Talk:The King's School, Canterbury

message: Hello all, and thank you for contributing to this school site. I'm part of the Wikipedia:WikiProject_Schools/Assessment team, and, as it appears to be one of the oldest schools in England, then I'm reviewing this page. I'm currently giving it a grade of start on the Wikipedia 1.0 Assessment Scale and an importance of High on this importance scale.
My reasoning is as follows: This article is a fair size at the moment. This is a very old school which is too important not to be acknowledged. Could do with more refs and maybe a photo. B class is close. Victuallers 14:26, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  March 2007 

message: It's hard to see how the fact that the school is part of a 50 school investigation by the OFT justifies such a large proportion of the report.  You may or may not have views on the OFT and independent schools, but surely a 1500 year history deserves a little more balance.  I have rewritten it a bit to strip out the emotive language, but I don't think it really belongs there at all.  I am not associated with the school at all, but I do know the details of the OFT decision and the 'level of collusion' of the schools involved, and to dominate this article with this paragraph is, in my opinion, most unfair.
Stuart White 18:26, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Surely unethically scamming several hundreds parents for at least a thousand pounds a year is one of the most significant events in the school's history so far? 131.111.195.8 00:04, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Fees are over £20K/year according to admissions@kings-canterbury.com and http://www.schoolsguidebook.co.uk/schools/The_King146s_School_Canterbury.html.  Conservatively assuming just a small 5% hike after fixing fees with a cartel of 50 other schools for many years, this is easily £1000/year/pupil if not more? 131.111.195.8 17:46, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

text: I agree with Talkfact. Although the school does have a 1500 year history, the OFT investigation is something which is very relevant to people interested in the school today. Possible after some years  this information will be less relevant, but for now I think it should stay. --zrenneh (talk) 11:12, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: OFT

message: Is this a "tradition" or a Wilkinsonian innovation?  Was started in about 1997, no? Jimothy.
Jimothy: My older sibling is an OKS. He entered King's in 1995 and the Beadle had already been about for a good while (ie; before Wilkinson).
Actually the Beadle used to be the RSM, prior to becoming the Beadle.  There was no office known as "The Beadle" at King's certainly between 1988 and 1995.  Prior to that some of the function of the Beadle was carried out by teachers at the school, whilst other functions were left to the Deputy Headmaster and the Senior Mistress. -- Copperman 20:30, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Beadle Tradition

message: The facilities part of the article lists the rooms of the various academic subjects. Where is Religious Studies?! I don't know where it is, so I would rely on a pupil or an old boy putting this in, but as an RE teacher I see it as quite a significant oversight! Thanks, Hail True Body 21:15, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Facilities and Religious Studies

message: I'm not sure about your claim to be the oldest extant school in the world. Shishi Middle School in China claims to have been founded between 143 and 141 BC and is still in existence today. Unfortunately their claim is not backed up by a reference. Dahliarose 13:01, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The Shishi Middle School closed for a substantial amount of time, was demolished and the current school built on the site. I don't believe that this qualifies it to claim to be founded c.143-141 BC. A school was founded there, but not the current school. 62.25.109.197 (talk) 05:05, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

text: A college is not for children though. 62.25.109.197 (talk) 05:05, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: "Winchester College was founded in 1382 by William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester", so it is 785 years younger than King's.  In this case "college" is a school for children as is, for example, Eton college. Martin of Sheffield (talk) 09:50, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Oldest extant school

message: The article on Edward Heath states that he was in the sixth form at King's Canterbury, and became head boy. But his name does not appear on your alumni list, nor is it in his Who's Who entry. Millbanks (talk) 10:25, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Edward Heath

message: At present there is a discussion relating to the renaming of this category. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at this discussion page. Please note that the discussion is not a majority vote so contributions should be based on Wikipedia policies and independent sources. Cjc13 (talk) 13:33, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Category:Old King's Scholars renaming 

message: I have moved the page back to the original name, see the discussion on User talk:Handsdown.1#The_King's School.  "The" has been part of the title since its refounding in 1541.  Any further proposals for a move should be discussed here, first. Martin of Sheffield (talk) 14:58, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  School name 

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