Sutton
Council to keep 11 children’s centres sites open after extensive consultation
• Three children’s centres to close as part of restructure to save funds Sutton Council is to adopt a new borough-wide model for children’s centre delivery, with six Hubs, four Access Points and one Child Development Centre/Access Point. (For explanation see below.) Only three of Sutton’s 14 children’s centres will close at the end of […]
Sutton to reduce youth service provision following cuts to council funding
Sutton Council is to discontinue open access youth and adolescent services in the borough from this June, and develop new ways to provide targeted services for vulnerable young people. On Thursday, the council’s Children, Family and Education Committee (CFE Committee) approved the changes with a view to providing annual savings of £667,000 from the budget […]
Blue Badge fraudster prosecuted by Sutton Council
Another driver has been prosecuted by Sutton Council at Croydon Magistrates Court for misusing a Blue Badge. Ms Stacey Gilbert, aged 31, of Langdon Road, Morden, was summonsed to appear before Croydon Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, 5 May where she pleaded guilty to misusing her mother’s Blue Badge. Ms Gilbert apologised for using the badge […]
Media Invite – General Election Count for Sutton and Cheam and Carshalton and Wallington
When: The general election count takes place from 10pm on Thursday May 7. The results are expected between 3am and 4am. Where: Westcroft Leisure Centre, Westcroft Road, Carshalton SM5 2TG Facilities: A media area will be set up on the balcony overlooking the count hall. Note: There is currently very limited wifi at the venue […]
The Limes College rated outstanding by Ofsted inspectors
The Limes College, in Robin Hood Lane, Sutton has been rated as outstanding in all areas by Ofsted following an Inspection. The teaching, leadership and management at the school were rated outstanding – the highest level – by inspectors. There was praise too for the behaviour and achievement of pupils at the local authority-maintained college […]
Fascinating stories from Sutton’s past are revealed as the borough turns 50 years old
Sutton Carew, Carwalton, Fairlands, Wandletowns, South Wall-Car, Treeswater. These are just some of the names proposed for London’s borough 21, before it became known as Sutton. The naming of the new borough, when it broke away from Surrey and became part of Greater London in 1965, was a hot and widely debated topic. Naturally, people […]
Sutton Council purchases Belmont site for new secondary school
Sutton Council has bought a site in Belmont from Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals Trust in order to build a new secondary school. The council had been looking for a site for a new secondary school to open in 2017 and approached the Trust after the old Sutton Hospital site in Belmont was identified […]
Hundreds of residents have their say on the future of our children’s centres
The first round of consultation on the future of our children’s centres has seen more than 120 people attend 14 workshops at centres across the borough and 670 residents have completed an online survey. Currently Sutton funds 14 Children’s Centres which support the early development of young children, assist parents in giving their child the […]
Sutton among best in London for secondary school places
Sutton has achieved one of the highest preference rates in London for secondary school places. Parents in the borough last week were told which schools have made offers of places for the September intake. Despite a 5% increase in applications this year, 97% received a preference school – which is above the London average of 93.5%. […]