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Back To The 80s Night, Regina Coeli School, Dec 15
Posted in Regina Coeli, Schools, South Croydon
Tagged Regina Coeli School, South Croydon, Waddon
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Pupils excluded from schools at risk from crime gangs – survey
Growing numbers of children excluded from school in Croydon and across London are being left at risk of involvement in knife crime and violence, according to research from children’s charity Barnardo’s and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Knife Crime. In … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Crime, Croydon Central, Knife crime, Sarah Jones MP, Schools
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Central, knife crime, Labour, London, Sarah Jones MP
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Wanderers seek help for a settled home in Upper Norwood
Wanderers FC, the first winners of the FA Cup in 1872, have agreed a three-year partnership with Virgo Fidelis Convent School in Upper Norwood to allow the club’s two men’s teams and women’s XI to host home matches there. However, … Continue reading
Dombey gets Sutton in the Eye over Incinerator Academy
Ruth Dombey’s relentless drive to have Sutton regarded as the rottenest borough in south London got another boost today, as her Liberal Democrat-run council got yet another dishonourable mention in Private Eye magazine. The scurrilous satirical fortnightly features on its … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, London-wide issues, Refuse collection, Ruth Dombey, Schools, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Hackbridge, Hackbridge Primary School, Liberal Democrats, Private Eye, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Viridor
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Transport report for £40m school ‘mysteriously’ disappears
Residents in Belmont go to the polls in a council by-election tomorrow, where Tory candidate Neil ‘Father Jack’ Garratt is expected to win. One factor could be the growing concerns over road safety around a new secondary school. Our Sutton … Continue reading
When going to a kids’ party can be a matter of life or death
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The coroner’s inquest into the death of a teenager from eating a sandwich may have raised broader public awareness of food allergies, but as Croydon mum of two KIRSTIE SMITH (pictured right) writes, it has only served to … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Health, Kirstie Smith, Schools
Tagged Kirstie Smith, Pret a Manger
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Planning granted for school without transport safety scheme
Education correspondent GENE BRODIE on more broken promises from Croydon Council’s planning department Planning permission has been granted by Croydon Council for the permanent buildings for a 1,680-pupil school on re-designated Green Belt playing fields near Lloyd Park – but … Continue reading
Posted in Coombe Wood School, Paul Scott, Planning, Schools, South Croydon
Tagged Coombe Wood School, Lloyd Park, Paul Scott, South Croydon
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Public’s Town Hall questions on Binmageddon get censored
KEN LEE, our Town Hall reporter, sat through nearly four hours of Monday’s Town Hall meeting, so that you didn’t have to… A mere 90 days since the last full meeting of the council, and most of the borough’s councillors … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Bernadette Khan, Brick by Brick, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Housing, Jo Negrini, Joy Prince, London-wide issues, Niro Sirisena, Refuse collection, Robert Canning, Simon Brew, St Andrew's, Stuart Collins, Stuart King, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, Veolia, Waddon, Wandle Park, Whitgift Centre
Tagged #Binmageddon, #CroydonBinChaos, Conservative, Croydon, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Fairfield Halls, Hammersfield, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Tony Newman, Waddon, Westfield
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Old MidWhitgiftians enjoy a try-fest at Lime Meadow Avenue
RUGBY ROUND-UP: Old MidWhitgiftians quickly got their season back on track with a breath-taking 62-5 win at home against Old WImbledonians in Surrey 1 last Saturday. Andrew Dean scored a hat-trick of tries, fellow centre Temi Okenla got two, and … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon RFC, John Fisher School, Old Mid-Whitgiftians/Trinity RFC, Old Walcountians, Old Whitgiftians, Purley-John Fisher, Rugby Union, Schools, Sport, Streatham-Croydon RFC, Warlingham RFC, Whitgift School
Tagged Croydon RFC, John Fisher School, Old MidWhitgiftians, Old Walcountians, Old Whitgiftians, rugby union, Streatham-Croydon RFC, Warlingham, Warlingham RFC, Whitgift School
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Coombe Wood blames ‘selfish’ parents for parking chaos
GENE BRODIE, our education correspondent, on the predictable outcomes for residents in neighbouring streets after the opening Croydon’s first selective school for 40 years Coombe Wood School has not been open for a month yet, but shortcomings in its planning, … Continue reading
St Giles School Open Morning, South Croydon, Nov 2
Posted in Education, Schools, St Giles' School
Tagged South Croydon, St Giles School
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St Giles School sets platinum standards for its arts work
St Giles School, the special school in South Croydon, has been designated an Artsmark Platinum school in recognition of its focus on high-quality arts provision for all pupils. In total, 475 London schools have so far registered for Artsmark, and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Education, Schools, St Giles' School
Tagged South Croydon, St Giles School
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Inside Croydon editor nominated for charity’s prestigious award
Steven Downes, the editor of Inside Croydon, has been nominated for a prestigious award for this website’s campaigning journalism over the provision, or lack of it, for young Croydon residents with autism and special educational needs. Anna Kennedy Online, the … Continue reading
Councillors’ air pollution event fails to mention incinerator
Three Croydon councillors want to stage a talking shop about how to deal with air pollution – just days after the council-commissioned Beddington incinerator begins to pump out pollutants over south London. Our environment correspondent, PAUL LUSHION, reports In the … Continue reading
Report ignored incinerator when assessing school air quality
Our environment correspondent, PAUL LUSHION, on this week’s opening of the Viridor Incinerator Academy, a primary for four- to 11-year-olds, that could literally take their breath away Reports this week from China have offered scientific evidence that air pollution causes … Continue reading
Play written by Whitgift pupil raises £1,200 for charity Childline
A play written by a teenaged Whitgift School pupil, and backed by Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels actor Jason Flemyng, has raised £1,200 for children’s charities after a five-night run at a theatre in central London. The money was … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Charity, Schools, Theatre, Whitgift School
Tagged South Croydon, Whitgift School
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Your chance to travel in same lift as Rob Brydon… or Jo Negrini
Ever wanted taking a closer look at what cost Croydon residents at least £140million? Or just fancied taking a ride in the lift used by actor Rob Brydon in the film Swimming With Men? On the weekend of September 22-23, … Continue reading
Failing church secondary could re-open to new pupils in 2020
GENE BRODIE, our education correspondent, on how the council and the church are planning to re-open a Waddon secondary school – once all its current pupils have left St Andrew’s High could re-open as a church secondary in 2020 – … Continue reading
Lobbyist Morgan threatens to block car-free zones near schools
Peter Morgan, Coulsdon’s self-appointed one-man-band anti-road safety campaigner, has announced that he will take steps to block council moves to have car-free zones around some of Croydon’s primary schools. Morgan claims the council has acted illegally by not taking notice … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Environment, Parking, Schools, Transport
Tagged Association of British Drivers, Peter Morgan
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Grandad governor awarded MBE for work at special school
One of the less-publicised recipients named in the recent honours list is a hard-working volunteer governor and fund-raiser at South Croydon’s St Giles School. Grandad Ken Morcombe has been made an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list for services … Continue reading
