A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police team working around Croydon said on X that this was due to a 'group of school-aged teenagers' that have 'been repeatedly engaging in shoplifting, anti-social ...

More than 2,000 children were excluded from schools in Croydon in just one year ... A total of 2,259 students were suspended, meaning they did return to school after a period. The remaining 66 were ...

keeping the new school offered as close as possible to the student’s home address. Jason Perry, executive mayor of Croydon, said: "We are delighted to see the high number of our students getting ...