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‘Random guy from Croydon’ lifts global wildlife photo prize
Another prize for a former BRIT School pupil – though this accolade was won in a photography competition by someone who does not own a camera Seth Forestson, who called himself “some random guy from Croydon”, has been named the … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, BRIT School, Wildlife
Tagged BBC Wildlife, Natural History Museum, Seth Forestson, The BRIT School, Urban Wildlife
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Croydon roads under Perry among London’s most dangerous
Transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON on the clear and present danger of a car-obsessed Mayor who has no consideration for road safety for Croydon’s children Croydon is the second most dangerous area in the whole of London for traffic collisions outside … Continue reading
Posted in Alasdair Stewart, Commuting, Croydon Council, Cycling, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Schools, TfL, Transport
Tagged Cllr Alasdair Stewart, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Department for Transport, DfT, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Scrap Car Comparison, TfL, Tory, Transport and Parking Strategic Direction, Transport for London
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Rail crossing needed safety works 2 years before boy’s death
The pedestrian level crossing over railway lines near Kenley Station, where 11-year-old schoolboy Jaiden Shehata died after being hit by a train in January 2025, had been recommended for a safety upgrade almost two years earlier, but nothing was done. … Continue reading
Posted in Kenley, Riddlesdown, Schools, Transport
Tagged Bourneview, Bourneview crossing, British Transport Police, Jaiden Shehata, Kenley, Kenley Station, Network Rail, RAIB, Rail Accident Investigation Branch, Riddlesdown Collegiate, Sarah Ormond-Walshe, Senior Coroner Sarah Ormond-Walshe, South London Coroner's Court, Whyteleafe
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Girls and boys from 10+: Trinity School Open Day, October 3
A D V E R T I S E M E N T For more information about Trinity School and its Open Day, click here
Girls and boys from 10+: Trinity School Open Day, October 3
A D V E R T I S E M E N T For more information about Trinity School and its Open Day, click here
Former pupil’s business gives BRIT School a £40,000 facelift
Pupils at the world-famous BRIT School in Selhurst returned for the start of their new academic year this week to find the place having undergone a bit of a facelift. A former pupil at the school, Lucian Ivan, had returned … Continue reading
Posted in BRIT School, Business, Education, Selhurst
Tagged Lucian Ivan, Selhurst, Spectrum Specialist Support, The BRIT School
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Schools hire public relations firms to play GCSE numbers game
Education correspondent GENE BRODIE gives a Grade 3 to the public relations firms working for some of the borough’s secondary schools, whose news releases failed to include the hard facts on GCSE results day GCSE results day this year came … Continue reading
Posted in Caireen Mitchell, Coulsdon Sixth Form College, Croydon College, Croydon High, Education, Meridian High, Oasis Academy Shirley Park, Schools, Trinity School
Tagged Annabel Davies, Coulsdon Sixth Form College, Croydon College, Croydon High School, Oasis Shirley Park, Toby Seth, Whitgift School
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Croydon High’s high achievers celebrate on A Level results day
Croydon’s schools, state and private sector, were claiming “best ever” outcomes on A Level results day. At Whitgift School, the £30,000 per year independent in South Croydon, 1-in-4 of their results were at the highest, A* grade, while close to … Continue reading
Posted in Caireen Mitchell, Coulsdon Sixth Form College, Croydon College, Croydon High, Education, Oasis Academy Shirley Park, Schools, Toby Seth, Whitgift School
Tagged Annabel Davies, Coulsdon Sixth Form College, Croydon College, Croydon High School, Oasis Shirley Park, Toby Seth, Whitgift School
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Open House 2026: from Croydon Town Hall to Downing Street
There are almost 30 venues in Croydon next month, many offering tours of normally off-limit buildings, as part of the annual London Open House Festival. And it is all free! It is one of the better years for getting a … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Croydon Minster, Fairfield Halls, History, Museum of Croydon, Old Palace, Surrey Street, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Town Hall, Fairfield Halls, Greenwich, History, Leadenhall Market, Lloyd's Building, London, London Open House, London Open House Festival, Museum of Croydon, No10 Downing Street, Royal Naval College, Surrey Street, Surrey Street Market, Whitgift Almshouses, Whitgift Foundation
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Teacher whose poetry saw ‘The Merry Gang’ visiting Croydon
CROYDON CHRONICLES: A Restoration period writer who taught at the Free School made friends with ‘literary lords’ and the Poet Laureate. DAVID MORGAN looks back nearly 400 years to the life and work of John Oldham Poetry performances – spoken … Continue reading
Posted in Art, David Morgan, Poetry, Schools, Whitgift School
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Free School, David Morgan, Earl of Kingston, Jhn Oldham, John Dryden, King Charles II, Lord Rochester, Oliver Cromwell, Poetry, Samuel Pepys, The Civilised Savage, Whitgift School, Will's Coffee House
