Tag Archives: Trinity School

Trinity’s Christmas song raises thousands for the homeless

Posted on December 21, 2020 by insidecroydon

Richard Holdsworth, the music master at Trinity School, has written and performed, together with pupils, a special Christmas charity record which has raised thousands of pounds for the homeless. Almost Christmas, was released via crowdfunding sites and YouTube over the … Continue reading →

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South London duo included in England’s World Cup final team

Posted on October 31, 2019 by insidecroydon

There will be two players in England’s team for Saturday’s Rugby World Cup final in Japan who learned the game on the playing fields of south London. But when Elliot Daly runs out at Yokohama alongside prop forward Kyle Sinkler … Continue reading →

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Butcher: England should put their ‘batting brute’ Roy in at No3

Posted on July 10, 2019 by insidecroydon

Surrey’s Jason Roy should be in the England Test team’s top order for the Ashes series and has a hugely important role in tomorrow’s World Cup semi-final against Australia. That’s the view of Mark Butcher, the former Surrey and England … Continue reading →

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Croydon Symphony Orchestra concert, Trinity School, Feb 16

Posted on January 28, 2019 by insidecroydon
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After 65 years, MidWives could deliver club with new name

Posted on January 22, 2019 by insidecroydon

There is a meeting tomorrow night at one of the area’s biggest rugby clubs, Old Mid-Whitgiftian RFC, to discuss changing the club’s name. The rugby club proposal comes a mere 65 years since the old boys’ school changed its name … 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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Win a pair of free tickets to top-class Croydon Proms concert

Posted on June 26, 2018 by insidecroydon

Inside Croydon is delighted to announce another great prize competition, this time exclusively for the website’s growing band of supporters. The lucky winner will get two free tickets – worth £30 – to attend the Trinity Proms Concert at Trinity … Continue reading →

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Trinity Proms, in aid of CLIC Sargent, Shirley Park, Jul 7

Posted on June 22, 2018 by insidecroydon
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Negrini faces challenges over ‘shambolic’ election count

Posted on May 15, 2018 by insidecroydon

Town Hall reporter KEN LEE on the suggestion that the £200,000 per year council CEO couldn’t organise a rowdy drink-up in a brewery The competence, or lack of it, of the council’s chief executive, Jo Negrini, is being called into … Continue reading →

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Croydon school choir helps to make a Fantastic soundtrack

Posted on November 26, 2016 by insidecroydon

A school choir based in Shirley has provided their vocal skills for the soundtrack to  Fantastic Beasts, the latest movie based on the work of JK Rowling. Opening in cinemas last weekend, the new box office hit Fantastic Beasts and … Continue reading →

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Croydon schoolboy is rewarded for his Peake performances

Posted on August 4, 2016 by insidecroydon

A pupil from a Croydon school has just had an out-of-this-world experience, meeting British astronaut Tim Peake at a reception in No 10 Downing Street. Michael Eagling, 15, was invited to the event, hosted by Prime Minister Theresa May, after … Continue reading →

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Stellar season sees Trinity shortlisted for rugby award

Posted on August 2, 2016 by insidecroydon

RUGBY ROUND-UP: Trinity School has been shortlisted as the Rugby School of the Year at a set of awards which recognise outstanding contribution to the sport. The National Rugby Awards will take place at Twickenham on September 1 and the … Continue reading →

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2015 Croydon Performing Arts Festival gets underway Apr 9

Posted on April 4, 2015 by insidecroydon

The 2015 Croydon Performing Arts Festival begins this Thursday with a dance section, which takes place at the Ashcroft Theatre. The organisers say, “Over three days you will see some amazing performances, ending with a Dance Gala on Saturday, April … Continue reading →

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Elvery considers staging election count at separate venues

Posted on December 16, 2014 by insidecroydon

The count for the three Croydon parliamentary constituencies at next May’s General Election could be held at three separate venues. That’s according to Gavin Barwell, the MP for the Whitgift Foundation, who will be trying to retain his parliamentary seat … Continue reading →

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Sheer madness captured with performances at Trinity School

Posted on April 10, 2014 by insidecroydon

BELLA BARTOCK is plain fagged out after a night watching the latest production by the Mitre Players. But to borrow the words of Jack Nicholson, at least she tried, suckers… Two things linger from this Mitre Players production of One … Continue reading →

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Rigourous? Gaffe-in Barwell gets in a spell of trouble

Posted on February 14, 2014 by insidecroydon

Oh dear. Michael Gove, the education secretary, will be displeased. Standards must be maintained, after all. Will he order gaffe-prone Gavin to stay behind for detention, or tell him to write  200 lines (“I must not make myself look like … Continue reading →

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Trinity face trip to the champions to stay in national cup

Posted on January 16, 2014 by insidecroydon

RUGBY ROUND-UP: For the second successive year, Whitgift have been knocked out of the national schools’ rugby cup by Hampton School, losing 11-6 in a hard-fought contest in South Croydon yesterday afternoon. Probably most galling of all, Whitgift had led … Continue reading →

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Lanfranc is latest Croydon school in fear of academisation

Posted on December 14, 2013 by insidecroydon

GENE BRODIE, our education correspondent, wades through the morass of educational half-truths to investigate why private education is quite so popular in Croydon This week’s latest Ofsted tables of school performance by borough showed that Greater London performed especially well. … Continue reading →

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Rollerball 2013: coming to a Croydon school near you

Posted on April 21, 2013 by insidecroydon

Roller derby is Britain’s secret sports obsession, and Croydon’s very own league is growing fast and has a new home venue, reports LILY RAE An import from the United States, even for those who have never seen the cult 1975 … Continue reading →

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