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£40m Trinity School expansion given planning green light

Posted on May 2, 2026 by insidecroydon

The council’s planning committee has given a green light to a £40million development to expand Trinity School in Shirley Park to ready the independent boys’ school to go fully co-educational by 2031. The scheme is the first major re-build since … Continue reading →

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Trinity pupil wins best child actor in WhatsOnStage awards

Posted on March 13, 2026 by insidecroydon

A first-year pupil at Trinity School in Shirley has been named best child actor of the year in the WhatsOnStage Awards for his performances at the National Theatre’s Land of the Living. Anton Vehring is 11 years old. He made … Continue reading →

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Trinity submits planning application for £40m co-ed conversion

Posted on February 11, 2026 by insidecroydon

Less than a year after announcing the £30,000 a year fee-paying school would start offering places to girls, plans have gone in for works that will see its expansion to 1,400 pupils. By STEVEN DOWNES Plans for a £40million extension … Continue reading →

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Trinity boys’ school confirms that it will go co-ed from 2027

Posted on April 28, 2025 by insidecroydon

EXCLUSIVE: Almost two years since the Whitgift Foundation shocked the Croydon community by deciding to close its fee-paying girls’ school, Old Palace, the charity has decided to re-balance its education provision by converting one of its other large independent schools … Continue reading →

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Trinity School’s Steinway festival is hitting all the right notes

Posted on February 1, 2025 by insidecroydon

Trinity School is staging piano performances by more than 120 musicians in a week-long festival – with recitals by schoolboys and girl pupils (Trinity has a co-ed Sixth Form) played in the school corridor to renowned international performers making special … Continue reading →

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Council says Shirley Park ‘not for sale’ to deny local rumours

Posted on November 14, 2024 by insidecroydon

Croydon’s cash-strapped council has today issued a statement denying that it has any plans to sell the freehold of Shirley Park Golf Club and its 130-acre course. The parkland golf course, once the Shirley Park Estate, has been owned by … Continue reading →

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Celebrity Piano Concerts, Trinity School, Jan 30-Mar 15

Posted on January 14, 2024 by insidecroydon
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Fining car drivers is not fine with pro-pollution Mayor Perry

Posted on May 3, 2023 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Not a single fine has been raised on one Healthy School Street after four months of a six-month trial, all because the council has failed to instal any ANPR cameras, leaving the cash-strapped authority missing out on … Continue reading →

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Trinity roar their way into second Twickenham cup final

Posted on March 15, 2023 by insidecroydon

A Croydon school features in the showpiece finale to the rugby season for the fourth time in succession, with their three England call-ups bidding to retain the RFU Schools Cup. Semi-final photos by LEO WILKINSON Trinity are back in Twickenham … Continue reading →

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Trinity is named in country’s top eight independent schools

Posted on November 20, 2018 by insidecroydon

Trinity School in Shirley Park has been shortlisted for the Independent School of the Year award by the Times Educational Supplement. The £17,500-a-year private school, part of the Whitgift Foundation, is one of eight named on the shortlist for the … Continue reading →

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Addiscombe and Shirley Park RA Jumble Trail, Jul 1

Posted on June 15, 2017 by insidecroydon
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Addiscombe and Shirley Park Residents’ Jumbletrail, Apr 24

Posted on March 25, 2016 by insidecroydon
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