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To celebrate world book day, Mr Anderson is holding a short story competition. The story must be 500-1000 words long and must be submitted to Mr Anderson by the 14th of March 2025. There will be prizes for the best stories. Students decorated and laminated bookmarks. There were themed word searches and comic strips that […]

On Sunday 26th January our current and prospective A level Music students were treated to a dazzling performance by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Stravinsky’s ‘The Rite of Spring’ at the Royal Festival Hall. As part of their ‘Lights In The Dark’ series,  The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra have put together a programme of works by […]

On Wednesday 8th January, Year 10 Spanish students took part in a Salsa workshop led by the professional Cuban dancer Javier Pereira from ‘Somos Caribe Academy’. It was lovely to see that they all participated enthusiastically, and they had fun. Students learned some basic Salsa dance moves, and this was combined with learning and practising […]

A massive well done to all the entries to the Maths Advent Calendar Competition. There were some fantastic calendars and tremendous amounts of effort put in!

Congratulations to Sameera Ermolova from Year 7 Phoenix College, for being the first to read ten books from the Riddlesdown library this year and winning a £20 Amazon gift card. This shows a great dedication to reading and is a brilliant example for the rest of the Collegiate. Many prizes are still to be won […]

In November, our Jack Petchey winners were invited to celebrate their achievements at a special event in Fairfield Halls in Croydon. Whilst cheered on by the local community, our students were recognised for their contributions to Riddlesdown. They were nominated by staff and students for standing out in their character, support of others, sports and […]

“Thank you very much indeed for the generous food donations from Riddlesdown Collegiate which we collected on Wednesday 11th December. We are very grateful to everyone who donated and for Riddlesdown’s continued support. Sadly, we continue to be very busy at the Food Hub and this weekend we passed 375,000 meals for over 40,000 people […]

On Thursday 5th December Chamber Choir performed at the Croydon Schools Music Association (CSMA) Primary school concert at The Fairfield Halls. They performed One Day More from Les Misérables and a medley of Christmas tunes. Their attitude and commitment was exemplary. The conductor from CSMA said this ‘Thank you so much for bringing yet another […]

The Collegiate Science Magazine The December 2024 edition of Curiosity- the science magazine written, compiled, and edited by the wonderful young minds of Riddlesdown Collegiate. Our Science Ambassadors across Year 8 to Year 13 have worked incredibly hard every step of the way for the last two months. They all have shown diligence, resilience, and […]

On Wednesday 11th December, all tutor group donations were received with thanks by Purley Food Hub. This Christmas, Riddlesdown Collegiate remains mindful of the importance of service to others and duty to our local community. I would like to give special thanks to everyone who donated items, all tutors, students and in particular College VI […]

Friday Night Lights fundraises £4,500 for the Portugal Rugby Tour in 2025On Friday 29th November 2024, the school hosted a Friday Night Lights event to fundraise for the rugby tour to Portugal in April 2025. The event was hosted at Trinity RFC and was attended by 100+ players, staff, friends and family of the school. […]

Our Year 13 Politics class, recently had an unforgettable trip to the Houses of Parliament. We started our journey from Riddlesdown Station and took the train to Victoria Station, for the rest of our journey we walked to Westminster. It was surreal knowing we were about to walk into the building where the decision that […]