Category Archives: Archbishop Tenison’s

Archbishop Tenison’s still struggling to find replacement Head

Posted on July 22, 2026 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Schools opt for part-day closures to cope with Red heatwave

Posted on June 24, 2026 by insidecroydon

‘Internal temperatures within the building are now exceeding external temperatures and we are unable to maintain a safe environment for pupils and staff’ is message sent to parents of one Croydon school Schools in Croydon and Sutton are among nearly … Continue reading →

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Tenison’s now has innovative solar energy farm up on the roof

Posted on August 13, 2025 by insidecroydon

Croydon Community Energy yesterday plugged in and switched on the first of its innovative schemes, after installing solar panels on a public building in the borough with the intention of saving you money while helping to save the planet. “We … Continue reading →

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Community energy firm celebrates hitting £120,000 target

Posted on April 1, 2025 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Energised by scheme that makes money and saves the planet

Posted on February 10, 2025 by insidecroydon

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 →

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I Love You Mum, at Archbishop Tenison’s, Jan 31

Posted on November 22, 2018 by insidecroydon
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GCSE figures put Croydon schools at bottom of their class

Posted on January 27, 2014 by insidecroydon

Last week, the Department for Education published the 2013 statistics for GCSE pupils across the country. As Inside Croydon has already reported, based on these results, not a single Croydon state secondary managed to make it into the top 200 … Continue reading →

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Council fails to do its homework on Croydon GCSE results

Posted on August 27, 2013 by insidecroydon

So how did Croydon’s pupils do in their GCSEs this year? Our education correspondent GENE BRODIE gives Croydon Council an “F” for its efforts in failing to release full results for local schools, when Sutton and other boroughs provided that … Continue reading →

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How you can tell which schools are really making the grade

Posted on August 11, 2013 by insidecroydon

School pupils – whether attending the borough’s high-profile independents, our state secondaries or the privatised academies – will be receiving their life-shaping GCSE, AS and A level results in the next few weeks. Education correspondent GENE BRODIE provides an insider’s … Continue reading →

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Youth Parliament showcases local talent – no debate

Posted on July 27, 2012 by insidecroydon

SARA SAYMA, of Croydon’s UK Youth Parliament, reports on the organisation’s latest event Croydon High won the first UK Youth Parliament inter-school debate competition, which was staged to help show that young people have well-thought out opinions that deserve to … Continue reading →

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Barwell fails to whip up support for unpopular Lords reform

Posted on July 11, 2012 by insidecroydon

Former MP ANDREW PELLING on how our local MPs chose to vote on the controversial Lords Reform Bill last night No gumption in evidence last night from four of our local MPs in resisting the flawed options for reform of … Continue reading →

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