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Category Archives: Coombe Wood School
Marathon gives £150,000 grant to new sports school for netball
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
Neighbours rally round to help in coronavirus emergency
As supermarkets decide to ration some products in their stores after panic-buying over the weekend, and the first Croydon school announces a partial closure, meanwhile hundreds of good neighbours have been mobilising to help others through the pandemic crisis, as … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Business, Community associations, Coombe Wood School, Fairfield Halls, Health, Mayday Hospital, Schools, St Helier Hospital
Tagged Addiscombe, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon, Fairfield Halls, New Addington, Norwood Junction, South Norwood
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Builders go with the (over)flow in rush to finish £30m school
Residents in South Croydon have had their road closed off and streams of muddy water flowing down their street, as the construction of Coombe Wood School has created another flood of complaints. GENE BRODIE, our education correspondent, reports “I suppose … Continue reading
Posted in Coombe Wood School, Croydon Council, Paul Scott, Planning, Schools, South Croydon
Tagged Coombe Wood School, Croydon, Croydon Council, Melville Avenue, Paul Scott
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Build delays will keep Coombe Wood in cabins for another year
Our education correspondent, GENE BRODIE, on the slow progress at Croydon’s new selective school South Croydon residents were shocked last week when street notices appeared, followed by letters through their doors, announcing an unexpected new planning application not only to … Continue reading
Posted in Coombe Wood School, Croydon Council, Environment, Lloyd Park, Planning, Schools, South Croydon
Tagged Coombe Wood School, Lloyd Park, South Croydon
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Planning granted for school without transport safety scheme
Education correspondent GENE BRODIE on more broken promises from Croydon Council’s planning department Planning permission has been granted by Croydon Council for the permanent buildings for a 1,680-pupil school on re-designated Green Belt playing fields near Lloyd Park – but … Continue reading
Posted in Coombe Wood School, Paul Scott, Planning, Schools, South Croydon
Tagged Coombe Wood School, Lloyd Park, Paul Scott, South Croydon
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Coombe Wood blames ‘selfish’ parents for parking chaos
GENE BRODIE, our education correspondent, on the predictable outcomes for residents in neighbouring streets after the opening Croydon’s first selective school for 40 years Coombe Wood School has not been open for a month yet, but shortcomings in its planning, … Continue reading
Failing church secondary could re-open to new pupils in 2020
GENE BRODIE, our education correspondent, on how the council and the church are planning to re-open a Waddon secondary school – once all its current pupils have left St Andrew’s High could re-open as a church secondary in 2020 – … Continue reading
Travellers leave Coombe Wood – now the clean-up begins
The large group of travellers who had taken up residence on the playing fields at Coombe Wood were moved on yesterday. The familiar task of clearing up the mess left is expected to begin in earnest on Monday morning. It … Continue reading
Posted in Coombe Wood School, Croydon Council, Fly tipping, Schools, South Croydon
Tagged Coombe Wood School, Lloyd Park, South Croydon
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Growing concern at staff exodus from Folio Trust primaries
Education correspondent GENE BRODIE on the sudden resignations of headteachers at two primaries which were recently academised The head of a local academy trust issued firm instructions to staff last week ordering them to answer no questions about the abrupt … Continue reading
Road safety worries see plans for free school reassessed
GENE BRODIE reports on how residents’ concerns have forced developers to re-think their proposals a massive new selective school No sooner has planning permission been granted for a selective school to move on to what was, until recently, Green Belt … Continue reading
Posted in Coombe Wood School, Education, Planning, Schools
Tagged Coombe Wood School, South Croydon
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Transport report for free school site rates it ‘poor’ to ‘worst’
Residents in South Croydon, living close to the site of the £30million free school which has been granted planning permission by Croydon Council, fear that the decision will make the 180 11-year-old first-year intake vulnerable to the high volume of … Continue reading
Labour backs plan to build selective school on Green Belt
KEN LEE reports on a planning application that would lead to Croydon getting its first grammar school since the 1970s A planning application is being considered by the council to develop a site in Croydon’s Green Belt, concrete over some … Continue reading
Posted in Alisa Flemming, Alison Butler, Chris Philp MP, Coombe Wood School, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Education, Paul Scott, Planning, Schools, South Croydon, Tony Newman
Tagged Alisa Flemming, Alison Butler, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coombe Wood, Coombe Wood School, Croham Ward, Croydon Council, Folio Trust, Labour, Lloyd Park, London Borough of Croydon, Tony Newman
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£160m schools plan to be badgered over surplus places
In the thrall of property developers as usual, Croydon Council officials want to spend many millions of public money on building schools where there are not enough pupils. Education correspondent GENE BRODIE reports Croydon Council’s school-building strategy will come in … Continue reading
