Category Archives: Ryelands Primary and Nursery

Whitgift Foundation sows the seeds of a green revival

Posted on April 2, 2021 by insidecroydon

The Whitgift Foundation, Croydon’s biggest landowners and the operators of three large fee-paying schools, has launched an ambitious borough-wide gardening project to inspire residents to shrug off lockdown, dust off the trowels and get green-fingered as we spring into spring. … Continue reading →

Posted in Charity, Gardening, Old Palace, Ryelands Primary and Nursery, Schools, Trinity School, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School | Tagged , , | 3 Comments

Church-linked academy chain denies having ‘religious ethos’

Posted on October 23, 2017 by insidecroydon

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 →

Posted in Education, Oasis Academy, Oasis Academy Coulsdon, Oasis Academy Shirley Park, Paul Scott, Ryelands Primary and Nursery, Schools, Woodside | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

GCSE results show academies struggling to make the grades

Posted on November 22, 2015 by insidecroydon

If our education correspondent GENE BRODIE had to do an end-of-term report for the borough’s academised secondary schools after the 2015 GCSE results, then “Could do better” might be regarded as an understatement If you’re a parent seeking an educational … Continue reading →

Posted in Archbishop Lanfranc, Ashburton, Coloma, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Education, Gareth Streeter, Gavin Barwell, Harris Academy Crystal Palace, Harris Academy South Norwood, Harris Academy Upper Norwood, Oasis Academy, Oasis Academy Shirley Park, Ryelands Primary and Nursery, Schools, South Norwood, Woodside | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Planning chairman backs down over ban on MP Barwell

Posted on February 26, 2015 by insidecroydon

How many U-turns does Labour’s council leader Tony Newman have to perform before he disappears up his own fundament? Gavin Barwell will be allowed to speak at tonight’s planning meeting at Croydon Town Hall after all, as the Labour-run council … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015 General Election, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Emily Benn, Gavin Barwell, Oasis Academy, Oasis Academy Shirley Park, Paul Scott, Planning, Ryelands Primary and Nursery, Sarah Jones MP, Schools, Tony Newman, Transport, Whitgift Foundation, Woodside | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

MP Barwell barred from speaking at academy planning meeting

Posted on February 24, 2015 by insidecroydon

MP Gavin Barwell has been banned from speaking on behalf of his constituents at a crucial planning meeting at Croydon Town Hall on Thursday night. The meeting is due to consider controversial proposals to shoehorn a six-form-of-entry Oasis academy secondary … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015 General Election, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Education, Environment, Gavin Barwell, Oasis Academy, Paul Scott, Planning, Ryelands Primary and Nursery, Sarah Jones MP, Schools, Tony Newman, Woodside | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

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

Posted on February 3, 2015 by insidecroydon

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 , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Woodside residents given fortnight to review Oasis plans

Posted on December 11, 2014 by insidecroydon

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 , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Newman refuses to halt ‘bias’ on Arena academy ‘stitch-up’

Posted on November 7, 2014 by insidecroydon

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 →

Posted in Croydon Council, Education, Environment, Hamida Ali, Oasis Academy, Paul Scott, Planning, Ryelands Primary and Nursery, Schools, Tony Newman, Wildlife, Woodside | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Planning committee dominated by Oasis school governors

Posted on October 25, 2014 by insidecroydon

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 →

Posted in Chris Wright, Croydon Council, Education, Environment, Oasis Academy, Parking, Paul Scott, Planning, Ryelands Primary and Nursery, Schools, Tony Newman, Transport, Woodside | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Is it time to park ill-considered plans for the Arena Academy?

Posted on October 23, 2014 by insidecroydon

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 , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Arena Academy proposals look like a quart for a pint-sized plot

Posted on February 28, 2014 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Dealing with the borough’s school places shortage is looking to be a particularly difficult problem, especially in finding suitable sites, writes ANDREW PELLING Croydon Council faces an extraordinarily difficult task in finding sites for new schools to accommodate … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Commuting, Croydon FC, Croydon Harriers, Education, Environment, Mayor of London, Parking, Planning, Property, Ryelands Primary and Nursery, Schools, South Norwood, Sport, Tramlink, Transport | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Ryelands Primary move helps council alter academy plans

Posted on October 23, 2013 by insidecroydon

Among our council’s initial responses to the borough’s school places crisis was to propose to build on public open land next to the Arena in South Norwood, something firmly rejected by local residents. As HAMIDA ALI reports, the council still … Continue reading →

Posted in Ashburton, Community associations, Education, Environment, Gavin Barwell, Hamida Ali, Oasis Academy, Paul Scott, Planning, Ryelands Primary and Nursery, Schools, Tramlink, Transport, Woodside | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Ryelands School summer fair: June 29

Posted on June 25, 2013 by insidecroydon
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