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Coulsdon Sixth Form College to stage open evening, June 24
3+ hour, 29+ min ago (350+ words) Coulsdon Sixth Form College is to stage an open evening later this month, to provide prospective pupils a chance to explore the possibilities of studying there at 16+. Open evening: Coulsdon Sixth Form College is opening its doors later this month…...
Off the RAAC: New Addington primaries get building grants
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (440+ words) Two New Addington primaries have been given grant funding to improve their school buildings " including any refurbishments made necessary by the use of RAAC " Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete " in their buildings" construction. By royal appointment: after a visit from Kate…...
I grew up believing there was a pathway to success: work hard, get a degree and build a career. The reality is very different
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (654+ words) CROYDON COMMENTARY: Last week, a review commissioned by the government warned of "a lost generation" of young adults facing long-term unemployment. Here, NEELAM AHMED, pictured right, explains the heartbreak of life as an out-of-work graduate in 2026 A friend recently sent…...
Whitgift Foundation makes 41 "life-changing" bursary awards
1+ week, 2+ day ago (656+ words) That's the value, at least, to the family of one boy of a bursary to attend Whitgift or Trinity independent schools in Croydon through from Year 7 this September all the way to the Upper Sixth. It's a life-changing sum of…...
It's ex-teacher v "technocrat' in Mayor debate on education
1+ mon, 4+ hour ago (1380+ words) The National Education Union in Croydon sent a set of questions to the leading mayoral candidates standing for election this Thursday. Top of the class: teachers" union had some questions for Croydon"s mayoral candidates Disappointingly, as far as the…...
40m Trinity School expansion given planning green light
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (1208+ words) New build: the "40m expansion of Trinity School was granted planning permission this week 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…...
South Croydon primary part of "45m national nursery scheme
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (321+ words) Regina Coeli, the Catholic primary on Pampisford Road in South Croydon, is among 34 new or expanded schools in London to receive funding to provide extra nursery provision from September. Early years: nursery school pupils are welcomed on their first day…...
Union demands action over school staff's term-time only pay
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (338+ words) Support staff working in schools in Croydon and across the country are losing out on millions of pounds in pay because of unfair, term-time-only contracts, research by the GMB union has found. Small portions: school catering staff receive no pay…...
London Schools Literature Festival " Inside Croydon
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (54+ words) London Schools Literature Festival'Inside Croydon Category Archives: London Schools Literature Festival Croydon youngsters are to be offered a free day of "bookish fun" at the Ashcroft Theatre in the summer as part of the annual London Schools Literature Festival. The…...
GMB to hold strike ballot over weighting pay in Merton schools
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (281+ words) Support staff working at schools in Merton are to be balloted for strike action over a long-standing pay discrepancy. Merton leader: the GMB is calling on council leader Ross Garrod to settle the pay dispute Teaching Assistants and school support…...