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Croydon High’s high achievers celebrate on A Level results day
Croydon’s schools, state and private sector, were claiming “best ever” outcomes on A Level results day. At Whitgift School, the £30,000 per year independent in South Croydon, 1-in-4 of their results were at the highest, A* grade, while close to … Continue reading
Posted in Caireen Mitchell, Coulsdon Sixth Form College, Croydon College, Croydon High, Education, Oasis Academy Shirley Park, Schools, Toby Seth, Whitgift School
Tagged Annabel Davies, Coulsdon Sixth Form College, Croydon College, Croydon High School, Oasis Shirley Park, Toby Seth, Whitgift School
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Teacher whose poetry saw ‘The Merry Gang’ visiting Croydon
CROYDON CHRONICLES: A Restoration period writer who taught at the Free School made friends with ‘literary lords’ and the Poet Laureate. DAVID MORGAN looks back nearly 400 years to the life and work of John Oldham Poetry performances – spoken … Continue reading
Posted in Art, David Morgan, Poetry, Schools, Whitgift School
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Free School, David Morgan, Earl of Kingston, Jhn Oldham, John Dryden, King Charles II, Lord Rochester, Oliver Cromwell, Poetry, Samuel Pepys, The Civilised Savage, Whitgift School, Will's Coffee House
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Charities team up with a festival of football for primary pupils
Palace for Life, Crystal Palace FC’s charity arm, is taking part in a community summer school being staged in South Croydon next week, with club coaches staging a football festival as the grand finale for more than 150 children from … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Charity, Crystal Palace FC, Education, Palace for Life Foundation, Roisha Hughes, Schools, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Crystal Palace FC, Football, Haling Park, Japanese, Palace for Life Foundation, Science, South Croydon, Sport, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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End-of-year report: Whitgift Head finds room for improvement
Visiting our al fresco studio Under The Flyover is Toby Seth, the headmaster of Whitgift School. Seth has just completed his first year in charge at the large independent school in South Croydon, a year in which their under-15s won … Continue reading
Charity lost £2m last year over closure of Old Palace School
The Whitgift Foundation’s ‘Impact Report’ for last year shows its two boys’ fee-paying schools among the country’s top 10% of independents, as the costs of closing its girls’ school will continue until 2028. By STEVEN DOWNES The closure of Old … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, CPO, Education, Fiona Fletcher Smith, Old Palace, Roisha Hughes, Schools, Serenity special school, Trinity School, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Archbishop John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury, Croydon, Fiona Fletcher-Smith, Hammersfield, Knight Frank, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Old Palace School, Old Town, Roisha Hughes, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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We’re glad all over! The Croydon Insider looks back on Leipzig
The Croydon Insider returns to its more eclectic look at recent local news, with a visit from the website’s football correspondent to share his experience of travelling to Leipzig for the European Conference League final. Plus, the panel discusses how … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, Andrew Sinclair, Annabel Smith, Croydon Council, Croydon Insider, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Education, Inside Croydon, Ken Towl, Old Palace, Schools, SEND, Tom Bowell, Trinity School, Under The Flyover, Whitgift School
Tagged Andrew Sinclair, Annabel Smith, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace FC, Ken Towl, Leipzig, Oliver Glasner, SEND, Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, Steve Parish, The Croydon Insider, Trinity School, Under The Flyover, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School, Yusuf Osman
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Whitgift Foundation makes 41 ‘life-changing’ bursary awards
£200,000 That’s the value, at least, to the family of one boy of a bursary to attend Whitgift or Trinity independent schools in Croydon through from Year 7 this September all the way to the Upper Sixth. It’s a life-changing … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Education, Old Palace, Roisha Hughes, Schools, Trinity School, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Croydon, Fiona Fletcher-Smith, Old Palace School, Old Palace School of John Whitgift, Palace for Life Foundation, Paul Cleal, Roisha Hughes, Shirley Park, South Croydon, Trinity, Trinity School, Westfield, Whiftgift School, Whitgift, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Croydon Minster choir on the road to Windsor and the Abbey
Today marks the centenary of the birth of Elizabeth Windsor, who as Queen Elizabeth II set records as the United Kingdom’s longest reigning monarch – 70 years and 214 days – until her death in September 2022, aged 96. So … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Church and religions, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, Music, Whitgift School
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Minster, Croydon Minster choir, David Morgan, HM Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth II, St George's Chapel, Westminster Cathedral, Whitgift School, Whitgift School Choir
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Whitgift crowned national schools rugby champions once again
Whitgift School has once again won the national schools’ rugby cup. The under-15s squad triumphed 32-26 last week in a hard-fought final at Ealing against defending champions Northampton School for Boys in the Continental Tyres Schools Cup.