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Perry drives a black cab through council’s consultation rules
The Croydon Mayor’s latest Trumpian edict, to ingratiate himself with London taxi drivers, is not quite what it seems, as our Town Hall correspondent, KEN LEE, reports Jason Perry, Croydon’s failed Mayor, is now pandering to black cab drivers, allowing … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Schools
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Croydon station, Healthy School Streets, Highways Dept, Licensed Taxi Drivers' Association, London, London Borough of Croydon, LTDA, LTNs, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, PCNs, Penalty Charge Notices, school streets, TfL, Tory, Transport for London
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‘Superstar’ Head loses appeal over Woodcote High dismissal
Paul Mundy-Castle has lost his Employment Tribunal appeal over his 2021 dismissal from a secondary school in Coulsdon for ‘gross misconduct’. It is at least the third time that the former basketball player had made claims to the tribunal. EXCLUSIVE … Continue reading
Charities team up with a festival of football for primary pupils
Palace for Life, Crystal Palace FC’s charity arm, is taking part in a community summer school being staged in South Croydon next week, with club coaches staging a football festival as the grand finale for more than 150 children from … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Charity, Crystal Palace FC, Education, Palace for Life Foundation, Roisha Hughes, Schools, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Crystal Palace FC, Football, Haling Park, Japanese, Palace for Life Foundation, Science, South Croydon, Sport, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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Archbishop Tenison’s still struggling to find replacement Head
EXCLUSIVE: Croydon’s last senior school to have survived academisation has spent the past six months recruiting for a new headteacher, without success. By our education correspondent, GENE BRODIE Pupils and parents of Archbishop Tenison’s CofE High School are setting off … Continue reading
End-of-year report: Whitgift Head finds room for improvement
Visiting our al fresco studio Under The Flyover is Toby Seth, the headmaster of Whitgift School. Seth has just completed his first year in charge at the large independent school in South Croydon, a year in which their under-15s won … Continue reading
The Great British Bake Off Musical, Mitre Theatre, July 21-25
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Posted in Advertisement, Advertisement features, Art, Mitre Players, Shirley North, Shirley South, Theatre, Trinity School
Tagged Croydon, Mitre Players, Shirley, Trinity School
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Primary schools are hit by strikes over ‘toxic bullying culture’
There were lively lines of GMB and NEU pickets outside both entrances to St Joseph’s Nursery, Infant and Junior schools off Crown Dale in Upper Norwood this morning. Teachers and school support staff had taken strike action over long-running and … Continue reading
The Great British Bake Off Musical, Mitre Theatre, July 21-25
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Posted in Advertisement, Advertisement features, Art, Mitre Players, Shirley North, Shirley South, Theatre, Trinity School
Tagged Croydon, Mitre Players, Shirley, Trinity School
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Croydon High takes a stand at the Royal Society exhibition
Pupils from Croydon High School who are trying to become the first in the world from an all-girls school to design, build and launch a satellite into space, have reached another stellar milestone after showcasing their research at the Royal … Continue reading
Bowie’s old school ties sees his old friend back in Bromley
David Bowie’s best friend told pupils at the Bromley school they had attended together about their youthful music obsessions and haircuts gone wrong. George Underwood visited Ravens Wood School this week for an event organised by the Heritage of London … Continue reading
Trauma at Lanfranc as boy waits 2 hours with knife in his head
Headteacher tells mother that the school’s failure to seek emergency treatment for her son was ‘a judgement call’ A mother was distraught and angry when she arrived at her son’s Croydon school one morning this week to discover the boy … Continue reading
Mayor Perry’s ‘Motorists’ Charter’ to deliver more accidents, higher car insurance and even put children’s safety at risk
Just what might be coming round the corner in council business now that Jason Perry is back in the Town Hall? Probably a BMW being driven at close to 40mph, reports PAUL LUSHION, our environment correspondent Jason Perry, Croydon’s failed … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon Council, Cycling, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Policing, Sadiq Khan, Schools, TfL, Transport, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion
Tagged 20mph, 20mph zones, Castlemaine Avenue, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, LTN, LTN refunds, Mayor Jason Perry, Metropolitan Police, Motorists Charter, Nigel Farage, Reform Ltd, South Croydon, Speeding, Tory
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Meridian High scoops national award for ‘making a difference’
Meridian High School in New Addington has won a bronze award for “Making a Difference – Secondary School of the Year” in the Pearson National Teaching Awards. The Pearson National Teaching Awards recognise whole school communities that “radically transform the … Continue reading
