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Meridian High scoops national award for ‘making a difference’

Posted on June 29, 2026 by insidecroydon

Meridian High School in New Addington has won a bronze award for “Making a Difference – Secondary School of the Year” in the Pearson National Teaching Awards. The Pearson National Teaching Awards recognise whole school communities that “radically transform the … Continue reading →

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Secondaries celebrate as ‘covid bubble’ pupils pass GCSEs

Posted on August 22, 2025 by insidecroydon

For the 15- and 16-year-olds who began their secondary school careers with a year or more spent in a covid “bubble”, yesterday’s GCSE results will have come as a form of vindication, and relief. Covid and its aftermath had sent … Continue reading →

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Meridian opens new doors for pupils with oracy excellence

Posted on February 18, 2025 by insidecroydon

Meridian High School in New Addington has been accredited as an Oracy Centre of Excellence by Voice 21, a national charity, for its work developing students’ speaking and listening skills. Meridian High, on Fairchildes Avenue, is one of only 24 … Continue reading →

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Pupils show they know their onions on Surrey Street stall

Posted on July 20, 2022 by insidecroydon

Croydon pupils turned market traders last week, selling fruit and vegetables grown by their schools at Surrey Street Market, as part of a programme promoting healthy eating, cooking and sustainability. Thirty pupils from The Link Secondary, Shirley High and Meridian … Continue reading →

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Grand giveaway as three schools could win Centrale’s piano

Posted on November 23, 2018 by insidecroydon

A Croydon school is about to get an early Christmas present in the form of a Yamaha baby grand piano, worth nearly 10 grand, in a special giveaway being staged at the Centrale shopping centre. And it is the Croydon … Continue reading →

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