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By Royal appointment: Duchess pays a visit to Croydon High

Posted on March 12, 2025 by insidecroydon

The Duchess of Gloucester has marked the 150th anniversary of Croydon High School with a royal visit to the girls’ fee-paying school in Selsdon, marking “a poignant moment in the school’s rich legacy of empowering girls through education since its … Continue reading →

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Croydon High School appoints Davies as new headteacher

Posted on May 12, 2022 by insidecroydon

Croydon High, the £18,000 per year private girls’ school in Selsdon, has announced the appointment of Annabel Davies as its new headteacher, with effect from September 2022. Davies is to replace Emma Pattison, the head since 2016, who is leaving … Continue reading →

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Thousands of girls’ school teachers fear Trust’s ‘fire and rehire’

Posted on February 11, 2022 by insidecroydon

Our education correspondent, GENE BRODIE, reports from the picket line at Croydon High, where dozens of teachers fear that they will lose their jobs in a dispute with what some have called a ‘petty and vindictive’ schools trust Croydon High … Continue reading →

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Pensions dispute sees private schools’ teachers go on strike

Posted on February 9, 2022 by insidecroydon

More than 50 teachers at Croydon High School are going on strike tomorrow in the first of six days of planned industrial action to defend their pensions. Croydon High, the fee-paying girls’ prep to sixth form school in Selsdon, is … Continue reading →

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