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Croydon Council, in fulfilling its public health duties, has advised against in-person open events for secondary transfer this year. Therefore, please click on the following link to find out how you can find out more about secondary schools within The Collegiate Trust: Riddlesdown Collegiate & The Quest Academy.https://tct-academies.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Year-7-Admissions-2021.pdf

The beginning of the academic year is always a good time to revise our learning habits and check all our accesses to different systems are up-to-date. Many students have had to reset their passwords and have learnt and reviewed how to best use our systems in school. All students should be confident in using Outlook […]

Advice to our parents on what to do if your child, or someone in your household, develops symptoms of coronavirus, is included in this letter to primary parents and this letter to secondary parents. Please follow the advice carefully, be alert to signs of the virus and help to keep our pupils, students, staff and […]

During remote learning, Year 7 students learned about borders (why we have borders, and why people migrate) and studied cold environments – glacial processes, landforms, and how to adapt to life in these extreme environments. They investigated why Otzi the Iceman was found thousands of  years after he died and how glaciers preserved his body.  […]

Our CEO offers his thoughts on results and the issue of “grade inflation”. Read here.

Quest students have achieved another set of excellent GCSE results. Particular congratulations must go to Quest’s top performer, Amber Chase, who achieved a fantastic set of results with seven 9s, two 8s and a 7. Amber is planning to go on to study Biology, PE and Drama at A Level and said, “Thank you to […]

  Riddlesdown Year 11 students – please refer to Mr Dey’s letter for details. External Year 11 students are invited 1-3pm – please see details here.

The CEO has written to all Year 13 Students following A Level & BTEC Results Day. Click on Read More then the letter can be downloaded here.

Students at The Quest Academy have performed exceptionally well, despite the disruption to their education that they’ve faced in recent months. In addition to overall successes, several students obtained impressive sets of results: Head Girl Idorenyin Hope is progressing her studies at the University of York where she’s been accepted on a Biotechnology course. Idorenyin […]

During lockdown, French and Spanish students took advantage of this unique opportunity to not only become excellent linguists through practicing grammar and vocabulary, but also through exploring Francophone and Hispanic culture.  Through various challenges, we looked at food, films, festivals, memes, music and famous sites in French and Spanish speaking countries. Our students worked really […]

GCSE sociologists have been uncovering and analyzing inequalities within society, applying their knowledge to contemporary events. Year 10 have been studying the Crime and Deviance unit, applying the concept of ‘institutional racism’ to current events in America; and analyzing the riots and Black Lives Matter protests surrounding the death of George Floyd. Year 9 have got […]