Tag Archives: Riddlesdown Collegiate

Half-term gymnastics and trampolining classes, Riddlesdown

Posted on February 12, 2016 by
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Croydon’s ‘independent’ state school that still sets the 11-plus

Posted on October 4, 2015 by

Education correspondent GENE BRODIE on how selection in our schools has never really gone away Did you know that the 11-plus is alive and thriving in a Croydon state school? Many of the Year 6 pupils who prepared diligently for … Continue reading →

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How you can tell which schools are really making the grade

Posted on August 11, 2013 by

School pupils – whether attending the borough’s high-profile independents, our state secondaries or the privatised academies – will be receiving their life-shaping GCSE, AS and A level results in the next few weeks. Education correspondent GENE BRODIE provides an insider’s … Continue reading →

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Gove’s Roke “consultation” uses figures that do not add up

Posted on May 23, 2013 by

One of the basics taught at every primary school is adding up. Trouble with Michael Gove, the education secretary, and the “consultation” he commissioned on the future of Roke Primary School, is that none of it adds up. Roke is … Continue reading →

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