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The heretic bishop who recanted to avoid burning at the stake
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: Reginald Peacock was consecrated as a bishop in a service conducted in the Archbishop’s palace in Croydon, but had to survive a show trial and ritual humiliation on the streets of Medieval London, as DAVID MORGAN writes The … Continue reading
Posted in Archbishop of Canterbury, Church and religions, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, History
Tagged Agincourt, Archbishop of Canterbury, Archbishop Thomas Bouchier, Bishop of Chichester, Bishop of St Asaph, Bishop Reginald Peacock, Chichester, Croydon Minster, Croydon Parish Church, David Morgan, Dick Whittington, Hundred Years War, John Wycliffe, King Henry V, King Henry VI, Lollards, Old Palace, Pope Calixtus III, Reginald Peacock, St Asaph, Wars of the Roses
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Old Palace pupils deliver improved grades in school’s final year
It was a poignant A-Level results day in Croydon Old Town, where the last cadre of pupils in Old Palace School’s 136-year history received the news that could shape their adult lives. Old Palace of John Whitgift formally closed its … Continue reading
Old Palace up for ‘wellbeing’ award just weeks before closure
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The fee-paying girls’ school in Old Town has been shortlisted for a prize at a national awards event to be staged at a 5-star hotel where tickets cost £245 per head. By GENE BRODIE, education correspondent With … Continue reading
Posted in Jane Burton, Old Palace, Red Gates School, Schools, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Bensham Manor School, Croydon, Old Palace, Old Palace School, Old Palace School of John Whitgift, Red Gates School, Sutton High School, TES Schools Awards, Times Education Supplement, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Housing association CEO takes lead role at Whitgift Foundation
For the first time in more than 400 years, the Whitgift Foundation is to be led by a woman. “That’s if you don’t count Queen Elizabeth I,” confided a wag at the Whitgift Almshouses, where the charity and multi-million-pound property … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Charity, Fiona Fletcher Smith, Roisha Hughes, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Archbishop of Canterbury, Charity Commission, Christopher Houlding, Court of Governors, Croydon, Fiona Fletcher-Smith, Hammersfield, Old Palace, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Roisha Hughes, Trinity School, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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Buyers found for two former private schools in South Croydon
EXCLUSIVE: The slow saga of the closure of Old Palace School may be about to take a significant step over the future of its former prep school, while Coombe House by Lloyd Park, offered at £6m, is ‘sold subject to … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Housing, Oakwood, Old Palace, Planning, Property, Schools, South Croydon, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Coombe House, Croydon, Knight Frank, Melville Avenue, Oakwood School, Old Palace, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Old Palace Prep School, Old Palace School, PACT Educational Trust, South Croydon, Whitgift Foundation
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Archbishop Lanfranc and the Norman Conquest of Croydon
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: For his first essay of 2025, Croydon Minster archivist DAVID MORGAN delves back almost one thousand years, to the time of William the Conqueror and the appointment of a new Archbishop of Canterbury Who should be the next … Continue reading
Ghostly convocation that is hardly a good omen for the Palace
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: As we head into the season of ghostly stories and things that go ‘bump’ in the night, DAVID MORGAN has a tale for troubled times in Croydon… The tram rattled along Church Street and came to a halt … Continue reading
Welby’s resignation could yet have consequences in Croydon
The alleged cover-up of the Church of England’s abuse scandal is echoed in the handling of events at £55,000 per year private school in Croydon, where there was a Met Police investigation last year. By STEVEN DOWNES The Archbishops of … Continue reading
Posted in Bishop of Croydon, Charity, Christopher Ramsey, Church and religions, Croydon Minster, Rosemarie Mallett, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Addington Palace, Archbishop John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury, Catfishing, Church of England, Croydon, Dinal De Alwis, Dr Kevin Ralley, John Smyth, Justin Welby, Makin Review, Old Palace, Rt Rev Dr Rosemarie Mallett, St Mary's Church, Suicide, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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Boris Johnson’s former aide given Whitgift Foundation top job
It was an intervention 12 years ago by the then Mayor of London that got Croydon’s biggest landowners into a disastrous £1.4bn gamble with Westfield. Now they are turning to BoJo’s ‘revered’ aide to get them out of the mess. … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Charity, Old Palace, Property, Roisha Hughes, Schools, Trinity School, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Christopher Houlding, Croydon, Hammersfield, Martin Corney, Old Palace, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Old Palace School, Roisha Hughes, Trinity School, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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Crumbling finances see troubled Foundation lose millions more
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Official figures show that the borough’s biggest landowners saw their funds fall by 5.5% in the latest trading year – and that was before incurring any costs from closing Old Palace girls’ school. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Charity, Old Palace, Planning, Property, Schools, Trinity School, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Christopher Houlding, Croydon, Hammersfield, Old Palace, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Old Palace School, Trinity School, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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Houlding’s decided not to hang on at the failing Foundation
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The man behind the closure of one of the Whitgift Foundation’s three large schools will be standing down from the troubled property developers’ governors. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Christopher Houlding is to step down as the chair … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Archbishop of Canterbury, Bishop of Croydon, Charity Commission, Christopher Houlding, Court of Governors, Croydon, Hammersfield, Old Palace, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Trinity School, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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Girls and teachers in tears as school prepares for closure
At Old Palace of John Whitgift, the fee-paying girls’ school, there’s an ‘end-of-term’ feeling the like of which has never been experienced, by pupils or staff, in its 135-year history. By CAITLIN CLIFFORD Having been at Old Palace since Year … Continue reading
School site to be sold off as pupils finish their final term
Education correspondent GENE BRODIE on the latest move by the borough’s biggest landowners in the slow, death throes of one of Croydon’s best-known schools The final bell, on the final day at the end of the school’s final year has … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Housing, Old Palace, Planning, Property, Schools, South Croydon, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Croydon, Emily Boynton, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Knight Frank, Melville Avenue, Old Palace, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Old Palace Prep School, Old Palace School, South Croydon, Westfield, Whitgift Foundation
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Teenager pleads not guilty to murder of Elianne Andam
The 17-year-old boy charged with the murder of Elianne Andam outside the Whitgift Centre last September entered a not guilty plea at an Old Bailey hearing this morning. He pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of manslaughter. The boy, who … Continue reading
Foundation brings forward Old Palace prep closure by a year
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Early closure of the fee-paying primary school will speed up sale of the site in South Croydon – probably to a profit-hungry housing developer. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The financially troubled Whitgift Foundation is seeking to accelerate … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Chris Philp MP, Housing, Jane Burton, Old Palace, Property, Sarah Jones MP, Schools, South Croydon, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon South, Jane Burton, Melville Avenue, Old Palace, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Old Palace Prep School, Old Palace School, Sarah Jones MP, South Croydon, Westfield, Whitgift Foundation
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Another Whitgift shock as second head teacher decides to quit
CROYDON IN CRISIS: To lose one head teacher in a single academic year is unfortunate. For Croydon’s biggest landowners to lose two from their private schools is beginning to appear worrying. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Christopher Ramsey, the headmaster of … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Christopher Ramsey, Education, Jane Burton, Old Palace, Schools, South Croydon, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Christopher Ramsey, Croydon, Haling Park, Hammersfield, Old Palace, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, South Croydon, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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