Talk:List of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom

message: Lists are a good source of information. However they may be dated and can sometimes be replaced by categories.
Victuallers 09:30, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Schools List

message: I am concerned that an anon has edited out the table structure, which contained some citations of proof of antiquity. As it stands, the article is probably easier to amend, but, without a column for the earliest extant record, there is every chance for claim and counter-claim. 
When the recent additional entries have settled down, I suggest that this list moves back to table structure to maintain that all-important citation column. Ian Cairns 23:48, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Proof

message: Most of the Blue Coat Schools are probably eligable for inclusion on this list. Sladen (talk) 06:03, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Blue Coat School]]

message: I was scanning through England and Wales to see if there were any other schools with the same founding date as mine in Northern Ireland and I discovered my school there. I suggest that you move all Nothern Ireland schools to the section entitled "The Kingdom of Ireland and Northern Ireland" as that is were they should go, I have already done this for Foyle and Londonderry College. mspence835  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mspence835 (talk • contribs) 19:49, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Northern Ireland

message: The lead sentence says: "This list ... contains extant schools" and yet the first part of the England list is of non-extant schools.  Wales likewise starts with an (incorrectly formatted) list of non-extant schools.  We need to either:
# modify the lead or
# remove the non-extant schools.
Which would editors prefer? Martin of Sheffield (talk) 15:49, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: No replies in just under 3 weeks.  I'll go ahead and be WP:BOLD then.  I'm going for option 2, if anyone wants to start a list of extinct schools it can be on another page. Martin of Sheffield (talk) 14:24, 24 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Non-extant schools 

message: An IP user has recently added Burnsall Primary School which as a primary school would normally be considered WP:NOTNOTABLE.  However a quick bit of GooglingDuckDuckGoing reveals a continuous history from 1602 to the present.  Since the school is not notable it does (and presumably never will have) a wiki page of its own, however it does belong on this list due to its age.  Most schools on this list refer back to their respective pages where citations establishing the date are detailed, but for a few there is a claimed date and no supporting page.  As I see it there are three options:
# Do nothing and accept uncited date claims as at present.
# Work to provide citations for all schools.
# Require citations for those schools whose date is not attested to on a blue-linked wiki page.
My personal preference is for the third option.  Option 1 is asking for fly-by taggers to have a field day and opens us up to fraudulent claims.  Option 2 is an excessive amount of work, most of which will simply duplicate citations on existing pages.  Hence option 3.  Comments welcome below!  Can we aim to resolve this by 14 December please? Martin of Sheffield (talk) 12:28, 7 December 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Would Only require be preferable? Martin of Sheffield (talk) 14:33, 7 December 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: That depends on how and where it's ultimately expressed. I accept the general gist of what you're saying, hence here I am under option 3. -- zzuuzz (talk) 14:53, 7 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  References 

message: I'm sure the Celtic teacher in Iceni will be very upset that Wikipedia does not consider her lessons on The Ever-Living Ones taught to every generation of her tribe was not considered a school. ModernMephisto (talk) 17:53, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Could look for archaeological finds on pagan pedagogy. They had buildings and their lore had to be passed down from generation to generation. ModernMephisto (talk) 18:05, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oldest 'named' schools on historic record