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Energised by scheme that makes money and saves the planet
There is a bright spot in the future for Croydon, and KEN TOWL went along at the weekend to discover more about it When a breathless press release from Croydon Community Energy informs you of a scheme that will not … Continue reading
Chestnut Park rappers get the message in the recording studio
The Rap Club at Chestnut Park Primary has released its first single, looking for global success and to raise money for their school while showcasing their talents to the widest audience possible. The pupils travelled from their Board Green school … Continue reading
Posted in Chestnut Park Primary, Music, Schools
Tagged Broad Green, Chestnut Park Primary, CHestnut Park Primary School
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Petition to close Kenley level crossing where schoolboy died
In just two days, more than 1,200 people have signed a petition to close down the “hazardous” pedestrian level crossing where schoolboy Jaiden Shehata was killed last month. The Riddlesdown Collegiate Year 7 pupil died after being hit by a … Continue reading
Posted in Kenley, Riddlesdown, Schools
Tagged British Transport Police, Kenley, Kenley Station, Network Rail, Riddlesdown Collegiate, Whyteleafe
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Trinity School’s Steinway festival is hitting all the right notes
Trinity School is staging piano performances by more than 120 musicians in a week-long festival – with recitals by schoolboys and girl pupils (Trinity has a co-ed Sixth Form) played in the school corridor to renowned international performers making special … Continue reading
Child killed on railway line at Kenley named by his school
The Riddlesdown Collegiate Year 7 pupil who was killed in “a tragic accident” near Kenley railway station when he was on his way to school last week has been named as Jaiden Shehata. “Jaiden was a kind and popular student … Continue reading
Posted in Kenley, Riddlesdown, Schools
Tagged British Transport Police, Kenley, Kenley Station, Network Rail, Riddlesdown Collegiate, Whyteleafe
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Buyers found for two former private schools in South Croydon
EXCLUSIVE: The slow saga of the closure of Old Palace School may be about to take a significant step over the future of its former prep school, while Coombe House by Lloyd Park, offered at £6m, is ‘sold subject to … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Housing, Oakwood, Old Palace, Planning, Property, Schools, South Croydon, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Coombe House, Croydon, Knight Frank, Melville Avenue, Oakwood School, Old Palace, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Old Palace Prep School, Old Palace School, PACT Educational Trust, South Croydon, Whitgift Foundation
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Holocaust Memorial ceremony at Croydon Town Hall, Jan 27
Croydon is staging its annual Holocaust Memorial Ceremony in the Town Hall on Monday, January 27, at 12 noon. This year marks the 80th anniversary of Allied troops liberating the concentration camps, where millions of people were killed under the … Continue reading
Posted in Church and religions, Croydon Council, Education, History, Schools
Tagged Holocaust, Holocaust Memorial Day
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Riddlesdown pupil killed in ‘tragic accident’ by Kenley Station
One of Croydon’s biggest secondary schools, Riddlesdown Collegiate, is closed today out of respect for the grieving family of a pupil who was killed on the railway line near Kenley Station yesterday morning. The child, a Year 7 pupil at … Continue reading
Posted in Kenley, Riddlesdown, Schools
Tagged British Transport Police, Kenley, Kenley Station, Network Rail, Riddlesdown Collegiate, Whyteleafe
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YouTuber Miniminter delights primary pupils with shoe delivery
Pupils at a West Croydon primary got a huge surprise when they were visited by YouTuber Miniminter with a delivery of new trainers for each of them – ensuring that they all have proper footwear to wear this winter. Miniminter, … Continue reading
Posted in Schools, Uncategorized
Tagged Chestnut Park Primary, Grand Theft Auto, Miniminter
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Jessie J backs BRIT appeal as school is rated ‘Outstanding’
After its first inspection for 10 years, Ofsted say the performing arts school in Selhurst has its pupils “set up for success” The BRIT School is outstanding. Well, we already knew that the performing arts-focused secondary in Selhurst, the place … Continue reading
Posted in Art, BRIT School, Education, Schools
Tagged Adele, Amy Winehouse, Jessie J, Josh Berger, Raye, Selhurst, The BRIT School, Tom Holland
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Sign up now for the world’s biggest annual wildlife survey
It’s nearly time for the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch, a vital piece of citizen science which is all the time contributing to our knowledge of the changes going on in our environment, and its impact on the wildlife around us. … Continue reading
Croydon schools left trailing other boroughs over active travel
