Talk:Wallington County Grammar School

message: What/why is this listed as a clean-up?  Pointers appreciated. RocArt 22:24, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have reverted the remainder of the comments made. The school may monitor the page's history for libelous changes, I have the page on my watchlist and revert any vandalism edits that appear. The edits had been on the page for a little under a day. --Grand Edgemaster Talk 19:16, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Clean up?

message: Added a bit on prefect ranks and house prefects etc.  Is there any formal ranking structure?  My guess/recollection is that senior prefects essentially outrank everyone else, including house prefects, in terms of precedence and importance but I'm sure someone here knows more than me...
RocArt 00:27, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Prefect Ranks

message: Can we get an update on this?  Current figure of 880 will soon be a year old.
Cheers
RocArt 00:03, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Number of Pupils

message: Do we need the head of languages or sixth form on here?  Seems a little OTT.  
And if we *do* want to keep them, can we (a) edit properly so Haworth is not on there twice and (b) avoid French (or other non-English) respect titles like "Mlle"?  Just use Miss: the translation is straightforward and no meaning is lost.
Will edit it as best I can with view to deleting it (Grand Edgemaster: I assume your views on lists---below---still apply here?)
RocArt 14:48, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Notable Staff

message: Thinking about changing the structure of the article: in particular, taking specific info like names of officers (Captain, VC, KOTR) out of "general information" and maybe into section on "prefect system" or some such.  Current set up seems unencylopedic.  Thoughts? Feelings? Comments? RocArt 00:01, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think in general names (esp. lists) should be kept out of articles (except of course alumini, and headteachers), WP:SCH should be the place to direct any queries. I really need to read up on what to do if the 3RR occurs for encyclopaedic content. Oh, and could we add new topics to the bottom of this page? --Grand Edgemaster Talk 19:08, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Keeper of the Record/School Officers

message: Any chance someone can clarify what "Bridges"---the house name---refers to?  I originally thought it was Canon Bridges, but this was subsequently edited.  Thought someone (maybe the school?) might finally clear up the mystery (not that *I* think this is a mystery!)...RocArt 00:28, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: According to my year 7 history exercise book you`re right. Plebmonk 03:42, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: OK thanks: have edited RocArt 17:23, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Bridges

message: As a current student of the school, I have a feeling that the "ultimate frizbee" part of the extracurricular activities section is some kind of a lame joke from one of my colleagues. Though I may be completely wrong, so I won't change it from fear of annoying whoever put it there. I also just noticed that Rugby isn't included in this section either. Maybe the other sports the school takes part in competitively (cricket, hockey, athletics) should be added, unless sports aren't considered extra curricular activities. If so, just ignore me. Plebmonk 02:26, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  ExtraCurricular Stuff 

message: "Mr R.S. Harrison - 1975 - 1990 (murdered shortly after retirement)"
Is that actually true?
Also, haha the revert bot thing is called grand edgemaster...should be dr.grand edgemaster now Plebmonk 00:32, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Murdered headmaster 

message: This whole section just sounds like a sexed-up advert for the school. Since added by an anon editor, I'm feeling like trimming it drastically, any consensus on this? --Grand Edgemaster Talk 01:42, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Did you do this ?  If not I would say "go for it" !  Kbdguy (talk) 02:12, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent Academic Record 

message: For a period of time - the school was known as "The Wallington High School for Boys". Does anybody know the years during which this name was taken ?  It covers the period 1980-1990 at least Kbdguy (talk) 03:37, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I was a pupil from September 1964 to July 1971. It was "County Grammar" on joining but changed quite shortly afterwards (within 2 years from memory) & remained "High" throughout my time there (again from best of my memory). I have some copies of "The Record" somewhere, still. Might shed some light.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eagleash (talk • contribs) 20:32, 27 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text:  I have found two copies of "The Record". One from Spring 1968 gives the title as "The Record of Wallington County Grammar School for Boys" and one from Spring 1969 as "...of Wallington High School for Boys". The one from Autumn 1968 is missing but I think this would suggest that the name change took place at the beginning of the 1968–1969 school year. Eagleash (talk) 15:25, 21 November 2014 (UTC)

text: I started in the first year in September 1968. I can confirm it was Wallington High School for Boys then. I don't how if it's accurate, but I remember hearing that the school wanted to keep its head down while the Labour government was abolishing grammar schools. Jean de Luz (talk) 17:30, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

text: The school seems to have reverted to WCGS in the mid-90s. I think it would be ok to amend the history to say that the "High School" name was used from 1968 to the mid-90s. My sources are a Hansard list of grant-maintained schools from July 1993 (hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1993/jul/21/grant-maintained-schools), and an Independent newspaper article from May 1994 that both refer to Wallington High School for Boys (http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/mad-scramble-for-school-places-parental-choice-is-proving-illusory-in-some-boroughs-as-too-many-children-chase-the-best-teaching-1434805.html). Then, in November 1996 there is another Hansard list of grammar schools that refers to WCGS. (http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199697/cmhansrd/vo961125/text/61125w05.htm) Jean de Luz (talk) 17:30, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wallington Grammar School for Boys 

message: In my opinion, the page severely needs to be updated, for I had to fix a couple of grammar errors and areas in which it states that Mr Smart is the assistant headmaster, even though he is officially headmaster of the school as of now. It would be nice if I recieved help on updating the page since it has practically stayed the same (with relatively minor updates) for about 1 year now. Furthermore, I think that the page should be blocked for those people who aren't users since non-users will just end up vandalising the page anyway (for example just look at the mass amount of edits that occurred in December 2009) and I'm pretty sure that most people would agree with this statement. TurkishSultan 22:28, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Current Times 

message: I am curious as to why Douglas Allen, Baron Croham and Philip Wilcocks are missing from the list of notable former pupils. I am pretty sure they were included in earlier revisions of the article, but could be wrong about this. Also, I don't think Ryan Cummins has played international cricket. Eagleash (talk) 02:50, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed this in November 2014. Eagleash (talk) 09:39, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notability 

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