Category Archives: Schools

Learning lessons from teaching remotely during lockdown

Posted on June 29, 2020 by

Secondary school teacher KEN TOWL on how he and his pupils have managed to master the technology and the etiquette of staff meetings during the coronavirus quarantine With just 10 minutes of the lesson to go, instead of the expected … Continue reading →

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Charity warns that challenges of covid could still get tougher

Posted on June 17, 2020 by

There’s been some challenging times for families in Croydon during the coronavirus lockdown, but for some, they are about to get even tougher, according the manager of a children’s charity centre based on the High Street. “For some families that … Continue reading →

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Whitgift School old boy appointed as BBC Director-General

Posted on June 5, 2020 by

The new Director-General of the BBC is an Old Whitgiftian. It was announced today that Tim Davie will become the Corporation’s 17th DG in September, when Lord Tony Hall steps down. A scholarship boy at Whitgift School in the late … Continue reading →

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LibDem rebels block plan to build on Sheen Way playing fields

Posted on June 4, 2020 by

Our Sutton reporter, CARL SHILTON, on how the council leadership has suffered another damaging knockback A meeting held in Sutton last week proved that it really is possible for a committee to vote down a proposal for overdevelopment backed by … Continue reading →

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Amazing lockdown efforts as school starts Parcels for Pupils

Posted on June 2, 2020 by

Schools and businesses continue to raise money and collect donations of food to support families around the borough whose circumstances have been affected by coronavirus and a loss of earnings. In Thornton Heath, the Paxton Academy primary school has identified … Continue reading →

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Half of parents don’t trust government over school opening

Posted on May 31, 2020 by

A survey carried out this week by the RSA has found that half of parents do not trust the government over the reopening of schools as the covid-19 lockdown is eased. Polling carried out this week by Populus on behalf … Continue reading →

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June 1 is too soon to go back to school, say teachers’ union

Posted on May 29, 2020 by

Education correspondent GENE BRODIE on the potentially deadly dilemma facing the borough’s headteachers, parents and youngest pupils There’s growing doubts – and much scientific evidence – that next Monday is too soon for young children to be expected to go … Continue reading →

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Marathon gives £150,000 grant to new sports school for netball

Posted on May 28, 2020 by

Three schemes in Croydon have between them received nearly £200,000 in grants from the London Marathon’s charitable trust, it was announced today. The Socco Cheta Community Hub in South Norwood (£18,500) and Wheels For Wellbeing, which operates across several sites, … Continue reading →

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Head quits as ‘high risk’ Virgo Fidelis struggles with budget

Posted on May 5, 2020 by

Education correspondent GENE BRODIE reports on the latest setback suffered by one of the borough’s oldest schools Virgo Fidelis girls’ convent school in Upper Norwood will start the new school term in September with its fifth headteacher in barely three … Continue reading →

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Croydon teachers issue warning over re-opening of schools

Posted on May 4, 2020 by

Our education correspondent, GENE BRODIE, on a dire warning from the vast majority of the borough’s teachers over placing wealth before health Teachers in the borough have written to the council to warn that they oppose any plans for a … Continue reading →

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