Talk:Crompton House Church of England Academy

message: may be a B Victuallers 16:45, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

message: Please can members kindly make themselves aware about some geographical factors concerning Crompton House. Whilst educational, this is intended to inform members with the greatest of respect.
Since the 1974 local government reforms, Shaw and Crompton lies within the metropolitan borough of Oldham (NOTE - Oldham is a seperate town, which also lies within the borough). 
There is some confusion about this as the borough is also named after the town (unlike the metropolitan borough of Tameside where the principal town of Ashton lies). 
With regard to suggestions that a borough is an authority - this is wrong. Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council is of course an authority, whereas the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham is an undisputable and very much working definable geographical area.
Crompton House's LEA (local educational Authority), like that of all schools in Shaw and Crompton,  is Oldham LEA. Crompton House is listed in the Oldham Chronicle as Oldham's best school. It has and Oldham area (OL2) postcode. It's member of parliament is Oldham East and Saddleworth MP Phil Woolas. Within this understanding, Crompton House is not in Oldham (as in the town), nor Lancashire (a county that lies some many miles away), but within the metropolitan borough of Oldham boundary, in Greater Manchester.
Note there is no affilation with Lancashire.
With regards to Lancashire vs Greater Manchester, Shaw and Crompton is served by GMPTE (Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive), Greater Manchester police, and if one obtains an Oldham or Greater Manchester A to Z, one would find Shaw and Crompton and Crompton House in it.
Lancashire is in modern times, concerned with Lancastrian towns such as Preston, Lancaster, Blackpool etc.
These factors present themselves as factual, and whilst the vast majority of Wikipedia editors adhere to this, please can those who wish to have geographical boundaries changed or reverted to pre-1974 times, please do so via parliamentary means and not discredit the content and purpose of Wikipedia.
If you wish to dispute/respond/agree with my comments please feel free on this page. Many thanks Jhamez84 01:34, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Crompton House's Location

message: I have now edited this article in line with the official naming conventions
Please keep all further discussion on location conventions on the Talk:Shaw and Crompton page from now on to keep the thread easy to follow. Aquilina 11:45, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Minor edit war

message: This page reads like a prospectus for the school - and violates at least one point of WP:NOT, namely Wikipedia is not a soapbox for advertising. I'll come back and cut out all the unnecessary information that has just been taken from the school website if I have to, namely all the lists of things (subjects, staff, etc) which don't contribute to the article meaningfully, but I'd prefer an editor with some knowledge of this school do so. Thanks. QmunkE 17:45, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure that it's a bad thing that a lot of it is like a prospectus. I think it could be a useful resource for a parent deciding whether to apply here for example. There's a heck of a lot of POV though, and completely useless information - not to mention the appalling grammar. I've just had a crack at it though, so please feel free to edit it further and/or remove anything. M A Mason 17:36, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have to admit I was a bit quick to agree to this and found myself wondering what was left in the article that wasn't encyclopedic. I decided today that timetables weren't encylopedic, and probably what you meant by useless information. They're also liable to change every year. Someone also submitted information regarding a teacher being on maternity leave; personal information which shouldn't appear on the internet, never mind an encyclopedic article. People submitting to this article seem to get carried away very easily, but as long as it's kept in check, I don't think there's much wrong with the article as it stands (without the POV). I would like to the article padded out more though, information here about significant events the school has been involved in (the stuff that floods the page with Wikilinks) are great. This is encylopedic and would of course also appear in the prospectus so, yes, it can't really be a bad thing. ~~ Peteb16 19:12, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Issues with this page 

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message: The version of the grenade incident reported by the school to the press was false.  I am a former student who was in the same class as the student in question and know that the student didn't take History, and even if they had would never have begun to consider the possibility of taking in something to contribute to the lesson.  They took in the grenade purely because they wanted to prove they had a grenade and to be disruptive in school.  It was a First World War grenade though.  Several hundred former students would be able to verify this.  Unfortunately the school has put a lot of effort into suppressing the incident, so there is no external verification available.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.107.64.120 (talk) 09:20, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Grenade Incident 

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