Category Archives: Norbury Park

Ofsted inspection rates Croydon children’s services ‘Good’

Posted on March 16, 2020 by

It has taken two and a half years, and an extra £25million spent on recruiting staff and providing new equipment, but Croydon Council’s children’s services department has finally been rated as “Good” by Ofsted following its latest inspection. The borough’s … Continue reading →

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Active space launch event, Norbury Park, Jan 11

Posted on November 25, 2019 by
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Flemming runs for Streatham – and Newman gives his backing

Posted on October 17, 2019 by

Alisa Flemming, the Croydon council cabinet member who was in charge of the borough’s children’s services when they descended into a dangerously “inadequate” state, as judged by Ofsted inspectors, is now looking to advance her own political career by running … Continue reading →

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Council’s sorry performance after Ombudsman’s dozen rulings

Posted on July 29, 2019 by

One reason that rulings by the Local Government Ombudsman against local authorities, such as Croydon, attract so little attention is that the Ombudsman’s office never insists that the offending councils should publish the findings in full on their own website. … Continue reading →

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Newman ducks questions to show he’s all words, not deeds

Posted on July 19, 2019 by

TOWN HALL SKETCH: Who are we to believe? The last full council meeting until October descended into accusations from politicians of lying (ahh, the sweet irony), while the public’s petitions were re-written for them by council officials, until debate was … Continue reading →

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Norbury residents angry at ‘underhand’ Brick by Brick scheme

Posted on June 27, 2019 by

The council’s attempt to cover-up which plots of land are to be flogged off to in-house house-builder Brick by Brick has been described as “underhand and sneaky” by residents in Norbury who have started to fight back over the threat … Continue reading →

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Council’s prestige £6.5m youth project opening gets delayed

Posted on June 26, 2019 by

Four years after they announced the project in a flurry of mutual back-slapping, the council’s leadership has gone quiet as the Legacy Youth Zone has missed its deadline, reports KEN LEE There has been an unusual, for him, silence from … Continue reading →

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