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Tag Archives: Riddlesdown
Fungi Foray guided walk, Riddlesdown, Oct 21
Posted in Activities, Croydon parks, Education, Environment, Wildlife
Tagged City Commons, Riddlesdown
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Riddlesdown Common free guided flower walk, Jun 17
Posted in Croydon parks, Environment, Sanderstead, Wildlife
Tagged City Commons, Riddlesdown, Sanderstead
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City Commons guided history walk, Riddlesdown, May 27
Posted in Education, Environment, History, Wildlife
Tagged City Commons, Riddlesdown
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City Commons’ Riddlesdown guided bird watch, Feb 11
Posted in Coulsdon, Croydon parks, Environment, Wildlife
Tagged City Commons, Coulsdon, Riddlesdown
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Boxing Day guided walk, Riddlesdown Common, Dec 26
Posted in Activities, Croydon parks, Environment, Sanderstead, Walks
Tagged Riddlesdown, Sanderstead
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Coulsdon Commons seeking volunteers – and walkers
There are plenty of organised and guided walks on offer in and around the borough over the coming holiday period, most of them free, offering excellent opportunities to burn off some of the seasonal excess and to find out more … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Community associations, Coulsdon, Kenley, Walks
Tagged Coulsdon, Coulsdon Commons, Kenley, Riddlesdown, Volunteering, Walks
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Highly objectionable: Roke parents lodge academy complaints
The sham “consultation” over the future of Roke Primary in Kenley, in which Michael Gove, the education secretary, wants to hand over the public property of a recently built, high-achieving school, to a Conservative party donor, ended on Friday. The Save … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Roke Primary
Tagged Conservative, Department for Education, Harris Federation, Michael Gove, Primary school, Richard Ottaway, Riddlesdown, Roke
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Nash letter dashes hopes for Roke to escape Harris
Parents, governors and staff at Roke Primary were left “shattered” last week, after the local MP, Richard Ottaway, passed on to them a letter he had received from Lord Nash, the under-secretary at the Department for Education. Nash’s letter runs … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Kenley, Richard Ottaway MP, Roke Primary
Tagged Croydon, Department for Education, Harris Federation, Ofsted, Primary school, Richard Ottaway, Riddlesdown, Roke
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Tory councillor says Gove’s academy conduct is “woeful”
A Conservative councillor in Croydon has made an extraordinary attack against Michael Gove over the way in which the Tory-led government’s education secretary and his department is steamrolling through the transfer of a local primary school. In a rare, if … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Roke Primary, Schools
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Department for Education, Harris Federation, Michael Gove, Ofsted, Primary school, Riddlesdown
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Harris Foundation starts its charm offensive to Roke parents
The Harris Foundation, which has been handed hundreds of thousands, if not millions of pounds’ worth of public assets by being given Roke Primary by Michael Gove‘s Department for Education, has begun an attempt to smooch its way into the … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Roke Primary, Schools
Tagged Croydon, Department for Education, Harris Federation, Kenley, London, Michael Gove, Riddlesdown, Roke
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What councillors say: “no opposition to Roke proposals”
Roke Primary is not “a failing” or under-performing school, yet Michael Gove, the Education minister, is about to hand over this publicly owned asset to a carpet salesman to run as an “academy”. No consultation, no mandate, and no agreement … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Kenley, Richard Ottaway MP, Roke Primary, Schools, Steve Hollands
Tagged Croydon, LEA, London, Michael Gove, Ofsted, Richard Ottaway, Riddlesdown, Roke
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Walk your way to fitness in 2013 with local rambles
It’s too late for a 2013 London Marathon entry, the sponsored swim at Purley Pool is too far distant, and the weekly 5km Park Runs in Lloyd Park, on Roundshaw Downs, at Riddlesdown or in Banstead Woods might be a … Continue reading
Blow away the Halloween cobwebs with a Riddlesdown walk
If you have run out things to do in your job as volunteer entertainments officer (unpaid) to your children during half-term, there’s a solution to run off some of their spare energy this Friday morning. And it’s all free. With … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Coulsdon, Education, Environment, Purley, Schools, Walks, Wildlife
Tagged Academic term, London, Purley, Riddlesdown, Whyteleafe
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Junior School of Hard Knocks returns to Hamsey Green
The Sky Sports-inspired School of Hard Knocks scheme is returning to Warlingham rugby club on July 6. The Hamsey Green club is staging a rugby match between SOHK, Warlingham and Riddlesdown schools, kick-off 6.30pm. It is the second year in … Continue reading
