Category Archives: Whitgift School

A Night Before Christmas, Surrey Opera, Dec 12

Posted on November 17, 2015 by insidecroydon
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Jobs for the old boys as Barwell post goes to Hammersmith

Posted on October 26, 2015 by insidecroydon

Croydon Central’s Conservative MP Gavin Barwell has appointed a former “hobby bobby”, John Hammersmith, as his new parliamentary assistant at the House of Commons. Hammersmith attended Whitgift School. Until very recently, Barwell sat on the board of governors of the … Continue reading →

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Croydon’s ‘independent’ state school that still sets the 11-plus

Posted on October 4, 2015 by insidecroydon

Education correspondent GENE BRODIE on how selection in our schools has never really gone away Did you know that the 11-plus is alive and thriving in a Croydon state school? Many of the Year 6 pupils who prepared diligently for … Continue reading →

Posted in Alisa Flemming, BRIT School, Charity, Church and religions, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Education, Gavin Barwell, Harris Academy Crystal Palace, Kenley, Riddlesdown, Roke Primary, Schools, Whitgift School | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

MP Barwell quits Whitgift. Did he jump or was he pushed?

Posted on May 20, 2015 by insidecroydon

More than four years after Inside Croydon started an often lonely campaign for Gavin Barwell, the MP for Croydon Central, to quit his position as a governor of the Whitgift Foundation because of potential conflicts of interest with his public … Continue reading →

Posted in Alisa Flemming, Boris Johnson, Croydon Central, Gavin Barwell, Mayor of London, Old Palace, Property, Schools, Toni Letts, Tony Newman, Trinity School, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Haenow needs to avoid serving up X Factor turkeys

Posted on December 13, 2014 by insidecroydon

Unlike certain, Surrey-based media outlets, Inside Croydon has so far avoided jumping on the X Factor bandwagon, which has seen a Redhill-based newspaper devote its “news” coverage to a reality television show and declare its utter devotion for Ben Haenow … Continue reading →

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Bavarian who has school and Minster singing from same page

Posted on October 28, 2014 by insidecroydon

The new organist and choirmaster at Croydon Minster and Whitgift School is a busy man in the weeks before Christmas. JASON COURT got to speak to him in between rehearsals There can’t be too many Bavarians in Croydon. Ronny Krippner … Continue reading →

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Surrey end summer pot-less, despite Roy’s batting power

Posted on September 14, 2014 by insidecroydon

So near, yet so far. Surrey’s last, albeit outside, chance of success this summer – promotion back to the first division of the County Championship – somehow slipped through their batting-gloved fingers on Friday at New Road Worcester, when from … Continue reading →

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Education spokeswoman joins Letts on Whitgift board

Posted on September 12, 2014 by insidecroydon

An overwhelming 81 per cent of respondents in Inside Croydon’s latest online poll believe that veteran Labour councillor Tony Letts should resign her position on the board of governors of the Whitgift Foundation to avoid conflicts of interest in her … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Alisa Flemming, Allders, Business, Centrale, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Education, Emily Benn, Gavin Barwell, Margaret Mead, Old Palace, Property, Sarah Jones MP, Schools, Toni Letts, Tony Newman, Trinity School, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Croydon Tory MP chooses Sutton grammar school for his son

Posted on September 9, 2014 by insidecroydon

GENE BRODIE, our education correspondent, delivers another exclusive report which reflects badly on the real standards of schools in our borough There is not a secondary school in the whole of Croydon that is good enough for the son of … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015 General Election, Chris Philp MP, Clare Hilley, Croydon Central, Education, Emily Benn, Gavin Barwell, Old Palace, Sarah Jones MP, Schools, Sutton Council, Trinity School, West Thornton, Whitgift School | Tagged , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Local youngsters get a chance for a dramatic start at Whitgift

Posted on August 30, 2014 by insidecroydon

Whitgift School, through its head of drama, Paul Wilson, appears to have made a move in a positive direction for the local community with the launch next Saturday of the Whitgift Academy of Visual and Performing Arts. This is a … Continue reading →

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Time for thorough ethical review of Croydon’s governance

Posted on May 31, 2014 by insidecroydon

 CROYDON COMMENTARY: The nexus of connections that have been developed between the local authority – of whatever political hue – and vested interests in the borough makes it long overdue for a review of proper governance, says CHARLOTTE DAVIES The … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Art, Ashcroft Theatre, Bishop of Croydon, Business, Care Homes, Croydon Commitment, Croydon Council, CVA, Dudley Mead, Fairfield Halls, Gavin Barwell, George Ayres, Housing, Jason Perry, Jo Negrini, Lynne Hale, Margaret Mead, Planning, Property, Riesco Collection, Timothy Godfrey, Toni Letts, Trinity School, URV, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 12 Comments

Surrey blame ‘struggling facilities’ for Whitgift cricket decision

Posted on April 27, 2014 by insidecroydon

Doubts over whether county cricket will return to Croydon were renewed this week when the annual meeting of Surrey members was told that “struggling facilities” were the reason for the county club’s continued absence from Whitgift School. The cricket festival … Continue reading →

