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Tag Archives: Whitgift School
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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Will Croydon’s JLS turkey farmer survive his Strictly ordeal?
Croydon’s JB Gill, the JLS-star-turned-turkey-farmer, is rated as the 6-1 fourth favourite to win this year’s Strictly Come Dancing. Jonathan Gill, 37, was brought up in Croydon, went to Whitgift School and played for Warlingham rugby club before fame and … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, BBC One, Biggin Hill, Chris McCausland, Giovanni Pernice, JB Gill, Jonathan Gill, Strictly Come Dancing, Tasha Ghouri, turkey farm, Warlingham RFC, Whitgift School
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Silver lining for Lansiquot as she helps land Olympic medal
Imani Lansiquot, the former Trinity School sixth-former, landed the biggest prize of her athletics career last night, when in the middle of a Paris storm she stormed down the back straight of the Stade de France and safely handed over … Continue reading
Crumbling finances see troubled Foundation lose millions more
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Official figures show that the borough’s biggest landowners saw their funds fall by 5.5% in the latest trading year – and that was before incurring any costs from closing Old Palace girls’ school. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Charity, Old Palace, Planning, Property, Schools, Trinity School, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Christopher Houlding, Croydon, Hammersfield, Old Palace, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Old Palace School, Trinity School, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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Houlding’s decided not to hang on at the failing Foundation
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The man behind the closure of one of the Whitgift Foundation’s three large schools will be standing down from the troubled property developers’ governors. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Christopher Houlding is to step down as the chair … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Archbishop of Canterbury, Bishop of Croydon, Charity Commission, Christopher Houlding, Court of Governors, Croydon, Hammersfield, Old Palace, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Trinity School, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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Whitgift’s latest England Test cricketer could be the best yet
It was easy to overlook, in the week following a General Election, when he made his cricket debut at a Lord’s Test in which James Anderson bowed out of the international game and his Surrey teammate Gus Atkinson took 12 … Continue reading
Charity Commission alerted to problems at Whitgift Foundation
CROYDON IN CRISIS: No chief exec in place for 12 months, accounts later than usual to be filed, and £50m wiped off its funds in five years. Now the borough’s biggest landowners are subject to a formal complaint to regulators. … Continue reading
Posted in Bishop of Croydon, Business, Charity, Education, Old Palace, Old Palace Parents' Alliance, Rosemarie Mallett, Schools, Stiles Harold Williams, Trinity School, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Charity Commission, Charity Commission for England and Wales, Croydon, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Old Palace Parents Alliance, Old Palace Prep School, Old Palace School, Sarah Jones MP, Trinity School, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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Raman Subba Row: OW who saved Surrey and changed cricket
There will be a strange, sad, empty space on a bench near the boundary of the Old Whitgiftians’ Croham Road cricket ground in South Croydon this summer. It is a spot where Raman Subba Row used to sit in the … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, Surrey CCC, Whitgift School
Tagged cricket, Croham Road, ECB, Jim Laker, Lord's, MCC, Old Whitgiftians, OWs, Peter May, Raman Subba Row, South Croydon, Streatham, Surrey, Surrey CCC, Surrey County Cricket Club, TCCB, Test and County Cricket Board, The Oval, Whitgift School
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Seth to start as Whitgift School’s new headmaster from 2025
Toby Seth is to take over as headmaster of Whitgift School, it has been announced. The financially challenged Whitgift Foundation, Croydon’s biggest landowners, made the announcement at lunchtime today, with Seth to take charge from September 2025. The Foundation and … Continue reading
16-year-old Whitgift pupil’s death is linked to text blackmail
‘The world is so cruel’: boy’s father tells Coroner’s Court of family’s pain after latest tragic case The John Whitgift Foundation, a registered charity which has been providing alms and education in Croydon since the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, … Continue reading
Posted in Christopher Ramsey, Crime, Schools, South Croydon, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Archbishop of Canterbury, Catfishing, Child sexual abuse, Christopher Ramsey, Croydon, Dinal De Alwis, Dr Kevin Ralley, Metropolitan Police, Paul Dodd, Sexual abuse, South Croydon, South London Coroner's Court, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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Police investigated child abuse claims at Whitgift last year
The Met has confirmed that they followed up complaints about sexual abuse at the £47,000 per year boys’ private school, after pictures and messages were shared on social media, which may have contributed to the suicide of a former teacher. … Continue reading
Posted in Christopher Ramsey, Crime, Schools, South Croydon, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Child sexual abuse, Christopher Ramsey, Croydon, Dr Kevin Ralley, Metropolitan Police, Paul Dodd, Sexual abuse, South Croydon, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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Head Ramsey’s exit a ‘shame for school’ admits Foundation
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Borough’s biggest landowners begin search for new head for £24,000 per year private school. By STEVEN DOWNES The shock announcement of the departure of Chris Ramsey as Whitgift’s headmaster is “a great shame for the school”, according … Continue reading
Another Whitgift shock as second head teacher decides to quit
