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De'borah Passes the 1,2,3 Test
Imagine Croydon – we’re Who is the all-time Top tips to keep offering you the chance top Wembley scorer your home safe from to influence the way our at Selhurst Park? unwanted visitors borough develops Page 8 Page 12 Page 2 Issue 28 - April 2009 yourYour community newspaper from your councilcroydonwww.croydon.gov.uk Wandle Park lands £400,000 jackpot Residents’ vote brings cash bonanza to fund community improvements. The Friends of Wandle River Wandle – returning The £400,000 brings the Park are jumping for joy surface water to the total funding for the park to at having won £400,000 town for the first time £1.4m, adding to the £1m from the Mayor of London in 40 years and bringing funding secured from the to give their favourite open social and environmental Barratt Homes development space a radical makeover. benefits to the area. adjoining the park. And the money comes Restoration of the Mark Thomas, chairman thanks to the fantastic Wandle, a tributary of the Friends of Wandle response of residents to of the Thames, will Park, said: “It’s great to the call for them to vote see the forming of see that all the work that and help bring the much- an adjoining lake. we put into promoting needed funding to Croydon. Other enhancements the potential of our local Wandle Park gained planned for Wandle park has paid off. the second highest number Park include sprucing “We look forward to of votes in London, with up the skate park and working with the council 5,371 people supporting it. -
Old Palace Alumnae News Welcome from the Committee
Autumn 2020 Old Palace Alumnae News Welcome from the Committee difficult for many of us in these year but, unfortunately, this was strange times, but I hope that this beyond our control. Since March, newsletter will provide you with some the school has been working hard to cheer. In the last few weeks, several organise virtual events, such as the articles have been submitted by school’s Easter and Founder’s Day contributors that attended school at services. Both the school and alumnae similar times and may well remember were able to share in these events, each other. This brings home to me and you can see further details below. that this publication provides a small We all look forward to the time when but valuable connection between we can visit the school for ‘real’ events, many of us. but until then we hope to be able to enjoy more virtual events. I would really like to thank all of Dear Members, the many contributors and you will I would like to encourage you all to see that there are some compelling send me your news, whether one Welcome to this Autumn edition of articles from our members. It is paragraph or one page. However the ‘News’. I hope that this finds you always so interesting to hear what short your item, we are always well and managing to adapt to the each other have been getting up interested to hear what you have ‘new normal’. to in recent times. There is also an been up to, or which old friends you This is the second edition of the year, article that looks back at the very have met up with. -
Primary School Profile 2019-2020
Primary School Profile 2019-2020 The British School in Tokyo (BST) was founded as a charitable In 2010 the decision was taken to expand the school to age 18 trust in 1989 to provide a British-style education in Tokyo. The and in 2012 the first students graduated directly to university. school was established on a site in central Tokyo leased from, and adjacent to the well-respected Japanese private school, The purpose of the school is to provide a world class British Shibuya Kyoiku Gakuen. In the early years, children were from education to English speaking students of the international ages 5 to 10 and the majority were British, in contrast to the community in Tokyo, and to inspire the students to thrive as situation today where the school provides education from age global citizens. 3 to 18 and has over 1,100 students, from over 65 nationalities. The school aims to nurture students with the following The School continued to grow and in particular to attract values: substantial numbers of non-British children, especially from other European countries and from Australia. Therefore, in • Confidence in our ability 2006 the Trustees entered into an agreement with Showa • Excellence in everything we do Women’s University to open a second school in newly • Responsibility to ourselves and others renovated accommodation on their campus. Both schools continued to grow, with parents being attracted by the growing reputation for academic excellence, care for individual student needs and a happy, international environment in which to learn. Curriculum At BST we provide a broad and balanced skill based curriculum, which has its foundations in the English National Curriculum but extends well beyond its boundaries. -
Open Letter to Address Systemic Racism in Further Education