Six times as many schools in neighbouring Bromley have achieved Gold standard in a London-wide active travel scheme that discourages parents driving their children to school than in Croydon, official figures show With the Government’s target for 55% of primary … Continue reading
Here’s our wish-list for a better Croydon and Sutton in 2025
What do you want for Croydon, and Sutton, in 2025? We approached a wide range of figures, including loyal readers, religious leaders, educators and business people for their thoughts – and hopes – for the New Year Ken Towl Addiscombe … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Andrew Fisher, Claire Bonham, Climate Crisis Commission, Council Tax, Crime, Croydon Council, Croydon Harriers, Croydon Insider, Croydon parks, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace FC, David Morgan, Environment, Housing, Inside Croydon, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Ken Towl, Knife crime, Lloyd Park, Mayor Jason Perry, Nick Mattey, North End Quarter, Peter Underwood, South Bank Poly, Sutton Council, The Andrew Fisher Interview, Under The Flyover, Waste incinerator
Tagged 2025, Addiscombe, Allders, Andrew Fisher, Anna Arthur, Beddington, Bishop of Croydon, Claire Bonham, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Harriers, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace FC, David Morgan, Deborah Bowen, Donna Fraser, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Green Party, Jerry Fitzpatrick, John Jefkins, Johnny Dobbyn, Ken Towl, Labour, London, London South Bank University, Maureen Levy, Mayor Jason Perry, Nick Mattey, Peter Underwood, Rt Rev Dr Rosemarie Mallett, Tim Coombe, Vanguard Way, Vanguard Way Association, Whitgift Centre
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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
Help primary choir’s final big push to get Christmas No1
A Croydon primary school will be appearing on BBC local television news today, appealing to the public for their help with one last big push to try to get their special song to the Christmas No1 spot. St James the … Continue reading
Foundation sets £7m price tag on Old Palace’s listed buildings
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The Whitgift Foundation, the borough’s biggest landowner, is now flogging off the Tudor palace home of the charity’s founder. It might not be an ‘easy’ sale. By STEVEN DOWNES “For sale with vacant possession”. The estate agent’s … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, CPO, Education, Old Palace, Schools, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Andrew Christie, Archbishop John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury, Croydon, Knight Frank, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Old Palace School, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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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
Trinity names Caden Cheong as this year’s Steinway scholar
Caden Cheong, a Sixth Former at Trinity School, has been named as this year’s Steinway Scholar. The annual Trinity-Steinway Scholarship supports talented pianists by providing tuition at The Royal College of Music, professional-level performance opportunities and attendance at an international … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Schools, Trinity School
Tagged Caden Cheong, Croydon, Steinway, Trinity School, Trinity-Steinway Scholarship, Whitgift Foundation
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Ghostly convocation that is hardly a good omen for the Palace
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: As we head into the season of ghostly stories and things that go ‘bump’ in the night, DAVID MORGAN has a tale for troubled times in Croydon… The tram rattled along Church Street and came to a halt … Continue reading
Thornton Heath school hits right notes with Christmas single
With help from a local secondary, a primary choir is vying with Ed Sheeran and Sabrina Carpenter to top the festive charts St James the Great Primary School in Thornton Heath has released its first ever Christmas single, Joy on … Continue reading
Inside Croydon’s generous readers amble to help Garwood
Inside Croydon’s autumn amble from Whyteleafe to Coulsdon Common, via Kenley airfield, raised £80 in donations for local charity Garwood Foundation. Nearly 20 loyal readers and hardy ramblers applied to take part in the walk, led by Ken Towl and … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Charity, Community associations, Education, Garwood Foundation, Schools, South Croydon, Walks
Tagged Addiscombe, Bramley Hill, Croydon, Dr Ross White, Garwood Foundation, Inside Croydon, Jean Garwood, Jean Garwood House, Melville Avenue, Rutherford School, South Croydon
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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
Special school Christmas fair is ready for motorbikes’ Toy Run
The Rutherford School Christmas Fair next month is getting all revved up for a very special attraction, with Santas arriving for the festive celebration on motorbikes. Phoenix Motorcycle Training is staging its Toy Run in support of the special school … Continue reading