CROYDON IN CRISIS: To lose one head teacher in a single academic year is unfortunate. For Croydon’s biggest landowners to lose two from their private schools is beginning to appear worrying. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Christopher Ramsey, the headmaster of … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Christopher Ramsey, Education, Jane Burton, Old Palace, Schools, South Croydon, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Christopher Ramsey, Croydon, Haling Park, Hammersfield, Old Palace, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, South Croydon, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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Foundation abandoned new school plan after taking £70m loan
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The decision to close Old Palace marked a rapid U-turn on all previous policy at the property-owning charity, according to documents obtained by this website. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES As recently as last year, the Whitgift Foundation … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Education, Jane Burton, Old Palace, Schools, Trinity School, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Christopher Houlding, Croydon, Hammersfield, Jane Burton, Old Palace School, Old Town, Trinity School, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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Old Palace parents threaten legal action over school closure
CROYDON IN CRISIS: With accusations of ‘sexist and misogynistic behaviour’ and even a claim of ‘fraud’ against the financially troubled property developers at the Whitgift Foundation, the fight to save the girls’ independent school has taken a new turn. EXCLUSIVE … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Charity, Community associations, Education, Old Palace, Schools, Trinity School, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Christopher Houlding, Croydon, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Old Palace Parents Alliance, Old Palace School, Old Town, Trinity School, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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Parents take their fight to school gates to save Old Palace
Parents of pupils at Old Palace – from nursery, through primary and into secondary – turned out in Shirley yesterday morning to protest at what they see as the arbitrary unfairness of the plans to close their school. As first … Continue reading
Old Palace parents cancel protest in respect for murdered girl
A campaign launched less than a week ago to fight for the future of Old Palace School has cancelled plans to stage a protest tonight, out of respect for the schoolgirl murdered in Croydon yesterday. Elianne Andam, the 15-year-old who … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Education, Old Palace, Old Palace Parents' Alliance, Schools, Trinity School, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Croydon, Croydon schoolgril murder, Elianne Andam, murder, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Old Palace Parents Alliance, Old Palace School, OPPA, Trinity School, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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Old Palace head announced retirement days before new term
Parents are discussing potential legal and sex discrimination challenges to Whitgift Foundation’s school closure plans, reports our education correspondent, GENE BRODIE Pupils at Old Palace and their parents were told just two days before the start of the new term … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Education, Jane Burton, Old Palace, Schools, Trinity School, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Croydon, Hammersfield, Jane Burton, Martin Corney, Old Palace School, Old Town, Trinity School, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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Falling rolls and rising fees: how Old Palace got squeezed
Our education correspondent, GENE BRODIE, examines the likely reasons and consequences of yesterday’s announcement of the decision to close one of Croydon’s oldest and best-known girls’ schools For the 80 or so 11-year-old girls who started their secondary school careers … Continue reading
Former Whitgift teacher given 4-year sentence for child abuse
A former teacher at Whitgift School was yesterday given a four-year prison sentence for abusing boys at the private school in the 1980s. The school could now face a class action legal case brought on behalf of three victims because … Continue reading
‘Counts finish on the up as clubs struggle with league shuffle
RUGBY ROUND-UP: The RFU’s league reorganisation has taken a heavy toll on clubs in and around Croydon these past few months. JOHNNY DOBBYN, right, provides the end-of-season report, and discovers some worrying developments down Croham Manor Road Walcountians ended the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Community associations, Croydon RFC, John Fisher School, Old Mid-Whitgiftians/Trinity RFC, Old Walcountians, Old Whitgiftians, Purley-John Fisher, Rugby Union, Sport, Streatham-Croydon RFC, Warlingham RFC, Whitgift School
Tagged Alex Dombrandt, John Fisher School, Johnny Dobbyn, Kieran Treadwell, Old Walcountians, Old Whitgiftians, Purley-John Fisher, RFU, Rugby Football Union, Streatham and Croydon RFC, Trinity RFC, Warlingham RFC, Whitgift School
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Trinity School goes to top of the class in post-pandemic exams
Single-sex selective schools shine in the annual Sunday Times schools rankings, in which the highest Croydon state school is rated only 186th Trinity, the £20,000 per year boys’ school at Shirley Park, has been rated the top school in Croydon, … Continue reading
Posted in Coloma, Education, Kingston, London-wide issues, Old Palace, Schools, Southwark Council, Sutton Council, Trinity School, Whitgift School
Tagged Coloma Convent Girls' School, Croydon, London, Old Palace School, Sunday Times, Sutton, Trinity School, Wallington, Wallington County Grammar School, Whitgift School, Wilson's
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Minster choir hits right notes alongside Abbey and St Paul’s
Croydon Minster’s choirs have been named among some of the best-known singing groups from cathedrals around the country as recipients of a special grant in recognition of their outstanding work and performances. The Cathedral Music Trust has named Croydon Minster … Continue reading
Choong’s Olympic gold burnished on playing fields of Croydon
Whitgift School can now add Olympic gold to the long list of sporting achievements of its former pupils, after Joe Choong won the men’s modern pentathlon at the Tokyo Games yesterday. Whitgift has long been a nurturing ground for outstanding … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, South Croydon, Sport, Swimming, Whitgift School
Tagged 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, Croydon, Joe Choong, South Croydon, Whitgift School
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