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Croydon looks at more car-free zones near primary schools
Croydon Council is looking to roll-out more “car exclusion zones” around primary schools in the borough, following successful trials in Coulsdon and Selhurst during the past year. Woodcote Primary in Coulsdon and Heavers Farm Primary and St Chad’s Catholic Primary, … Continue reading
Dear councillor, please don’t let the autism community down
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The council has handed out a range of appointments for its four-year term, including making the recently elected Addiscombe West councillor, Jerry Fitzpatrick, the borough’s ‘Autism Champion’. Here, DAWN ASSEFA, pictured right, sends him an open letter Dear … Continue reading
£400,000 ‘superhead’ ousted from Oval Primary leaves his job
The controversial “superhead” who was ousted within 48 hours of being parachuted in to one Croydon primary has now been forced out of his £400,000 per year job in charge of the Gipsy Hill Federation of schools. Education Uncovered, the … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Oval Primary, Schools
Tagged Craig Tunstall, Gipsy Hill Foundation, Oval Primary, Sir Craig Tunstall
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Just 34 children applied to start at St Andrew’s this September
GENE BRODIE, our education correspondent, on some gathering suspicions over the fate of St Andrew’s secondary school site The decision to close St Andrew’s CofE High School in Croydon was taken after just 34 children applied to join the school … Continue reading
Church secondary asks pupils’ parents to find another school
One of the borough’s largest secondary schools which still operates outside the academy system is to close its doors in September to hundreds of pupils. St Andrew’s High, on Warrington Road, close to the Croydon Flyover, has written to the … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Schools, St Andrew's, Waddon
Tagged Croydon Council, St Andrew's School, Waddon
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Woodcote High and Smitham Primary Summer Fair, Jul 14
Posted in Schools, Woodcote High
Tagged Smitham Primary School, Woodcote High School
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Bugsy Malone at Purley Oaks Primary, South Croydon, Jul 9-10
Posted in Comedy, Dance, Music, Purley Oaks, Schools, Theatre
Tagged Purley Oaks Primary, South Croydon
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Primary school’s Pride event forced to be held in private
Heavers Farm Primary in South Norwood was forced to hold a Pride event in private last Friday, after a group of parents threatened to protest at a playground parade, the Evening Gideon has reported. The “Proud to be Me!” parade … Continue reading
Keston Primary School Summer Fair, Old Coulsdon, Jun 30
Posted in Community associations, Coulsdon, Old Coulsdon, Schools
Tagged Keston Primary School, Old Coulsdon
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Win a pair of free tickets to top-class Croydon Proms concert
Inside Croydon is delighted to announce another great prize competition, this time exclusively for the website’s growing band of supporters. The lucky winner will get two free tickets – worth £30 – to attend the Trinity Proms Concert at Trinity … Continue reading
Posted in Inside Croydon, Music, Trinity School
Tagged Trinity Boys' Choir, Trinity School
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HMRC offers parents tax-free way of paying for childcare
Ahead of the end of the school year and the long summer break, the taxman is reminding parents of a tax-free way to pay for childcare that can be worth up to £2,000 per child per year towards the costs … Continue reading
Croydon pupils among guests at Hawking’s Abbey memorial
Four pupils from a group of independent schools based in Purley and South Croydon were among the hundreds of specially invited attendees at last Friday’s Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey for Professor Stephen Hawking. The pupils were chosen from … Continue reading
Posted in Cedars School, Oakwood, Schools
Tagged Oakwood School, PACT Educational Trust, Purley, South Croydon, The Cedars School
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Purley Oaks Primary Summer Fair, South Croydon, Jun 23
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Tagged Purley Oaks Primary, South Croydon
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Greenvale Primary Summer Fair, South Croydon, Jun 23
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Tagged Greenvale Primary School, South Croydon
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Peacocks, flamingos and 400 years of history at one school
WANDLE WANDERINGS: One of the country’s leading independent schools happens to have a mini-zoo in its grounds, which are rarely open to the public. WALKER DUNELM strolled through Whitgift School on its open day Even when it’s going to a … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Education, Gardening, Schools, Walker Dunelm, Walks, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School, Wildlife
Tagged Whitgift School
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Travellers leave Coombe Wood – now the clean-up begins
The large group of travellers who had taken up residence on the playing fields at Coombe Wood were moved on yesterday. The familiar task of clearing up the mess left is expected to begin in earnest on Monday morning. It … Continue reading
Posted in Coombe Wood School, Croydon Council, Fly tipping, Schools, South Croydon
Tagged Coombe Wood School, Lloyd Park, South Croydon
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Open Garden afternoons at Whitgift School, Jun 10, Jul 25
Whitgift School in South Croydon is taking part in the Open Garden Squares Weekend next month, with an additional Open Garden afternoon staged in July in aid of the NSPCC. It is a rare opportunity for the general public to … Continue reading
Growing concern at staff exodus from Folio Trust primaries
Education correspondent GENE BRODIE on the sudden resignations of headteachers at two primaries which were recently academised The head of a local academy trust issued firm instructions to staff last week ordering them to answer no questions about the abrupt … Continue reading