BLACK FURTHER EDUCATION LEADERSHIP GROUP 5th August 2020 Open letter to address systemic racism in further education Open letter to: Rt. Hon. Boris Johnson, Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. Gavin Williamson MP, Secretary of State for Education, funders of further education colleges; regulatory bodies & further education membership bodies. We, the undersigned, are a group of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) senior leaders, and allies, who work or have an interest in the UK further education (FE) sector. The recent #BlackLivesMatter (#BLM) global protest following the brutal murder of George Floyd compels us all to revisit how we address the pervasive racism that continues to taint and damage our society. The openness, solidarity and resolve stirred by #BLM is unprecedented and starkly exposes the lack of progress made in race equality since ‘The Stephen Lawrence Enquiry’. Against a background of raised concerns about neglect in healthcare, impunity of policing, cruelty of immigration systems – and in education, the erasure of history, it is only right for us to assess how we are performing in FE. Only by doing so, can we collectively address the barriers that our students, staff and communities face. The personal, economic and social costs of racial inequality are just too great to ignore. At a time of elevated advocacy for FE, failure to recognise the insidious nature of racism undermines the sector’s ability to fully engage with all its constituent communities. The supporting data and our lived experiences present an uncomfortable truth, that too many BAME students and staff have for far too long encountered a hostile environment and a system that places a ‘knee on our neck’. -
Sixth Form Admissions Guide 2021 - 2022 2 CROYDON HIGH SIXTH FORM Fees for September 2020 Entry Fees for September 2021 Entry Will Be Published in April 2021
Sixth Form Admissions Guide 2021 - 2022 2 CROYDON HIGH SIXTH FORM Fees for September 2020 entry Fees for September 2021 entry will be published in April 2021 Sixth Form Fees For Optional Extra Subjects Sixth Form Fees £5,763 per term (Charged by visiting teachers) The fees cover the regular curriculum, school books, Fees are Per Term: stationery and other materials, choral music, games and swimming, careers guidance and public examination fees, Music but not optional extra subjects or school meals. £215 for 10 half hour lessons Whenever possible, a term’s notice will be given of the Speech & Drama Group lessons intention to increase the fees for tuition or extra subjects. Senior Department lessons However, if circumstances arise in which costs (e.g. £140 (Sixth Form) substantial increases in teachers’ salaries) have to be recouped immediately, the Council of the Trust may be Total number of lessons per year: 30 forced to increase fees at less than a term’s notice. Accounts for extra subjects will be sent direct by the Payment of Fees teachers concerned, and should be settled with those Fees must be paid by the Bank Direct Debit system and teachers before the start of each term. the necessary form can be provided either by the school or from the Trust Head Office. The fees may be paid either termly in advance or by monthly instalments (4 per term). Registration Fee A fee of £100 is charged which is not refundable. Deposit A deposit of £750 is chargeable on the acceptance of a place and will be held until the end of the pupil’s final term in the school. -
LSDA Achievement Strategies by Paul Martinez
LSDA reports Raising achievement at Levels 1 and 2 Paul Martinez Published by the Contents Learning and Skills Development Agency. Introduction 1 www.LSDA.org.uk Learner issues 4 Feedback should be sent to: Teaching issues 7 Information Services Learning and Skills Development Agency College issues 12 Regent Arcade House, 19–25 Argyll Street Conclusions 15 London W1F 7LS. Tel 020 7297 9000 Appendix 1: Case study colleges 17 Fax 020 7297 9001 Appendix 2: References and 17 [email protected] suggestions for further reading Registered with the Charity Commissioners. Editor: Jennifer Rhys Designer: Dave Shaw Printed in the UK ISBN 1 85338 727 4 ©Learning and Skills Development Agency 2002 A1228/01/02/3000 You are welcome to copy this publication for internal use within your organisation. Otherwise, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, electrical, chemical, optical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission of the copyright owner. Further information For further information on the issues discussed in this publication please contact: Anna Reisenberger Quality Improvement Programmes Manager Learning and Skills Development Agency Regent Arcade House, 19–25 Argyll Street London W1F 7LS. Tel 020 7297 9000 [email protected] Acknowledgements Thanks are due to the teachers, tutors, support workers and managers in over 20 colleges whose work is reported here. Without their work there could be no report. I would also like to thank my colleagues Sally Faraday, Lynn Hull and Anna Reisenberger, who kindly commented on an earlier draft. -
Provisional List 1: Dated 9Th October 2017 in Alphabetical Order
