Tag Archives: St Andrew’s School

Secondary is forced to move after delays to school building

Posted on July 15, 2020 by insidecroydon

Spending £30m on a new school was ‘crazy’ and a waste of money, according to a local MP. GENE BRODIE, our education correspondent, reports Croydon’s newest part-selective secondary school is being forced to move all its staff, equipment and more … Continue reading →

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Failing church secondary could re-open to new pupils in 2020

Posted on August 8, 2018 by insidecroydon

GENE BRODIE, our education correspondent, on how the council and the church are planning to re-open a Waddon secondary school – once all its current pupils have left St Andrew’s High could re-open as a church secondary in 2020 – … Continue reading →

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Just 34 children applied to start at St Andrew’s this September

Posted on July 12, 2018 by insidecroydon

GENE BRODIE, our education correspondent, on some gathering suspicions over the fate of St Andrew’s secondary school site The decision to close St Andrew’s CofE High School in Croydon was taken after just 34 children applied to join the school … Continue reading →

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Church secondary asks pupils’ parents to find another school

Posted on July 10, 2018 by insidecroydon

One of the borough’s largest secondary schools which still operates outside the academy system is to close its doors in September to hundreds of pupils. St Andrew’s High, on Warrington Road, close to the Croydon Flyover, has written to the … Continue reading →

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Sign-up for local author’s book launch, South Croydon, Dec 7

Posted on November 29, 2017 by insidecroydon

South Croydon writer David Matthews is staging the official launch and book-signing of his debut novel, That They Might Lovely Be, next Thursday, December 7, where copies of the book will be on sale with more than one-third off the … Continue reading →

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Why the poppy is a symbol that should unite, not divide, us

Posted on November 5, 2015 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Ahead of this weekend’s Remembrance services, the Rev WEALANDS BELL has a confession to make – he once wore a white poppy, and now wishes he had never done so I was quite surprised to see a conversation … Continue reading →

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St Andrew’s is getting itself ready for the Christmas rush

Posted on November 4, 2015 by insidecroydon

St Andrew’s Church on Southbridge Road in South Croydon has a busy few weeks ahead in the run-up to Christmas, with community events to appeal to all ages. The church, with its recently opened community areas, continues to hold a … Continue reading →

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Flower fairy artist’s life story takes wing on church stage

Posted on July 14, 2015 by insidecroydon

The Rev WEALANDS BELL saw his church turned into a theatre last week for the world premiere of a play about the artist Cicely Mary Barker. Here, he reviews Under the Shadow of Your Wings, the drama whose performance marked … Continue reading →

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Church stages special events for Barker’s 120th anniversary

Posted on June 20, 2015 by insidecroydon

The 120th anniversary of the birth of Cicely Mary Barker, the author and artist who devised the flower fairies, is to be celebrated at her parish church, St Andrew’s on Southbridge Road, next Sunday, June 28, and then next month … Continue reading →

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Cicely Mary Barker’s broad canvas that paints a new future

Posted on October 9, 2014 by insidecroydon

Last Friday, one of Croydon’s hidden treasures, a work of art which had been kept hidden in the Town Hall vaults for too many years, was unveiled for public exhibition at St Andrew’s Church. DAVID MATTHEWS, the headmaster of St … Continue reading →

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