Talk:Eton Group

message: I can't find anything at all on the web about the Haileybury Group - are you sure it even exists? Haileybury itself is part of the Rugby Group. Ottershrew 10:37, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It does exist, though its significance is not readily apparent - "Haileybury — including Haberdashers’ Aske’s and Brentwood — is a geographical grouping stretching from northeast London to East Anglia"  -- zzuuzz (talk) 14:58, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Haileybury Group

message: I have removed the reference to Woodard Schools, this is because, the Woodard Schools are not comparable with the Eton, Rugby Groups;
Fistly, the Eton / Rugby / Haileybury groups are loose associations of Seperate Independent Schools unlike the Woodard Schools, many of whom are owned by the foundation.
Secondly, The Eton and Rugby Groups contain at least a significant number of the most well known schools in England, which makes these groups important trend setters in the Independent Sector, however, many of the Woodard schools are in the state sector.
Thirdly, The Eton / Rugby / Haileybury Groups have been cited in the press as the elite groups of schools.
Ramw2 00:18, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with this. There are few groupings of schools in the UK, and Woodard is one of them. They do  not have to have the same 'status' to be mentioned together. Woodard should be a see also link from both here and the Rugby Group article. -- zzuuzz(talk) 14:07, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

text: The top three schools of the Woodard group are very highly rated, in particular Lancing College which, for example, has comparable fees, comparable GCSE and A-Level results, comparable facilities etc. The fact that these schools are owned by a corporation shouldn't matter since it is still a group of schools, many of which are very highly rated and regarded. It consists of 23 independent schools owned by the corporation and is affiliated with 17 schools which are either state or independent. The article (and the Rugby group one which Ramw2 has edited similarly) says that the Eton group is one of the main national groupings of Independent schools. The Woodard Schools group has many *more* independent schools and many of the schools are comparable to those in both the Eton and Rugby groups in terms of fees, facilities and results. They are by no means small fry.Spanky Deluxe 15:09, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Woodard Schools

message: :"With long histories of strong academic achievement, the Eton Group are considered to be amongst the elite independent schools in the United Kingdom, continuously dominating the British independent schools league tables. Many of their alumni go on to leading British universities and have a significant influence and role in British society, leading the country in a number of areas"
You've gotta be kidding... This needs serious backing up with decent citations. I will remove it shortly if such citations aren't provided... TalkIslander 12:16, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neutrality 

message: Regarding the recent pushing of Canford, we have an academic reference (Walford) that lists the 12 Eton Group schools, a list that includes Highgate but not Canford.  The newspaper reports about the Sevenoaks cartel mention that Canford was a member of the cartel; they do not say that it is a member of the Eton Group, and they certainly do not say that Highgate School is not a member (even though it was not in the cartel).  Kanguole 23:27, 12 February 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Walford is a respected authority in the field.  As for the notion that participation in the cartel is a guide to membership of the Eton group, there were some 50 schools in the cartel, including 7 of the 12 Eton Group schools – for more details, see this article, which lists the cartel schools and their affiliations on pages 20 and 21.  This split within the Eton Group is noted on page 14.  No source has been produced for the claims that Canford is a member of the Eton Group and Highgate is not.  Kanguole 00:03, 13 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Canford School