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Charity Commission alerted to problems at Whitgift Foundation

Posted on May 22, 2024 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: No chief exec in place for 12 months, accounts later than usual to be filed, and £50m wiped off its funds in five years. Now the borough’s biggest landowners are subject to a formal complaint to regulators. … Continue reading →

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£7,000 ‘bribes’ prompt pupil exodus from doomed school

Posted on November 17, 2023 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Fewer than 300 girls returned to Old Palace after half-term, as the charitable foundation that runs the school offered cash inducements to their parents to withdraw their daughters promptly. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Around half of the … Continue reading →

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Old Palace parents threaten legal action over school closure

Posted on October 9, 2023 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: With accusations of ‘sexist and misogynistic behaviour’ and even a claim of ‘fraud’ against the financially troubled property developers at the Whitgift Foundation, the fight to save the girls’ independent school has taken a new turn. EXCLUSIVE … Continue reading →

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Hundreds turn out to protest against plan to close nurseries

Posted on October 2, 2023 by insidecroydon

Children as young as three or four are being threatened with the consequences of the crass mismanagement of the local council and the failed £1bn property gamble by the borough’s biggest land-owners. By education correspondent GENE BRODIE It was all … Continue reading →

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Parents take their fight to school gates to save Old Palace

Posted on October 1, 2023 by insidecroydon

Parents of pupils at Old Palace – from nursery, through primary and into secondary – turned out in Shirley yesterday morning to protest at what they see as the arbitrary unfairness of the plans to close their school. As first … Continue reading →

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Old Palace parents cancel protest in respect for murdered girl

Posted on September 28, 2023 by insidecroydon

A campaign launched less than a week ago to fight for the future of Old Palace School has cancelled plans to stage a protest tonight, out of respect for the schoolgirl murdered in Croydon yesterday. Elianne Andam, the 15-year-old who … Continue reading →

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