Category Archives: Fairchildes Primary

Butterfly sanctuary under threat from BxB development

Posted on April 24, 2020 by insidecroydon

Some might see it as a disconnect at the Town Hall, where the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing. Others might characterise it as just another example of blatant civic hypocrisy. Last summer, when the headlines … Continue reading →

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‘Pupil Power’ forces Brick by Brick to cave in over flats

Posted on March 6, 2020 by insidecroydon

Brick by Brick has caved in to “Pupil Power”, abandoning plans to build a block of flats in New Addington on an open space close to the Green Belt, after hundreds of primary-aged children wrote to the Town Hall pleading … Continue reading →

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31 schools apply to have car-free zones on nearby roads

Posted on May 9, 2019 by insidecroydon

Proposals to introduce up to eight more School Streets across Croydon have been widely supported, with 31 of the borough’s schools having applied to have car-free zones on the roads near them during the rush hour. Ten schools at eight … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Council, Education, Environment, Fairchildes Primary, Norbury Manor, Parking, Regina Coeli, Schools, Stuart King | Tagged , , , , , | 3 Comments

Croydon primary school performance among worst in London

Posted on January 5, 2015 by insidecroydon

GENE BRODIE, our education correspondent, has been crunching some numbers ahead of the new term. It doesn’t make encouraging reading If you are short of things to do in the New Year, there might be nothing more interesting to do … Continue reading →

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Fairchildes staff run Croydon 10km so Malachi might walk

Posted on September 30, 2014 by insidecroydon

A group of around 40 teachers, staff and friends from Fairchildes Primary are running in this month’s Croydon 10km road race to raise money for one of their pupils to have a life-changing operation in the United States. Malachi Reid … Continue reading →

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