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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
Posted in Chris Wright, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Croydon Council, Education, Hamida Ali, Julie Belvir, Oasis Academy, Oasis Academy Coulsdon, Oasis Academy Shirley Park, Paul Greenhalgh, Paul Scott, Planning, Ryelands Primary and Nursery, Schools, Tony Newman, Woodside
Tagged Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, Oasis Academy Coulsdon, Oasis Academy Shirley Park, Oasis Arena Academy, Tony Newman, Tory, Woodside
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Oasis governors cleared to rule on academy planning decision
Croydon Council’s highly paid legal eagles see nothing wrong with current and former governors from an Oasis academy in the borough being part of a planning committee that is to decide on an application to build a six-forms-of-entry Oasis academy … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Croydon North, Environment, Hamida Ali, Julie Belvir, Nathan Elvery, Oasis Academy, Paul Scott, Planning, Schools, South Norwood, Tony Newman, Woodside
Tagged Arena Academy, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Arena, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Labour, Oasis, South Norwood, Tony Newman, Tory, Woodside
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Woodside residents given fortnight to review Oasis plans
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Residents in Woodside have just received a special Christmas present – more than 2,000 pages of planning proposals for the Oasis Arena Academy, all to be reviewed and commented on by December 25. Not surprising that FRANCES FEARON … Continue reading
Posted in Ashburton, Croydon Council, Croydon FC, Croydon Harriers, Education, Environment, Hamida Ali, London-wide issues, Oasis Academy, Paul Scott, Planning, Ryelands Primary and Nursery, Schools, South Norwood, Sport, Tony Newman, Tramlink, Transport, Wildlife, Woodside
Tagged Addiscombe West, Conservative, Croydon Arena, Hamida Ali, Labour, Oasis Academy, Paul Scott, South Norwood, Tony Newman, Tory, Woodside
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Arena trams ‘most congested part of network’ says Bee
Croydon Council’s planning committee meets next month to consider the application to build a massive secondary academy on Metropolitan Open Land next to Croydon Sports Arena. But the Labour-run council’s cabinet member for transport has already suggested that public transport … Continue reading
Posted in Ashburton, Boris Johnson, Commuting, Croydon Council, Education, Environment, Kathy Bee, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Oasis Academy, Parking, Paul Greenhalgh, Planning, Schools, South Norwood, Tony Newman, Tramlink, Transport, Wayne Lawlor
Tagged Arena Academy, Conservative, Croydon Council, Kathy Bee, Labour, Oasis, Tony Newman, Tory, Tramlink, Trams, Wayne Lawlor
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Newman refuses to halt ‘bias’ on Arena academy ‘stitch-up’
Residents in Woodside ward are demanding an urgent meeting with their three Labour councillors, including council leader Tony Newman, and insist that any councillors on the planning committee with links to Oasis academies – including the chairman, Paul Scott, another … Continue reading
Woodside residents worried over contract for Oasis academy
Along comes another non-public “public consultation” non-consultation, which has all the appearances that the local authority wants as few people as possible take part. The notice – which we have reproduced below – was first spotted by Inside Croydon’s loyal … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Hamida Ali, Oasis Academy, Paul Scott, Planning, Tony Newman, Woodside
Tagged Arena Academy, Conservative, Croydon, Labour, Oasis, Paul Scott, South Norwood, Tony Newman, Tory, Woodside
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Planning committee dominated by Oasis school governors
Angry residents from Woodside and South Norwood are considering a formal complaint about the conduct of a meeting on Thursday in which four of the 10 members of the council’s planning committee, including the chairman, all had some connection with … Continue reading
Is it time to park ill-considered plans for the Arena Academy?
Councillor ANDREW PELLING suggests that the mounting case against building a secondary academy at the Croydon Arena will get a thorough hearing at tonight’s planning committee My colleagues on the council’s planning committee will want to ask some pertinent questions … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Athletics, Croydon College, Croydon FC, Croydon Harriers, Education, Environment, Oasis Academy, Parking, Planning, Ryelands Primary and Nursery, Schools, South Norwood, Sport, St Andrew's
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Arena, Croydon Council, Labour, Oasis Academy, Oasis Arena, South Norwood, Tory, Waddon
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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
Charity leader says Croydon should ignore EVF protest
Steve Chalke, the Croydon-born founder of Oasis, the social action charity, has urged people to ignore the English Volunteer Force demonstration due to take place outside the Home Office immigration HQ in Wellesley Road next week. Chalke’s opinion runs counter … Continue reading
Divide and rule council’s lollipop cuts affect north hardest
Parents and pupils at the following schools need to approach their lollipop lady, or “school crossing patrol officer”, on Monday, shake them by the hand and thank them. Elmwood Junior, Lodge Road Oasis Academy Shirley Park, Long Lane St John’s/Shirley … Continue reading
