Talk:Marlborough School, Woodstock

message: As an ex-pupil (1972-79), may I make three observations to begin with, beside stating how good to see an entry for the school. Thanks to the originator of the article, too.
Had the school actually been a grammar school? It was a 
comprehensive by 1971 at least and my understanding was that it had in fact been a secondary modern. More research needed here.
Secondly, the article seems to suggest that recent success has meant that local children no longer attend. How can this be correct when, as a comprehensive, it will select mainly by distance from the school? Or has the school been so enlarged that local children are simply a smaller proportion of total pupils than formerly? (In any case, what's "local"? Bladon, Bletchingdon, Yarnton, Begbroke, Wooton and Glympton certainly provided pupils in the 70's, as well as Woodstock itself).
Thirdly, school status. It had been "Church of England" (whether voluntary aided or controlled, I can't recall). Does this not need adding to the history?
Exumbra 11:51, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

message: It needs to be stripped down. It reads like a school prospectus and contains some down right untruths. 
"Now it is arguably one of the best performing schools in the county, due to excellent reports, newspaper rankings and its proximity to a university."
It's certainly not proximate to Oxford University compared to other schools in the county, many of which are in Oxford. According to the Guardian website only two other schools in the county had worse A-level results in 2008 and one of those was Kingham Hill, which is a specialist school for dyslexics. 
When have ex-pupils ever been called "Marlboroughites" Why is there a picture of Blenheim palace, to somehow imply the place is a public school?! 
This is misuse of Wikipedia.  
Expupilatmarl (talk)
User_talk:86.3.136.164 removed bias tag before dispute resolved. This is against NPOV policy - so tag restored. In general 82.13.161.168 seems to be responsible for a large number of promotional edits to this article.  Expupilatmarl (talk) 11:40, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
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