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£40m Trinity School expansion given planning green light
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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Tagged Alasdair Kennedy, Clive Fraser, Croydon, Jason Cummings, Mark Johnson, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Old Palace School, Roisha Hughes, Shirley, Shirley Park, Shirley South, Trinity School, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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Trinity pupil wins best child actor in WhatsOnStage awards
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
Trinity submits planning application for £40m co-ed conversion
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
Posted in Alasdair Kennedy, Business, Charity, Education, Old Palace, Planning, Schools, Trinity School, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Alasdair Kennedy, Croydon, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Old Palace School, Shirley, Shirley Park, Trinity School, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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From Carnegie Hall to Shirley: pianos centre stage at Trinity
Behzod Abduraimov, described by The Independent as “the most perfectly accomplished pianist of his generation”, is coming to Croydon next month to perform, not long after Trinity School stages its annual piano festival, which begins tomorrow. Abduraimov’s recital will take … Continue reading
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Tagged Behzod Abduraimov, Shirley, Steinway, Trinity Piano Festival, Trinity School
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After 120 years, the Eagles live the dream at Wembley cup final
As we reach the month of May in our review of the biggest and best news stories of the year, there was one report, direct from the National Stadium, that had many Croydon folk walking on air for days afterwards… … Continue reading
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Tagged 2025 FA Cup final, Allders, Allders Parade, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace FC, East Croydon station, FA Cup, FA Cup final, Hammersfield, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mayor Jason Perry, Peter Gillman, Purley Pool, Roisha Hughes, Selhurst Park, Sutton Council, Tory, Trinity School, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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April fool! Plus: school goes co-ed, new owners for old pub
As we continue to sweep through the biggest and most important news stories of 2025, the latest part of our annual news review arrives at the month of the annual Council Tax hike APRIL Trinity boys’ school confirms that it … Continue reading
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Tagged #BridgeToNowhere, Allders, Allders Parade, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace FC, East Croydon station, FA Cup, Hammersfield, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mayor Jason Perry, Purley Pool, Roisha Hughes, Selhurst Park, Sutton Council, Tory, Trinity School, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Teenager from Warlingham wins Trinity’s prestige piano prize
Isaac Rogers, aged 17, from Warlingham, has been named as Trinity School’s Steinway Scholar for 2025-2026. Rogers is the 12th pupil to win the prestigious annual award, which challenges pianists to perform at an exceptional level. Boys, and the girls … Continue reading
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Tagged Isaac Rogers, Richard Evans, Steinway, Trinity School, Trinity-Steinway Scholarship
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Kevin Costner Christmas show is Shirley teen’s screen debut
EXCLUSIVE: ABC in the United States is airing a biblical epic tonight, with a starring role played by an 18-year-old actor from Croydon A Croydon teenager tonight makes his screen debut in an American television show fronted by Hollywood superstar … Continue reading
Shirley teen to release Christmas single to support charities
A teenaged actor and musician from Shirley has revived a family song to raise funds to support young people and seriously ill children this festive season. At the end of this month, 18-year-old Ethan Thorne is releasing two versions of … Continue reading
Posted in CYTO, Music, Shirley North, Shirley South, Theatre, Trinity School
Tagged Christmas, Ethan Thorne, Shirley, St George's Hospital, Sugar Snow, Trinity School, WellChild
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Seth begins new term as Whitgift School’s 30th headmaster
Toby Seth this week became the 30th headmaster in Whitgift School’s 421-year history. But Seth is the fourth head at Whitgift in just eight years, a period of relative turmoil and controversy which saw his predecessor-but-one, Christopher Ramsey, depart somewhat … Continue reading
Secondaries celebrate as ‘covid bubble’ pupils pass GCSEs
For the 15- and 16-year-olds who began their secondary school careers with a year or more spent in a covid “bubble”, yesterday’s GCSE results will have come as a form of vindication, and relief. Covid and its aftermath had sent … Continue reading
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
Trinity pupils Go For Gold in BAFTA’s computer games awards
Two boys at Trinity School have made it into the finals of BAFTA’s Young Game Designer of the Year Awards. It is the second year running that Sam Kingston and Sebastian Heitz have made it to the finals of these … Continue reading
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Tagged BAFTA, BAFTA Young Game Designers awards, Sam Kingston, Sebastian Heitz, Trinity School
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Trinity boys’ school confirms that it will go co-ed from 2027
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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Tagged Alasdair Kennedy, Croydon, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Old Palace School, Shirley, Shirley Park, Trinity School, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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Landowner wants public cash to help delayed Westfield project
EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The Whitgift Foundation is in talks with the Mayor of London and central government for another multi-million-pound bail-out for Croydon, this one likely to centre around building around 3,000 homes in the town centre. That’s according … Continue reading
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Tagged Croydon, Hammersfield, London, Mayor, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Old Palace School, Roisha Hughes, Sir Howard Dawber, Tom Copley, Trinity School, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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Southwark Cathedral to hear the passion from boys’ choirs
Boys from one of Croydon’s independent schools will team up tomorrow with a choir from Germany for a unique performance of JS Bach’s St Matthew Passion at Southwark Cathedral. In a landmark collaboration, more than 100 boys from Trinity Boys … Continue reading
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Tagged Coventry, Germany, JS Bach, Kiel, Kieler Knabenchor, Southwark Cathedral, St Matthew's Passion, Trinity, Trinity Boys' Choir, Trinity School
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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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Trinity School’s Steinway festival is hitting all the right notes
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
Help primary choir’s final big push to get Christmas No1
A Croydon primary school will be appearing on BBC local television news today, appealing to the public for their help with one last big push to try to get their special song to the Christmas No1 spot. St James the … Continue reading
Trinity names Caden Cheong as this year’s Steinway scholar
Caden Cheong, a Sixth Former at Trinity School, has been named as this year’s Steinway Scholar. The annual Trinity-Steinway Scholarship supports talented pianists by providing tuition at The Royal College of Music, professional-level performance opportunities and attendance at an international … Continue reading
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Tagged Caden Cheong, Croydon, Steinway, Trinity School, Trinity-Steinway Scholarship, Whitgift Foundation
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Thornton Heath school hits right notes with Christmas single
With help from a local secondary, a primary choir is vying with Ed Sheeran and Sabrina Carpenter to top the festive charts St James the Great Primary School in Thornton Heath has released its first ever Christmas single, Joy on … Continue reading
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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South Croydon luthier whose instruments sell around the world
In a workshop in the back garden of a quiet residential street, one of the world’s leading makers of guitars and ukuleles is building a business and a global reputation. DAVID MORGAN went along to meet him Daniel Lukes’ careful … Continue reading
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Tagged Daniel Lukes, David Morgan, guitar-maker, Luthier, South Croydon, The Oval Tavern, Trinity School, ukelele
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