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I am so pleased to announce that we have another marathon runner attempting the 26 miles 385 yards around the streets of London next month.  Tony Milbery is another Rowdown old boy and has nominated us alongside the Charlie Girling Scout Group in New Addington as his chosen charities. We all need to get behind…

We’ve just heard that Devonte Hogan-Forde, the final of our four tutees in the Year 6 group has also been successful in gaining a secondary school place through the selective system.  Devonte passed the entrance exam for the semi-selective Shirley High School for the Performing Arts which, you may remember, is where George and Michael…

We were waiting for news all day!   Would Alfie Dixon and David Ayuk make it to their chosen grammar schools? It was about 5.20pm when my phone rang and it was Alfie’s dad.  I didn’t leave him much time for pleasantries before pushing for the information I wanted.  And it was such great news.…

We are dead chuffed to announce that one of the Year 6 Tuition Programme group has been offered places at each of three top independent schools! Janice Egbebu only joined the tuition group in May 2016 so it was no surprise that she didn’t quite get to the required levels in the September 11+ exams…

Ubaydullaah has been in touch to let us know how his first half term at Whitgift has gone.  He starts off his little essay by saying a big thank you to the Foundation for giving him the opportunity to attend Whitgift.  That’s very nice of him and it’s our pleasure! He was very nervous at the…

Just a quick update to let you all know that the Sutton grammar schools have now had all the first and second stages of their entrance exams and… We’re pleased to say we have two successes to report: both Alfie (Dixon) and David (Ayuk) have passed the eligibility test for Wallington County Grammar School and…

Christopher started at Trinity School on 5th September and has already settled in very well.  His tutor, Mrs Murray, has encouraged him to join as many of the extra-curricular clubs as he can manage and he’s signed up for table tennis, rugby, football and computing already.  He tells us: “The best thing about Trinity is…

You may remember that one of the fantastic prizes for being awarded ‘Pupil of the Year’ at the Rowdown School Awards is a family day out at a London attraction.  Well, Christopher Opoku chose to visit Madame Tussauds and the whole family had a great time as these photos show.  Can you recognise Christopher’s companions?…

For the third successive year, the Foundation teamed up with Rowdown Primary School to organise and host the School Awards presentation with trophies and prizes sponsored by Shard Capital LLP and presented by Gavin Barwell MP.  As the format has worked so well previously, we decided there was no point in changing the nomination process,…

We had our AGM this evening: thanks to all the Trustees that gave up their valuable time to attend. Among the things on the agenda were the boring admin bits (but these need to be done) such as the 2015/16 Annual Accounts (copy available on request, please click here), budgets and the such like as…