Talk:King Edward VI School Stratford-upon-Avon

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

	England Portal This article is supported by WikiProject England, an attempt to build a comprehensive guide to articles relating to England on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article associated with this page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.
Start	This article has been rated as start-Class on the quality scale.

	This article is within the scope of the WikiProject Warwickshire, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of the Warwickshire. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks. Please also feel free to join in the discussions on the project's talk page.
Start	This page has been rated as Start-Class on the quality scale.
???	This page has not yet been assigned a rating on the importance scale.

[edit] Wikiproject Schools

	This article is related to WikiProject Schools, an attempt to write quality articles about schools around the world. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page.
Start	This article has been rated as Start-Class on the assessment scale.	Schools Portal
Low	This article has been rated as Low-Importance within Schools.
Assessment: Hello all, and thank you for contributing to this school article. I'm part of the Wikipedia:WikiProject_Schools/Assessment team, and 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 Low on this importance scale. For information on improving this article, please visit the WikiProject Schools Project Page. My reasoning is as follows: A few unreferenced and disputed paragraphs. Needs referencing, and expansion with pictures, and an infobox. Adam McCormick 05:53, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

I don't know much about your project's assessment crieteria. I agree with the START class. Doesn't the Shakespeare connection pull this school way above average importance, though? AndyJones 12:48, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

I agree - I think it should at least have an importance rating of mid. Plus I've added an infobox.

[edit] Founding

The article states:

"but the school was refounded by King Edward VI in 1553"

In a book I am listening too, this fact is not supported. The book states that it was named after the King, but that the king had nothing to do with the school.

Someone should fact check this.

Edward VI entrusted the school to the town's corporation, hence they named it after him. He did the same with many other grammar schools, hence many King Edward VIs

EDIT: In the website http://www.kingedwardvi.warwickshire.sch.uk/ , the shakesperes school link at the top says "The upped Guild Room became the town's schoolroom in 1553 when King Edward VI entrusted the former Guild's school to the corperation." As a note, I am a pupil of said school :)

[edit] Source

There's a useful history of the school here which someone might like to incorporate. AndyJones 17:51, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

I am also a student in the sixth form of this school and know for sure that the school was refounded in 1553

[edit] Refounded in 1553

The school was definitely refounded in 1553 by King Edward VI as there is a plaque saying this in the school.U6 pebl 16:58, 6 September 2006 (UTC)