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Category Archives: Harris Academy South Norwood
‘Sir’ is back in the classroom having learned a running lesson
Mr Webb was back in front of his science class of 30 or so boisterous teens at Harris Academy South Norwood yesterday morning, as if nothing had changed. But it had. Jamie Webb was now a European athletics silver medallist. … Continue reading
Was £1m Croydon mystery donor Stormzy or Spider-Man?
Was grime star Stormzy the mystery benefactor who donated a cool £1million towards a youth centre to be built in the north of the borough? That’s one suggestion after it was announced that an anonymous donor handed over £1million towards … Continue reading
Posted in Art, BRIT School, Charity, Cinema, Harris Academy South Norwood, Music, Selhurst, South Norwood
Tagged Adele, Croydon Council, Legacy Youth Zone, Selhurst, South Norwood, Stormzy, The BRIT School, Tom Holland
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Stormzy: Rise up and take responsibility for yourself
In the week of the release of his first album, Gang Signs & Prayer, Croydon’s global grime star, Stormzy, has given an extensive interview to Channel 4 News, in which he talks about depression, aspiration and even “power to the … Continue reading
Posted in Harris Academy South Norwood, Music, Thornton Heath
Tagged Croydon, South Norwood, Stormzy, Thornton Heath
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Government reluctant to act over ‘disappearing’ Harris pupils
Education correspondent GENE BRODIE reports on how a government agency fobbed off Croydon Council’s legitimate concerns over dozens of academy pupils who “vanished” just before they were due to sit their GCSEs Well done Sylvia McNamara, Croydon Council’s erstwhile director … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Education, Harris Academy Crystal Palace, Harris Academy South Norwood, Harris Academy Upper Norwood, Schools
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Harris Federation, Sir Daniel Moynihan, South Norwood, Sylvia McNamara, Tory
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Hundreds of teachers leaving Harris academies each year
GENE BRODIE, our education correspondent, reports on the mysterious case of the disappearing school staff Parents who are considering sending their child to one of the growing number of academies, primary and secondary, that are run by the Harris Federation … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Harris Academy Crystal Palace, Harris Academy South Norwood, Harris Academy Upper Norwood, Harris Primary Purley Way, Roke Primary, Schools
Tagged Conservative, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Harris Federation, Kenley, Roke Primary, South Norwood, Tory
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Fear and loathing in Upper Norwood as an inspector calls
Education correspondent GENE BRODIE on a gathering storm of controversy over a disputed Ofsted inspection at one of the secondary academies in the north of the borough The Anti Academies Alliance, an organisation of teachers, parents and educationalists who oppose … Continue reading
Posted in Alisa Flemming, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Education, Harris Academy South Norwood, Harris Academy Upper Norwood, Schools
Tagged Conservative, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Education, Harris Academy South Norwood, Harris Academy Upper Norwood, schools, South Norwood, Tory
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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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One-fifth of an academy’s pupils “disappear” before GCSEs
An academy run by the Harris Federation in Croydon saw more than one-fifth of its pupils “disappear” before it was time for them to take their GCSEs. According to a report in yesterday’s Guardian newspaper, there was a fall of … Continue reading