Category Archives: South Norwood Primary

Council names 12 more schools for strict traffic restrictions

Posted on July 2, 2022 by insidecroydon

The roads close to 12 more schools around the borough could be about to be given School Street status and subjected to strict term-time traffic restrictions. The council yesterday announced a month-long consultation on its proposals, which have the support … Continue reading →

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Pioneer academy chief to take aid to Ukrainian refugees

Posted on March 15, 2022 by insidecroydon

The chief executive of an education academy trust that runs four Croydon primaries is driving off to the Poland-Ukrainian border on a mercy mission to deliver aid to refugees from the Russian invasion. “We all want to protect children from … Continue reading →

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Croydon primary schools offer pioneering food bank service

Posted on November 16, 2020 by insidecroydon

Four Croydon primary schools have started their own food banks to help support their communities during the second covid-19 lockdown. South Norwood Primary, Woodcote Primary, Broadmead and The Crescent, all Pioneer Academy schools, took the initiative in the knowledge that … Continue reading →

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South Norwood Primary is forced to become an academy

Posted on June 30, 2015 by insidecroydon

Parents and guardians of children at South Norwood Primary received the dread note of execution for their school yesterday. John Phillipson, the chairman of the interim executive board (IEB), has already overseen the forcible academisation of one Croydon primary school … Continue reading →

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Parents’ anger at “immoral” departure of admired school head

Posted on June 12, 2015 by insidecroydon

Parents at a Croydon primary are angry that they and their children have been treated in a “disrespectful, insensitive and immoral” manner by a interim board of governors, imposed on the school by the Tory Education Secretary, and which then … Continue reading →

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