Tag Archives: Harris Purley Way Primary

None of Croydon’s new school buildings have sprinklers fitted

Posted on August 1, 2017 by insidecroydon

Not a single school building constructed or planned in Croydon over the past five years has been fitted with a sprinkler system, despite building regulations going back for a decade having an “expectation” that sprinklers should be included in all … Continue reading →

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Something stinks about council’s latest air quality plans

Posted on March 16, 2017 by insidecroydon

JEREMY CLACKSON, our motoring correspondent, reports on the inherent contradiction of the borough’s drive for growth (in cars, naturally) Croydon Council has just announced a public consultation (another one), this time over the borough’s rapidly worsening air quality. They are … Continue reading →

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Air pollution means pupils at new school will be kept indoors

Posted on March 10, 2017 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE reports on the latest example of a school development which the council concedes could put the long-term health of generations of children at risk The planning committee last night gave the go-ahead to build a school for four- … Continue reading →

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Planners should be ashamed over Purley Way’s air pollution

Posted on March 30, 2016 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Our coverage of the planning permission granted to a Harris Federation primary school beside the A23 Purley Way has drawn widespread condemnation from readers. Here, CONNIE MINTON vents her feelings about the long-term health dangers of air pollution … Continue reading →

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Purley Way air quality figures that are sure to leave you gasping

Posted on March 29, 2016 by insidecroydon

Earlier this month, Inside Croydon reported how the council’s planning committee had granted permission for a 540-pupil primary school to be built alongside one of the busiest – and most polluting – arterial roads in the capital, the A23 Purley … Continue reading →

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Council planning committee approves primary school build alongside one of London’s most badly polluted roads

Posted on March 18, 2016 by insidecroydon

Croydon Council’s planning committee last night granted approval for a school, for children as young as five, to be built alongside one of the most polluted roads in London, the A23 Purley Way. Official air quality readings in the past … Continue reading →

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New school to be ‘sealed off’ from Purley Way’s polluted air

Posted on November 27, 2015 by insidecroydon

Pass the inhaler: this will have you gasping, and not in a good way. The sight of children, some as young as five, walking to or from their school wearing anti-pollution masks could soon be a commonplace on the streets … Continue reading →

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Harris determined to build primary beside polluted A23

Posted on November 16, 2015 by insidecroydon

The Harris Federation, established by a carpet salesman to run a chain of academised schools, seems determined to push ahead with establishing a primary school on the Purley Way, on a derelict site alongside one of the busiest roads in … Continue reading →

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