Category Archives: Oasis Academy Coulsdon

Oasis chief gets 20% pay rise as academies warn over finances

Education correspondent GENE BRODIE on an eye-watering salary hike for the man in overall charge of some of Croydon’s biggest schools The leader of a church-linked multi-academy chain which operates five large schools in Croydon has just been awarded a … Continue reading

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Church-linked academy chain denies having ‘religious ethos’

Our education correspondent, GENE BRODIE, has found a new website which has discovered the Oasis academy chain, led by a Baptist minister, saying that they really have very little to do with churches or religion There have been calls for … Continue reading

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Keston PTA’s Happy Circus, Oasis Coulsdon, Sep 16

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Croydon schools are still facing 5% cuts to their funding

A teachers’ union has accused an MP of giving “false hope” to Croydon teachers, parents and pupils over Tory cuts to schools funding, and told him to lobby his government for real-terms increases in the amounts allocated for education in … Continue reading

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Oasis schools to get visit from marathon man Holland

A leading distance runner sets off tomorrow on a marathon challenge. In fact, it’ll be a 10-marathon challenge, as Adam Holland will be running 262 miles in just five days, including a chunk on the roads of Croydon on his … Continue reading

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Council presses on with £22m academy that no one wants

As Croydon Council prepares to give the go-ahead for a school which has just 29 first-choice applications, WALTER CRONXITE turns detective to investigate the mysterious case of the disappearing demand for school places Residents living near Croydon Arena in Woodside … Continue reading

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