Talk:Aylesbury Grammar School

message: According to the school's website it is the Brodie cup not trophy, but the Watson trophy  --144.32.177.123 09:01, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Brody cup/trophy 

message: The DfES Specialist Schools Home website shows that the AGS doesn't have a second specialist status in Languages. Language is, however, listed as a High Performing Leading Option (whatever that means). --Scribble Monkey 12:05, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The Excel spreadsheet on the DfES site is dated July 2006. It lists specialist statuses valid from as late as September 2006. It does look like AGS has been awarded something subtly different. --Scribble Monkey 08:31, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

text: Strange it's not listed on the DfES site! --Scribble Monkey 08:31, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Specialist School Status 

message: Suggested re-write of final para, introduction.
'Several decades ago, the sixth form at the time were given the option of whether they wanted there to be a school uniform. Their decision was that it was best to have school uniform, and so to this day school uniform remains mandatory. Although if there are pupils whose families have financial difficulties, there is a thrift shop from which they can purchase second hand uniform.'
perhaps;
'The sixth form were polled about retaining the school uniform some years ago [date, anyone?] and decided that it should remain mandatory. However for families in financial difficulties, there remains the option of purchasing second hand uniform from a thrift shop [is this in the school?]'
Just a little bit neater... Ndaisley 13:12, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rewrite suggestion 

message: Can we have better photos of the buildings? These ones are horrible and dingy.
:It probably is, mate.  silv  71.235.66.254 04:04, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: They're very poorly lit, I assure you it doesn't look _that_ bad in real life.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.137.67.222 (talk) 01:18, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Photos 

message: I have greatly changed the structure of this article. I think it is easier to read now and more organised. Miltonkeynes 00:45, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Major edit - I have greatly changed the structure of this article 

message: Wikipedia isn't a blog or a news site so posting school closings due to weather does not go here. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by OverlordQ (talk • contribs) 07:42, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not a news site 

message: It is possible that Ridley House was named after the author and priest William Henry Ridley, or one of his relations. However, I have no idea who my old Denson house is named after.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by AbrahamCat (talk • contribs) 23:09, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Denson's named after a former head of the Old Boy's Association but I don't have a source for that! Tom walker (talk) 17:26, 23 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  William Henry Ridley 

message: On May 16th 2014 I added this 'controversy' section as version https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aylesbury_Grammar_School&direction=prev&oldid=627992367:
:: On May 9, 2014, boys at the school dressed up as the Jamaican bobsleigh team for their school-leaving celebrations and 'blacked up' as part of their costume. This came to public attention when an image of the schoolboys was tweeted by the then headmaster Stephen Lehec, and was criticised for being racist. Lehec issued a formal apology, though in his analysis 'at no time was there an undertone of any act being of a derogatory or racist nature'. The matter was widely reported in local and national media.Claire Carter, 'Grammar school headteacher apologises for 'blacked up' picture of pupils', The Telegraph, 15 May 2014, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/10833705/Grammar-school-headteacher-apologises-for-blacked-up-picture-of-pupils.html; Lizzie Edmonds, 'Top grammar school forced to apologise after headteacher posts Twitter picture of his pupils "blacked up" as Jamaican bobsleigh team at fancy dress party', Mail Online, 15 May 2014, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2629504/Grammar-school-headmaster-apologises-tweeting-picture-pupils-blackface-dressed-Jamaican-bobsleigh-team-fancy-dress-party.html; 'Headteacher apologises for ‘blacked up’ pupils, The Bucks Herald', 15th May 2014, http://www.bucksherald.co.uk/news/more-news/headteacher-apologises-for-blacked-up-pupils-1-6060046.
This was removed on 22nd October 2014 by an anonymous user with the comment 'Not relevant to school information'. I think this material is relevant, however. It is still a recent event; it was reported in local and national news; and if, for example, I was a black/ethnic minority parent considering sending my son to the school I would consider it noteworthy. What views do other people have? Alarichall (talk) 13:37, 15 November 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: That looks to me as if it should go back in - decently-sourced. I'll give it some thought. Tacyarg (talk) 08:18, 16 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Section on blacking up controversy 

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