Category Archives: Meridian High

Schools hire public relations firms to play GCSE numbers game

Posted on August 21, 2026 by insidecroydon

Education correspondent GENE BRODIE gives a Grade 3 to the public relations firms working for some of the borough’s secondary schools, whose news releases failed to include the hard facts on GCSE results day GCSE results day this year came … Continue reading →

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Meridian High scoops national award for ‘making a difference’

Posted on June 29, 2026 by insidecroydon

Meridian High School in New Addington has won a bronze award for “Making a Difference – Secondary School of the Year” in the Pearson National Teaching Awards. The Pearson National Teaching Awards recognise whole school communities that “radically transform the … Continue reading →

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Secondaries celebrate as ‘covid bubble’ pupils pass GCSEs

Posted on August 22, 2025 by insidecroydon

For the 15- and 16-year-olds who began their secondary school careers with a year or more spent in a covid “bubble”, yesterday’s GCSE results will have come as a form of vindication, and relief. Covid and its aftermath had sent … Continue reading →

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Meridian opens new doors for pupils with oracy excellence

Posted on February 18, 2025 by insidecroydon

Meridian High School in New Addington has been accredited as an Oracy Centre of Excellence by Voice 21, a national charity, for its work developing students’ speaking and listening skills. Meridian High, on Fairchildes Avenue, is one of only 24 … Continue reading →

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