Provisional List 1: Dated 9th October 2017 in Alphabetical Order Colleges & Sixth Forms Date of Open Day / Evening Time Barking Abbey Sports College Tuesday 7th November 2017 7pm - 8:30pm Barking & Dagenham College - Rush Green Campus Thursday 7th December 2017 3.30pm - 7pm Barking & Dagenham College - Rush Green Campus Thursday 18th January 2018 4.30pm - 7pm Barking & Dagenham College - Rush Green Campus Saturday 10th March 2018 10am - 2pm Barking & Dagenham College - Rush Green Campus Thursday 12th April 2018 4.30pm - 7pm Barking & Dagenham College - Rush Green Campus Saturday 12th May 2018 10am - 2pm Barking & Dagenham College - Rush Green Campus Thursday 21st June 2018 3.30pm - 7pm Barking & Dagenham College - Technical Skills Academy Thursday 23rd November 2017 4.30pm - 7pm Barking & Dagenham College - Technical Skills Academy Wednesday 21st February 2018 4.30pm - 7pm Barking & Dagenham College - Technical Skills Academy Saturday 9th June 2018 10am - 2pm Barnet College / Southgate College - Colindale Campus Wednesday 8th November 2017 5pm - 7pm Barnet College / Southgate College - Colindale Campus Wednesday 7th March 2018 5pm - 7pm Barnet College / Southgate College - Colindale Campus Thursday 7th June 2018 3pm – 7pm Barnet College / Southgate College - Southgate Campus Saturday 11th November 2017 10am – 1:45pm Barnet College / Southgate College - Southgate Campus Saturday 3rd March 2018 10am – 1:45pm Barnet College / Southgate College - Southgate Campus Tuesday 12th June 2018 3pm – 7pm Barnet College / Southgate College - Wood Street -
Dear All, This Week We Welcomed the ISI Inspection Team to the School
Issue 168 20 September 2019 A Level Art Trip to Cass and Farnham Sculpture Parks Dear all, This week we welcomed the ISI inspection team to the school. The sun shone at both Prep and Seniors and it was a fantastic opportunity to be able to share with them what an excellent school Old Palace is. They spent two days immersing themselves in the life of the school from Nursery through to the Sixth Form. We await the formal outcome of the inspection, which usually takes about 8 weeks, and we will be able to share this with parents once it is received. Thank you to all the parents, students and staff who took the time to complete the ISI survey in advance of the visit. As ever, our girls were excellent ambassadors for the school and the inspection team were fully of praise for the mature, confident and enthusiastic way they engaged with the visitors. Well done! We were very pleased to welcome Father Andrew, Chaplain to the Whitgift Foundation, to the House assemblies in Chapel this week. With Founders’ Day only a week away it was a great opportunity to for the girls to learn or be reminded of the purpose of the event and the history of how the school was founded. The House assemblies also saw the Year 6 and the new Year 7 students welcomed to each House (Anselm, Hatton, Laud and Stafford) by the House Prefects. They are now proud owners of shiny, new House badges which they are wearing with pride around the school! With another weekend of fine weather ahead I hope all Old Palace families enjoy a very pleasant and relaxing weekend. -
Annual Report 2019/20 Welcome Welcome
ANNUAL REPORT 2019/20 WELCOME WELCOME Welcome from Jayne Dickinson Contents Chief Executive College Group and Principal of East Surrey College Welcome .........................................................................3 It is with pride that I introduce this Annual Report as Chief Executive of Orbital South Colleges and Principal of East Surrey College. Merger on 1 February 2019, marked an important milestone for both East Meet the Team ...............................................................4 Surrey College and John Ruskin College and for local skills in our communities. This past year, it has been more important than ever to stand together to keep learning going while the pandemic has raged. And Financial Highlights ........................................................5 we certainly have. College Overview .......................................................6-7 Our brilliant staff worked tirelessly to move learning online, ensuring our students remained safe and our business intact. Working closely with schools, councils, businesses and external agencies, we kept Further Education ..........................................................8 students motivated about careers while also using the time to plan for our return to on-campus learning. A huge investment in John Ruskin College saw three brand new construction skills workshops established Higher Education ...........................................................9 over summer 2020 and a major new Construction Skills Centre opens its doors during summer 2021. Our -
(Public Pack)Supplement Agenda To
