Croydon’s school report shows improvement across the board
A new report on educational performance in Croydon shows the borough's schools are making good progress in delivering good or outstanding teaching and overall provision. The report to Croydon’s full Cabinet committee outlines how Ofsted [...]
Croydon Council considers plans for £6million youth facility
Exciting plans to create a £6m youth facility for young people in Croydon have been unveiled this week. The purpose-built OnSide ‘youth zone’ would offer affordable activities every day of the week in sports, arts, [...]
Boost for Croydon firms in new council contract
Croydon carpenters, plumbers, bricklayers and kitchen fitters are set for a boost from a new council contract aiming to use local employees for almost all its work. From this April, the borough’s 13,500 council homes [...]
Application deadline for September school starts
Parents with children due to start school in September are reminded the deadline for completing their online application form is 15 January. The council’s continuing investment in building new schools means there are once again [...]
Remembering the Holocaust and genocide
The borough’s annual Holocaust Memorial Day Ceremony, on Wednesday 27 January, will be webcast live, enabling all who are unable to attend to witness events as they happen. HMD is an international event marking the [...]
Council employee spared jail after £36,000 benefits con
A council employee who fraudulently claimed more than £36,000 in benefits has been spared a term behind bars despite the judge saying that prison was what she deserved. Nicole Kelly, 35, of Gladeside, Monks Orchard, [...]
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