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Rigourous? Gaffe-in Barwell gets in a spell of trouble

Posted on February 14, 2014 by insidecroydon

Oh dear. Michael Gove, the education secretary, will be displeased. Standards must be maintained, after all. Will he order gaffe-prone Gavin to stay behind for detention, or tell him to write  200 lines (“I must not make myself look like … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015 General Election, Croydon Central, Education, Gavin Barwell, Schools, Trinity School, Whitgift School | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Boris, the NFL, libraries and precious crockery: iC’s 2013

Posted on December 26, 2013 by insidecroydon

As we approach 2014 and all that may have to offer, here’s the 10 most-read iC articles of 2013 – an eclectic mix of politics, exclusive news stories, sport, arts reviews and controversy. With more than half a million page views … Continue reading →

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Charity reform required to alter Foundation’s influence

Posted on December 23, 2013 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: At the weekend, Susan Oliver asked: what is the real role in Croydon of the multi-million pound Whitgift Foundation, the owners of much of the land being redeveloped as part of the £1bn Hammersfield scheme? Here, DAVID CALLAM … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Care Homes, Charity, Church and religions, David Callam, Dudley Mead, Education, Gavin Barwell, History, Margaret Mead, Old Palace, Property, Schools, Trinity School, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift School | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

ECB demands rule out Whitgift cricket festival for 2014

Posted on November 25, 2013 by insidecroydon

Hopes that county cricket would return to Croydon in 2014 after a three-year hiatus will be dashed tonight when the England and Wales Cricket Board publishes its fixtures list for next summer. Surrey will not be listed as playing any … Continue reading →

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South’s double helps Whitgift march on in the cup

Posted on November 14, 2013 by insidecroydon

RUGBY ROUND-UP: The match of the week locally undoubtedly took place in South Croydon yesterday afternoon, when Whitgift School beat John Fisher 29-6 in the latest round of the NatWest Cup national schools competition. Stan South, the Whitgift lock, scored … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon RFC, Education, 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 , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Whitgift and Fisher get to renew their rivalry in NatWest Cup

Posted on October 18, 2013 by insidecroydon

RUGBY ROUND-UP: We did say it would be close. By the final whistle at Plough Lane last Saturday, Whitgift School‘s first XV had hung on to a 25-24 victory over John Fisher, but only just, as Lewis Dennelly, the Fisher … 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 , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Thousands expected on touchline for annual schools clash

Posted on October 11, 2013 by insidecroydon

RUGBY ROUND-UP: It may be a Heineken Cup weekend, and the local rugby clubs might well be staging some important league fixtures tomorrow. But the real match of the day as far as Croydon sport is concerned kicks off at … Continue reading →

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Barwell’s schools arithmetic offers only a partial picture

Posted on October 6, 2013 by insidecroydon

GENE BRODIE, our education correspondent, has ordered a local MP to write 100 lines: “I must not deceive by using partial statistics on Croydon’s schools’ performance” Gary Barlow, as the MP is known to his constituents in Croydon Central, from … Continue reading →

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Council fails to do its homework on Croydon GCSE results

Posted on August 27, 2013 by insidecroydon

So how did Croydon’s pupils do in their GCSEs this year? Our education correspondent GENE BRODIE gives Croydon Council an “F” for its efforts in failing to release full results for local schools, when Sutton and other boroughs provided that … Continue reading →

Posted in Addington High, Advance School, Aerodrome Primary, Archbishop Lanfranc, Archbishop Tenison's, BRIT School, Coloma, Croydon Central, Croydon High, Education, Gavin Barwell, John Fisher School, Oasis Academy, Old Palace, Schools, Sutton Council, Trinity School, Whitgift School, Woodcote High | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Surrey cricket looks to revive Croydon festival in 2014

Posted on August 21, 2013 by insidecroydon

First-class cricket could make a return to Croydon next summer, Inside Croydon can reveal. As the fifth and final Ashes Test between England and Australia gets underway at The Oval, today, Inside Croydon has learned of moves behind the scenes … Continue reading →

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Surrey starting to come together as storm clouds clear

Posted on August 12, 2013 by insidecroydon

The death of a promising young batsman, the departure of his friend and club captain, the sacking of the county coach, and the arrival of two legends of Test cricket… It has been a year of trauma for Surrey cricket. … Continue reading →

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How you can tell which schools are really making the grade

Posted on August 11, 2013 by insidecroydon

School pupils – whether attending the borough’s high-profile independents, our state secondaries or the privatised academies – will be receiving their life-shaping GCSE, AS and A level results in the next few weeks. Education correspondent GENE BRODIE provides an insider’s … Continue reading →

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Whitgift wing Yarde poised to go all the way for England

Posted on June 14, 2013 by insidecroydon

IAN LAMONT on the international call-up for a rugby player made in Croydon Another benchmark for sport in Croydon will be made tomorrow, when Marland Yarde runs out in an England shirt at the Velez Sarsfield stadium in Buenos Aires … Continue reading →

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