Trinity submits planning application for £40m co-ed conversion
Less than a year after announcing the £30,000 a year fee-paying school would start offering places to girls, plans have gone in for works that will see its expansion to 1,400 pupils. By STEVEN DOWNES Plans for a £40million extension … Continue reading
Posted in Alasdair Kennedy, Business, Charity, Education, Old Palace, Planning, Schools, Trinity School, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Alasdair Kennedy, Croydon, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Old Palace School, Shirley, Shirley Park, Trinity School, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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Nursing home residents hammer home victory at annual match
They play a mean game of croquet down at Whitgift House in South Croydon. This week the residents of the nursing home, which nestles in the grounds of the large private school, handed out a bit of a drubbing to … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Care Homes, Fiona Fletcher Smith, Health, Michael Walcott, Roisha Hughes, Schools, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Care Homes, Croquet, Croydon, Fiona Fletcher-Smith, Rev Michael Walcott, Roisha Hughes, South Croydon, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift House, Whitgift School
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Seth begins new term as Whitgift School’s 30th headmaster
Toby Seth this week became the 30th headmaster in Whitgift School’s 421-year history. But Seth is the fourth head at Whitgift in just eight years, a period of relative turmoil and controversy which saw his predecessor-but-one, Christopher Ramsey, depart somewhat … Continue reading
Old Palace pupils deliver improved grades in school’s final year
It was a poignant A-Level results day in Croydon Old Town, where the last cadre of pupils in Old Palace School’s 136-year history received the news that could shape their adult lives. Old Palace of John Whitgift formally closed its … Continue reading
Whitgift boy who got top Marks as a silversmith to high society
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: Works by a self-taught craftsman from Croydon, who was influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement popularised by William Morris, now sell for thousands of pounds at auction. DAVID MORGAN explores the story of Gilbert Marks Croydon has … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Croydon Council, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, History, Schools, Trinity School, Whitgift School
Tagged Antiques Roadshow, Archbishop John Whitgift, Arts and Crafts, Boer War, City of London, Cowes Regatta, Croydon, Croydon mace, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, Gilbert Marks, Johnson, King Edward VII, Prince of Wales, Sir Frederick Eldridge, Walker and Tolhurst, Whitgift Grammar School, Whitgift School, William Morris, Winston Churchill
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Trinity boys’ school confirms that it will go co-ed from 2027
EXCLUSIVE: Almost two years since the Whitgift Foundation shocked the Croydon community by deciding to close its fee-paying girls’ school, Old Palace, the charity has decided to re-balance its education provision by converting one of its other large independent schools … Continue reading
Posted in Alasdair Kennedy, Business, Charity, Education, Old Palace, Schools, Trinity School, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Alasdair Kennedy, Croydon, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Old Palace School, Shirley, Shirley Park, Trinity School, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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Landowner wants public cash to help delayed Westfield project
EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The Whitgift Foundation is in talks with the Mayor of London and central government for another multi-million-pound bail-out for Croydon, this one likely to centre around building around 3,000 homes in the town centre. That’s according … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Centrale, Charity, Housing, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, North End Quarter, Old Palace, Planning, Property, Roisha Hughes, Schools, TfL, Tom Copley, Trinity School, Under The Flyover, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Croydon, Hammersfield, London, Mayor, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Old Palace School, Roisha Hughes, Sir Howard Dawber, Tom Copley, Trinity School, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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From Dolly Parton to Haydn: Whitgift concert jazzed things up
DAVID MORGAN reports from an event which saw one of the Fairfield Halls’ biggest audiences for a while – and certainly one of its most enthusiastic The excitement and expectation of more than a thousand primary school children from across … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, David Morgan, Education, Fairfield Halls, Music, Schools, Whitgift School
Tagged Croydon, David Morgan, Fairfield Halls, Whitgift School
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Welby’s resignation could yet have consequences in Croydon
The alleged cover-up of the Church of England’s abuse scandal is echoed in the handling of events at £55,000 per year private school in Croydon, where there was a Met Police investigation last year. By STEVEN DOWNES The Archbishops of … Continue reading
Posted in Bishop of Croydon, Charity, Christopher Ramsey, Church and religions, Croydon Minster, Rosemarie Mallett, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Addington Palace, Archbishop John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury, Catfishing, Church of England, Croydon, Dinal De Alwis, Dr Kevin Ralley, John Smyth, Justin Welby, Makin Review, Old Palace, Rt Rev Dr Rosemarie Mallett, St Mary's Church, Suicide, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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Three large private schools will cut fees to reduce sting of VAT
Education correspondent GENE BRODIE on how one of Croydon’s biggest eceonomic sectors is adjusting to the horrors of having to charge tax At least three of Croydon’s largest private schools plan to reduce their fees from next January, to take … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Halls, Croydon High, Education, Old Palace, Schools, Whitgift School
Tagged Andrew Halls, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Croydon, Croydon High School, Labour, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Rachel Reeves, Royal Russell School, The Budget, VAT, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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Boris Johnson’s former aide given Whitgift Foundation top job
It was an intervention 12 years ago by the then Mayor of London that got Croydon’s biggest landowners into a disastrous £1.4bn gamble with Westfield. Now they are turning to BoJo’s ‘revered’ aide to get them out of the mess. … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Charity, Old Palace, Property, Roisha Hughes, Schools, Trinity School, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Christopher Houlding, Croydon, Hammersfield, Martin Corney, Old Palace, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Old Palace School, Roisha Hughes, Trinity School, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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Crumbling finances see troubled Foundation lose millions more
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Official figures show that the borough’s biggest landowners saw their funds fall by 5.5% in the latest trading year – and that was before incurring any costs from closing Old Palace girls’ school. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Charity, Old Palace, Planning, Property, Schools, Trinity School, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Christopher Houlding, Croydon, Hammersfield, Old Palace, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Old Palace School, Trinity School, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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Whitgift’s latest England Test cricketer could be the best yet
It was easy to overlook, in the week following a General Election, when he made his cricket debut at a Lord’s Test in which James Anderson bowed out of the international game and his Surrey teammate Gus Atkinson took 12 … Continue reading
