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Excellent news.  17 participants (well 16 actually as one pupil was sick) started their Year 4 English and Maths masterclasses this afternoon at Royal Russell.  Everyone was very enthusiastic with some turning up for the 3.45pm start over half an hour early in the excitement! The Royal Russell team were impressed with both the enthusiasm…

A new initiative launched by the Government today: www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-42343540 promising £23 million to support academically able children from deprived backgrounds to reach their full potential, using the tagline: “unlocking talent, fulfilling potential”. Mmm, what a brilliant idea.  Where have we heard it before????

You may remember our post a few weeks ago announcing our new friend Chris Philp MP.  Well, Chris asked for a briefing paper that he could use in his discussions with various people in the hope of spreading the word about the Tuition Programme and the possibility of replicating its formula elsewhere to promote social…

As you will recall, we were honoured back in April when Trinity opened its doors on a Saturday morning to 15 Year 5 pupils from four New Addington primary schools for additional lessons in Maths and English, providing additional challenge to these brightest of children and helping to prepare them for the grammar school exams…

We’ve been very busy over the last few weeks: very busy indeed!  With the current group of Year 6 pupils preparing for their 11+ entrance exams for private schools, we’ve been helping parents with registration forms and applications for bursaries.  14 of the 15 children have entered for a total of 28 exams.  We have to…

This morning Gary Coy, our Founder and Chair, met with Chris Philp MP, Conservative member for Croydon South.  Gary has known Chris for a little while through other charitable activities but wanted to get his opinion on the prospects for using us as a case study in an effort to promote similar schemes of co-operation…

We are pleased to announce that two of the Year 6 pupils currently on our Tuition Programme (attending the Extension Lessons at Trinity School on a Saturday morning) have passed second stage exams.  Priscilla sat the Wallington Girls test and Mohammad sat Wilson’s second test which means he now has eligibility for both Wilson’s and…

Christopher’s father has been kind enough to send a few photos through of him (that’s Christopher, not his father) involved in various activities at Trinity, so we thought we’d share them with you to show this is not all about academics.  However, we have also seen his end of Year 7 school report and it…

We have recently learned that Linda Shute has left her position of Head Teacher at Rowdown Primary School.  This is sad news for the Foundation as without Linda the Foundation may never have got off the ground, let along found a stream of pupils for the Tuition Programme especially. We thank Linda for her support…

Reggie Fay, the Pupil of the Year, Attitude and Effort at Rowdown for 2016/17 chose to take his family to Knockhatch Adventure Park in Sussex for his prize of a day out.  From the photos below, it seems as if Reggie continued on the theme of “effort” which won him the prize as he tried…