• Disadvantaged Pupils To Benefit From Extra Funding

  By Reb_BEvans at 18:16 on 04/01/12

  

  Disadvantaged pupils at inner city London schools are to benefit from new financial investment and Bromley Liberal Democrat MEP Sarah Ludford, has welcomed the additional money that will be spent on children from deprived backgrounds. London schools are set to benefit from an extra £224,586,000 to support disadvantaged pupils and over 375, 000 pupils are expected to be eligible. The Pupil Premium will be extending its reach to...

• Record GCSE Results Across The Board In South East London

  By Reb_BEvans at 14:39 on 25/08/11

  

  This week it's GCSE results week and these have been just as successful as last weeks A Levels. Girls are ahead once again, with over 26% achieving a top A* or A grade, compared to just 20% of boys.   Although boys have beaten girls at GCSE math's for the third year in a row, however girls are still significantly ahead in English, with over 70% of entries from girls achieving a C grade or above, overall the A* to C pass rate has...

• Top Marks For A Level Students In Croydon Borough

  By Reb_BEvans at 11:35 on 19/08/11

  

  This year the A Level pass rate rose to over 97%, which is very encouraging, although the number of students getting the highest grades remained, unchanged from last year at only 27%. Results from sixth form schools and colleges in Croydon borough were excellent overall, with an 85% average grades of A*, A or B pass rate for all A Level exams taken, some of the top scorers are below: Coulsdon Sixth Form College - 95% pass rate, 100%...

• Kids win free entry to airport open day

  By Open_Day at 19:46 on 05/08/11

  

  Kids' recycled planes win tickets to airport open day   The pupils of Oaklands Primary School in Biggin Hill have been hard at work turning recycled materials into model aeroplanes in order to win Family Tickets to Biggin Hill Airport Family Open Day on September 10th. They have been drawing, writing, cutting and sticking, colouring-in and their teachers have been judges, awarding one family in every class a family ticket to the...

• Science, cooking and sport create happy pupils

  By CrystalPalace People at 08:00 on 04/02/11

  

  In the latest of our weekly visits to the area's schools, What's the best thing about your school? Billy Phillips, 10: "All the trips we take. We went to Guildford for four days, we went to the London Eye, Buckingham Palace and St James' Park. My favourite was when we got to try on all the hats at changing of the guard." Bethany Gray, 11: "I especially like it in science where we get to do experiments." Laurie Healy,...

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