kicking off at 11am with a game against Rydal Penrhos. The schools 7s season … Continue reading
Posted in John Fisher School, Old Mid-Whitgiftians/Trinity RFC, Old Walcountians, Old Whitgiftians, Purley-John Fisher, Rugby Union, Schools, Sport, Streatham-Croydon RFC, Warlingham RFC, Whitgift School
Tagged Britain, Coleg Llandrillo Cymru, Croydon, England, John Fisher School, London, Solihull School, Wimbledon
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RPO to perform world premiere at Whitgift School
Whitgift School is to stage a musical world premiere next week, with former pupil Tarik O’Regan‘s Fragments from a Heart of Darkness being performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. O’Regan wrote the piece for the South Croydon independent school’s chamber … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Music, Schools, Whitgift School
Tagged England, Music, Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, South Croydon, Tarik O'Regan, Whitgift School
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Historical assets ought to be foundation for Croydon’s future
CROYDON COMMENTARY: A charitable foundation with assets of more than £200 million could be doing more to make the most of the borough’s historical heritage, says DAVID CALLAM The Whitgift Foundation is seeking commercial sponsors for a festival in June. … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Charity, David Callam, Education, History, Old Palace, Property, Schools, Trinity School, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Archbishop of Canterbury, Croydon, Foundation, John Whitgift, London, South Croydon, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Council extends consultation deadline over Arena academy
After protests from locals that too little time had been offered to respond, Croydon Council has extended the consultation period on its controversial proposals (aka “determined plan”) to build a large secondary school at Croydon Arena in South Norwood. As … Continue reading
Roke parents in legal challenge against “dictator” Gove
The Save Roke group is to launch a legal challenge to the plans of Michael Gove, the education minister, to hand their primary school over to a private academy. The group announced its plans last night, and is working with … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Roke Primary, Schools
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Department for Education, Harris Federation, Kenley, London, Michael Gove, Ofsted
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We will pay for education cuts in crime and ASB, says governor
Tony Harrison, the chair of Thornton Heath’s CACFO school governors, has criticised “totally short-sighted” cuts to provision at the centre ,which provides support to students who are not succeeding in mainstream education. CACFO, the Croydon African Caribbean Family Organisation, which … Continue reading
Posted in CACFO, Charity, Community associations, Education
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Roke and a tale of “threats, bribes and fake consultations”
George Monbiot, the Guardian journalist who established ArrestBlair.org and apologised to Lord McAlpine, has entered the row over Roke Primary in Kenley being handed over to a carpet salesman by education secretary Michael Gove. In a coruscating piece criticising Gove’s … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Roke Primary, Schools
Tagged Croydon, Department for Education, England, George Monbiot, Harris Federation, Kenley, Michael Gove, Tory
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Adult education chief Sloman in abrupt departure from CALAT
Rosemary Sloman, the head of adult learning and skills at the council, in charge of Croydon Adult Learning and Training, or CALAT, left her office for the final time last night, as the cuts now bite into the adult retraining … Continue reading
Posted in CALAT, Education
Tagged Business, Croydon, Croydon Council, England, London, London Borough of Croydon, New Addington, Training
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Angry Roke parents accuse minister of misleading over status
Parents of children at Roke Primary in Kenley have responded angrily to a letter from Department for Education under-secretary Lord Nash – which Inside Croydon published last month – effectively accusing the Tory peer of deliberately misleading over results and … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Roke Primary, Schools
Tagged Croydon, Department for Education, Harris, Harris Federation, Lord Nash, Michael Gove, Ofsted, Roke
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Dozen primaries sign up for Code Club afterschool lessons
Nearly a dozen local primary schools have signed up to the Croydon Code Club, an initiative backed by the Lives Not Knives youth charity group which aims to bring relevant digital training to pre-teen children – with secondary school pupils … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Business, Charity, Education, Lives Not Knives, Schools
Tagged Brent Hoberman, Chad Hurley, Croydon, Martha Lane Fox, Niklas Zennström, Simon Bird, Tim Berners-Lee, YouTube
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Foodstock music fest rounds off Fairtrade celebrations
Crystal Palace Transition Town is staging a day’s activities on Saturday, March 2, as the centrepiece of its Fairtrade Fortnight activities. Many of the activities are free, but any money raised will be used to help fund the local food … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Business, Charity, Community associations, Croydon Greens, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Community Association, Education, Environment, Gardening, Music, Transition Town
Tagged Croydon, Fairtrade, Fairtrade certification, Fairtrade Foundation, Food bank, Sainsbury, Upper Norwood Library, World Development Movement
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Nash letter dashes hopes for Roke to escape Harris
Parents, governors and staff at Roke Primary were left “shattered” last week, after the local MP, Richard Ottaway, passed on to them a letter he had received from Lord Nash, the under-secretary at the Department for Education. Nash’s letter runs … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Kenley, Richard Ottaway MP, Roke Primary
Tagged Croydon, Department for Education, Harris Federation, Ofsted, Primary school, Richard Ottaway, Riddlesdown, Roke
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Tory councillor says Gove’s academy conduct is “woeful”
A Conservative councillor in Croydon has made an extraordinary attack against Michael Gove over the way in which the Tory-led government’s education secretary and his department is steamrolling through the transfer of a local primary school. In a rare, if … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Roke Primary, Schools
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Department for Education, Harris Federation, Michael Gove, Ofsted, Primary school, Riddlesdown
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Daly takes next step with call-up to full England XV
Former Whitgift School pupil Elliot Daly has been called up to the senior England squad ahead of this Saturday’s Six Nations rugby international at Twickenham against France. Daly, 20, got his first call-up to the senior England Saxons team – … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Robshaw, Elliot Daly, Rugby Union, Sport, Warlingham RFC, Whitgift School
Tagged Alex Goode, Ben Foden, Billy Twelvetrees, Croydon, Daly, England, Manu Tuilagi, Whitgift School
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1.85%: Croydon in a Pickles over Council Tax hike
Mike Fisher, the leader of the Conservative group that tries to run Croydon Council, tonight raised the white flag at the Town Hall when – at the latest possible moment on a Friday evening just before half-term week – he … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Housing, Lambeth Council, Mayor of London, Mike Fisher, Policing, Schools, Sutton Council, Tim Pollard, URV
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Eric Pickles, Liberal Democrats, Ministry of Truth
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Harris Foundation starts its charm offensive to Roke parents
The Harris Foundation, which has been handed hundreds of thousands, if not millions of pounds’ worth of public assets by being given Roke Primary by Michael Gove‘s Department for Education, has begun an attempt to smooch its way into the … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Roke Primary, Schools
Tagged Croydon, Department for Education, Harris Federation, Kenley, London, Michael Gove, Riddlesdown, Roke
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Farthing Downs dormice highlight of ranger’s talk
The Friends of Farthing Downs hold a meeting at Coulsdon Library on Wednesday evening from 7.15 to hear from Dominic North, the ranger who looks after Happy Valley. Part of the ranger’s talk will detail his work supervising a rare … Continue reading
