Tag Archives: Michael Gove

Schools job raises questions over Barwell Foundation link

Posted on September 12, 2012 by insidecroydon

The announcement this afternoon that Gavin Barwell is to be the parliamentary private secretary to the controversial education minister, Michael Gove, has led to renewed questions about the Croydon Central MP’s position with the multi-million-pound education charity, the Whitgift Foundation. … Continue reading →

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Tamils working hard to get London Road back on its feet

Posted on August 31, 2012 by insidecroydon

8/8 ONE YEAR ON: Having escaped a bitter and destructive civil war, the local Tamil community is coping with the aftermath of the Croydon riots, ANDREW PELLING reports Croydon’s Tamil community saw a lot of trouble back in Sri Lanka, … Continue reading →

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Go with Mo: Croydon takes part in world record attempt

Posted on August 18, 2012 by insidecroydon

A week on from Mo Farah winning his second Olympic gold medal in the 5,000 metres, Croydon’s runners have been playing their part in a world record attempt 5km run. ParkRun is an outstanding, nil-cost series of weekly races staged … Continue reading →

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Croydon in Crisis: Barwell, “loons” and a “bright” future

Posted on June 27, 2012 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY by Steven Downes, Editor, InsideCroydon.com As newspaper front pages go, this pretty much hammered home a final nail in a government’s coffin. The Sun‘s “Crisis? What Crisis?” splash in January 1979 is a classic headline. It refers to … Continue reading →

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It is time the likes of Gove and Pollard listened to the teachers

Posted on June 25, 2012 by insidecroydon

O Levels, CSEs, and grammar schools in Croydon? Having read Councillor Tim Pollard’s recent article on Inside Croydon, SUSAN OLIVER responds by arguing that teachers should put their capes on and become the super-heroes of education they’re entitled to be … Continue reading →

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Teachers to quit Oval Primary before move to Academy

Posted on June 16, 2011 by insidecroydon

According to parents who attended the latest meeting at controversial Oval Primary on Wednesday, the majority of existing teaching staff plan to resign ahead of the school’s handover to an educational group headed by a leading Tory party millionaire.

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Croydon wards among worst in London for children’s literacy

Posted on June 4, 2011 by insidecroydon

Our schools correspondent, GENE BRODIE, reviews this week’s damning report on children’s literacy and contrasts its recommendations with Croydon’s secretive library cuts Croydon topped another league table this week, but not in a good way, with Kenley revealed as the … Continue reading →

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Oval Primary parents summoned to academy status meeting

Posted on May 4, 2011 by insidecroydon

“If I wanted to work at an independent school,” a senior teacher, the head of a department at a nearby secondary school, confided to us recently, “I’d apply for a job at one.” His school had begun the formal process … Continue reading →

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