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Stolen car and missing notebooks could delay Raye’s album
Croydon’s chart-topping singer Raye has issued a public appeal – after her car was stolen together with notebooks containing precious lyrics for her next album. Earlier this year, Raye – Rachel Keen when she was when a child at Coulsdon … Continue reading
Posted in Art, BRIT School, Music, Raye, Woodcote High
Tagged Coulsdon, Croydon, Raye, The BRITS
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Sacked ‘superstar’ headteacher refuses to resign MOPAC post
Questions have been raised with senior figures at City Hall over whether the “superstar” headteacher of a secondary school in Coulsdon who was dismissed for gross misconduct can continue in an influential role with MOPAC – the Mayor of London’s … Continue reading
Coulsdon school’s ‘superstar head’ loses unfair dismissal case
An unfair dismissal case brought against Woodcote High School by a “superstar head teacher”, which claimed he was victim of race discrimination, has been dismissed. The case was brought by Paul Mundy-Castle, a former Great Britain basketball international and London’s … Continue reading
Posted in Coulsdon, Education, Schools, Woodcote High
Tagged Coulsdon, Croydon, Paul Mundy-Castle, South London Employment Tribunal, Woodcote High School
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‘Miracles happen’ says Raye as she wins a record 6 Brits
On the night of her greatest acclaim, Raye – Rachel Keen when she was when a child at Coulsdon Primary and pupil at Woodcote High – gave a shout out to Croydon. “Miracles happen,” said the country’s latest, biggest music … Continue reading
Posted in Art, BRIT School, Music, Raye, Woodcote High
Tagged Coulsdon, Croydon, Raye, Rob Beckett, The BRITS
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Woodcote High parents and pupils shocked by head’s exit
EXCLUSIVE: A dispute with a former headteacher is being linked to the abrupt exit of their successor at a Coulsdon secondary school. By GENE BRODIE, education correspondent Staff, pupils and parents at Woodcote High were left shocked yesterday after the … Continue reading
Merry Christmas Fair, Woodcote High School, Dec 19
Posted in Activities, Coulsdon, Purley, Schools, Woodcote High
Tagged Christmas, Coulsdon, Purley, Woodcote High School
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Big Church Sports Day, Woodcote High, July 23
Posted in Activities, Athletics, Church and religions, Purley, Sport, Woodcote High
Tagged Purley, Woodcote High School
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Woodcote High and Smitham Primary Summer Fair, Jul 14
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Tagged Smitham Primary School, Woodcote High School
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Croydon schools are still facing 5% cuts to their funding
A teachers’ union has accused an MP of giving “false hope” to Croydon teachers, parents and pupils over Tory cuts to schools funding, and told him to lobby his government for real-terms increases in the amounts allocated for education in … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Croydon South, Education, Oasis Academy Coulsdon, Riddlesdown, Schools, Woodcote High
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Tory
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Olympic boost gives Woodcote School’s track a flying start
IAN LAMONT reports on the opening of an important sports facility in Coulsdon Evidence of the “Olympic legacy” since last summer’s global sporting showpiece was staged in the capital has been hard to find. The Surrey county athletics championships has … Continue reading
Woodcote school on its marks to get right on track
IAN LAMONT reports on a £800,000 training facility in Coulsdon that will boost one of the country’s oldest athletics clubs Students returning to Woodcote High School in for the summer term are tantalisingly close to being able to use a … Continue reading
