The London Borough of Croydon is one of the boroughs in London with the most schools. They include primary schools (95), secondary schools (21) and four further education establishments.[1] Croydon College has its main building in Croydon, it is a low rise building.[2] John Ruskin College[3] is one of the other colleges in the borough, located in Addington and Coulsdon College[4] in Coulsdon. South Norwood has been the home of Spurgeon's College, a world-famous Baptist theological college, since 1923; Spurgeon's is located on South Norwood Hill and currently has some 1000 students. Winterbourne Junior Boys' and Winterbourne Junior Girls Schools are the only single-sex state primary schools in the United Kingdom. The London Borough of Croydon is the local education authority for the borough. Croydon operates a comprehensive system of education but there are a number of formerly selective schools in the borough; including The John Fisher School and Coloma Convent Girls' School

Cotelands with Park Hill Infants School in the background

State-funded schools edit

Primary schools edit

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Source[5]

*This school is located in Croydon, but is administered by Sutton

Special and alternative schools edit

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*This school is located in Bromley, but is for pupils from Croydon

Further education edit

Independent schools edit

Primary and preparatory schools edit

Senior and all-through schools edit

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References edit

  1. ^ "London Borough of Croydon: Education and learning". Croydon Council. 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2008.
  2. ^ "Croydon College: About the College". Croydon College. 2007. Archived from the original on 10 January 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2008.
  3. ^ "John Ruskin College". John Ruskin College. 2007. Retrieved 27 July 2008.
  4. ^ "Homepage of Coulsdon College". Coulsdon College. 2007. Retrieved 27 July 2008.
  5. ^ List of Secondary schools (London Borough of Croydon) Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine accessed 26 Sep 2007
  6. ^ List of Special schools (London Borough of Croydon) Archived 2008-07-04 at the Wayback Machine accessed 27 Jul 2008

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