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MP Irons is ‘inspired’ by visit to girls’ school’s space project
Labour MP Natasha Irons paid a visit to Croydon’s biggest girls’ fee-paying school this week, to find out first-hand about Mission Pegasus – Croydon High’s attempt to become the first all-girls school in the world to design, build and launch a … Continue reading
Institute of Physics praises work of Croydon High’s star teacher
Arabi Karteepan, the Croydon High School teacher who has got its pupils reaching for the stars, has been named as the winner of this year’s Teacher of Physics prize at the Institute of Physics awards, for “pushing boundaries and reaching extraordinary … Continue reading
Girls school’s space satellite project finally takes flight
Pupils from Croydon High have taken a major step towards achieving their ambitious dream to become the first all-girls school in the world to design, build and launch a satellite into space. The latest stage of the school’s Mission Pegasus … Continue reading
By Royal appointment: Duchess pays a visit to Croydon High
The Duchess of Gloucester has marked the 150th anniversary of Croydon High School with a royal visit to the girls’ fee-paying school in Selsdon, marking “a poignant moment in the school’s rich legacy of empowering girls through education since its … Continue reading
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Tagged Croydon, Croydon High School, Dorinda Neligan, Duchess of Gloucester, GDST, Girls Day School Trust, Selsdon
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Three large private schools will cut fees to reduce sting of VAT
Education correspondent GENE BRODIE on how one of Croydon’s biggest eceonomic sectors is adjusting to the horrors of having to charge tax At least three of Croydon’s largest private schools plan to reduce their fees from next January, to take … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Halls, Croydon High, Education, Old Palace, Schools, Whitgift School
Tagged Andrew Halls, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Croydon, Croydon High School, Labour, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Rachel Reeves, Royal Russell School, The Budget, VAT, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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Women’s suffrage at tea with the Bonnerjees of Bedford Park
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: An Indian family that settled in Croydon in the 1870s included brilliant, hard-working daughters who played a part in the struggle for women’s rights. By DAVID MORGAN The brass plaque on the north wall of Croydon Minster, dedicated … Continue reading
Call for strict controls after Epsom College shotgun murder
Inquest into the February 2023 killing of Emma Pattison and her daughter Lettie finds that their murderer had lied about his medical history when applying for his firearms licence A coroner has called on Home Secretary Yvette Cooper to introduce … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon High, Education, Schools, Surrey
Tagged Croydon High, Croydon High School, Emma Pattison, Epsom College
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Physics award-winner to give Astronomical Society talk
Arabi Karteepan, recently named as the winner of the Royal Astronomical Society’s prestigious education award, is to give a talk tomorrow night in Croydon: “A journey to reach the Stratosphere”. Croydon High School’s head of physics will explain how the … Continue reading
Croydon High to go even higher with space satellite project
Croydon High is about to go even higher! The girls’ independent school in Selsdon who last year ran a special astronomy club project that sent a pair of weather balloons into space has confirmed that it is now working to … Continue reading
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Tagged Arabi Karteepan, AstroGazers Club, Croydon High, Croydon High School, Science, Selsdon, STEAM, University of Bath
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Podcast: Listen to Croydon teacher planning a satellite launch
Star gazing has been taken to a different dimension for pupils at Croydon High School lately, where one physics teacher has used her interest in astronomy to inspire her classes and run projects that have taken them to the edge … Continue reading
Award-winner Karteepan reaches for the stars at Croydon High
After touching the edge of space with weather balloons, teacher’s astronomy club is now planning to launch a satellite – earning the plaudit: ‘her impact resonates far beyond the confines of her classroom’ A Croydon secondary school teacher has been … Continue reading
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Tagged Arabi Karteepan, Croydon High School, Royal Astronomical Society
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Croydon High pupils create floral tribute to former Head
Pupils, staff and parents at Croydon High in Selsdon have created an extended floral tribute at the school gates to Emma Pattison, the school’s former head teacher. Pattison was head at Croydon High from 2016 until 2022, when she left … Continue reading
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Tagged Croydon High School, Emma Pattison, Epsom College
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Croydon High ‘shocked’ at death of former head at Epsom
Emma Pattison, the headteacher at Epsom College who was discovered dead with her husband and daughter yesterday, had joined the private school in 2022 after six years as head at Croydon High School in Selsdon. Pattison, 45, her husband George, … Continue reading
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Tagged Croydon High, Croydon High School, Emma Pattison, Epsom College
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Jubilation all-round as High School stages early street party
With the school’s pupils due to be away on half-term during the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, Croydon High staged its own “street party” this week when pupils and staff from across the school came together to celebrate. The entrance to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Croydon High School, Platinum Jubilee, Selsdon
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Croydon High School appoints Davies as new headteacher
Croydon High, the £18,000 per year private girls’ school in Selsdon, has announced the appointment of Annabel Davies as its new headteacher, with effect from September 2022. Davies is to replace Emma Pattison, the head since 2016, who is leaving … Continue reading
Thousands of girls’ school teachers fear Trust’s ‘fire and rehire’
Our education correspondent, GENE BRODIE, reports from the picket line at Croydon High, where dozens of teachers fear that they will lose their jobs in a dispute with what some have called a ‘petty and vindictive’ schools trust Croydon High … Continue reading
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Tagged Croydon High, Croydon High School, GDST, Girls Day School Trust, Hamida Ali, Selsdon
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Pensions dispute sees private schools’ teachers go on strike
More than 50 teachers at Croydon High School are going on strike tomorrow in the first of six days of planned industrial action to defend their pensions. Croydon High, the fee-paying girls’ prep to sixth form school in Selsdon, is … Continue reading
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Tagged Croydon High School, Girls Day School Trust, National Education Union, NEU, Selsdon
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Croydon High PTA Winter Fair, Selsdon, Nov 23
Posted in Croydon High, Schools, Selsdon & Ballards
Tagged Croydon High School, Selsdon
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Museum of Croydon gets its suffrage banners on parade
Croydon residents are showcasing their craft skills at the Museum of Croydon in a London-wide project celebrating 100 years of votes for women. They have joined museums, archives and arts organisations across the capital taking part in the 100 Banners … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Croydon High, Education, History, Museum of Croydon
Tagged Croydon High School, Museum of Croydon
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Digby Fairweather plays Croydon High S’cool Jazz, June 5
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Tagged Croydon High, Digby Fairweather, Jazz
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Charity worker seeks your support for award nomination
Alison Maguire, a director of the charity The Lily Foundation who has helped to get the law changed to help families affected by mitochondrial disease, went back to her old school, Croydon High, this week following her nomination for the Girls’ … Continue reading
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Tagged Alison Maguire, charity, Croydon, The Lily Foundation, Warlingham
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Croydon High’s jazz fans welcome a Fairweather friend
Croydon High is delighted to announce that they are hosting an exciting musical event, Croydon High S’Cool, featuring Digby Fairweather on Friday June 13, from 7pm. Fairweather has been a full-time jazz musician since 1977 and is very well-known and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Croydon High, Music, Schools
Tagged Croydon, Croydon High School, Digby Fairweather, Education, George Melly, Jazz
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GCSE figures put Croydon schools at bottom of their class
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
Posted in Addington High, Archbishop Lanfranc, Archbishop Tenison's, BRIT School, Coloma, Croydon High, Education, Harris Academy Crystal Palace, Harris Academy South Norwood, Oasis Academy, Schools, Tim Pollard
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Education, GCSE, London Borough of Croydon, schools, Tory
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