Public Document Pack General Purposes & Audit Committee Supplementary Agenda 4. Brick by Brick Audit Report (Pages 3 - 30) The draft Brick by Brick Director’s Report and Financial Statements 2018-19 are attached at Appendix 1. 5. Financial Performance Report (Pages 31 - 72) This report presents to the Committee progress on the delivery of the Council’s Financial Strategy. 6. Audit Findings Report (Pages 73 - 266) The reports include the Council’s management responses to the recommendations. 7. Annual Governance Statement (Pages 267 - 296) This report details the Annual Governance Statement (AGS), for 2018/19 at Appendix 1. JACQUELINE HARRIS BAKER Michelle Gerning Council Solicitor and Monitoring Officer 020 8726 6000 x84246 London Borough of Croydon [email protected] Bernard Weatherill House www.croydon.gov.uk/meetings 8 Mint Walk, Croydon CR0 1EA This page is intentionally left blank Agenda Item 4 REPORT TO: GENERAL PURPOSES & AUDIT COMMITTEE 23 JULY 2019 SUBJECT: AUDIT REPORT FOR BRICK BY BRICK CROYDON LTD 2018-19 ACCOUNTS LEAD OFFICER: JACQUELINE HARRIS-BAKER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF RESOURCES CABINET MEMBER: COUNCILLOR ALISON BUTLER CABINET MEMBER FOR HOMES AND GATEWAY SERVICES AND DEPUTY LEADER (STATUTORY) COUNCILLOR SIMON HALL CABINET MEMBER FOR FINANCE AND RESOURCES WARDS: ALL CORPORATE PRIORITY/POLICY CONTEXT/AMBITIOUS FOR CROYDON: The preparation and publication of the Brick by Brick Croydon Ltd (BBB) final accounts provides assurance that the company’s overall financial position is sound. This underpins the delivery of the company’s business plan and the achievement of its key corporate objectives. Strong financial governance and stewardship ensures that the company’s resources are allocated in an effective and responsible way that enables it to deliver multi-tenure housing across the borough in a manner that is commercially efficient, and thereby maximizes the return to the company’s sole shareholder, the London Borough of Croydon. -
Education in the New Addington Area Update
Education in the New Addington Area New Addington is an area of high deprivation in Croydon where the majority of children would be deemed ‘disadvantaged’ or are part of families that are ‘just about managing’, a term used in the Government consultation “Schools that work for everyone”. The area has historically been dominated by low- aspirational white British families but is now seeing an increasing number of immigrant (sub-Sahara African and Eastern European) families moving into the area, creating new challenges for the six primary schools1 in New Addington. These schools have very different characteristics: Ofsted ratings range from Outstanding to Inadequate; most are now academies (two of which are converter); the majority of schools are undersubscribed creating financial pressures; and the reputation of each school is not linked to its academic achievement. Rowdown Primary School has traditionally had a poor reputation, yet has been regularly ranked second or third out of the six in the DfE Performance Tables2. Aspirational parents have their children go to Fairchildes and Wolsey Infants, both of which are oversubscribed, whether they research performance or listen to public opinion. Others just send their child to the nearest school leaving Rowdown and Castle Hill (situated in the most deprived part of New Addington) as the poor relations. This means Rowdown has often been at the lower end of the rankings after Early Years (ranking in the bottom 5% of all Croydon primary schools in 2011-2014) and that Reception cohorts are generally around 45-50 pupils only. Rowdown manages to achieve expected progress3 in line with national average4, one of only two schools in New Addington that can claim this in 2015, the other being its academy sponsor, Fairchildes. -
Undergraduate Admissions by
Applications, Offers & Acceptances by UCAS Apply Centre 2019 UCAS Apply Centre School Name Postcode School Sector Applications Offers Acceptances 10002 Ysgol David Hughes LL59 5SS Maintained <3 <3 <3 10008 Redborne Upper School and Community College MK45 2NU Maintained 6 <3 <3 10011 Bedford Modern School MK41 7NT Independent 14 3 <3 10012 Bedford School MK40 2TU Independent 18 4 3 10018 Stratton Upper School, Bedfordshire SG18 8JB Maintained <3 <3 <3 10022 Queensbury Academy LU6 3BU Maintained <3 <3 <3 10024 Cedars Upper School, Bedfordshire LU7 2AE Maintained <3 <3 <3 10026 St Marylebone Church of England School W1U 5BA Maintained 10 3 3 10027 Luton VI Form College LU2 7EW Maintained 20 3 <3 10029 Abingdon School OX14 1DE Independent 25 6 5 10030 John Mason School, Abingdon OX14 1JB Maintained 4 <3 <3 10031 Our Lady's Abingdon Trustees Ltd OX14 3PS Independent 4 <3 <3 10032 Radley College OX14 2HR Independent 15 3 3 10033 St Helen & St Katharine OX14 1BE Independent 17 10 6 10034 Heathfield School, Berkshire SL5 8BQ Independent 3 <3 <3 10039 St Marys School, Ascot SL5 9JF Independent 10 <3 <3 10041 Ranelagh School RG12 9DA Maintained 8 <3 <3 10044 Edgbarrow School RG45 7HZ Maintained <3 <3 <3 10045 Wellington College, Crowthorne RG45 7PU Independent 38 14 12 10046 Didcot Sixth Form OX11 7AJ Maintained <3 <3 <3 10048 Faringdon Community College SN7 7LB Maintained 5 <3 <3 10050 Desborough College SL6 2QB Maintained <3 <3 <3 10051 Newlands Girls' School SL6 5JB Maintained <3 <3 <3 10053 Oxford Sixth Form College OX1 4HT Independent 3 <3