Talk:Langley Park School for Boys

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Does any one have any details of the fraud which Mr Sheffield was accused of. Also it is possible that Mr Sheffield was working under an assumed name.Cadmium

Better yet, can we get Nortcott quoted on informing the boys that 'When you are at this school, I AM YOUR FATHER'? - Anon Contrib.

I thought this was gonna be completely bias in the schools favor but i was wrong. GOOD WORK WHOEVER WROTE THIS! I'm still at this school and it is completely awful by the way.

Why would it be biased in the school's favour? It cerainly wouldn't be if it were written by former pupils of the school: I was unfortunate enough to receive my secondary so-called education at Langley Park and if I could be bothered to write an accurate account of the nature of the school in such a way that it would be suitable for inclusion in an encyclopedia it would portray a very negative picture of the school. The comment posted above seems to assume that people like the school they attended and would want to portray it in a good light. On the contrary, I hate the school I attended. I wouldn't distort the facts in order to make the school sound worse - merely giving an accurate description of it would be enough. Objectively speaking, Langley Park is an appalling school; in fact, I would dispute that it is even deserving of the name of a school. Perhaps the article could begin, Langely Park School for Boys is an institution that describes itself as a place of education. That would not be untrue. Some readers would perhaps infer that it is not a place of education and merely describes itself as such, but that would not be entirely the fault of the article. One could write Tony Blair is a human being who describes himself as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. That statement is accurate, verifiable, etc. However, it would be mischievous to write it.--Oxonian2006 01:36, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

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The following rather interesting paragraph has virtually disappeared from the article. Is there some what in which it could be reinstated without contravening rules that mean that it has to be deleted?--Oxonian2006 01:36, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

In December 1989 Mr Phythian was replaced by a person known as "Mr R.V.P. Sheffield, BPhil (Hons) (Nottingham), MEd (Loughborough), MBPsS, FCollP, FRSA, MIMgt" (the school letter paper was re-printed each time he acquired a new set of post-nominal letters). One key difference between Mr Phythian and "Mr Sheffield" was that Mr Phythian tended to remain in his office area, while "Mr Sheffield" tended to tour the school during the normal working day. "Mr R.V.P. Sheffield" was investigated for financial irregularities, the subject of which has become somewhat of a cover-up by the senior staff. This is most notably examplified by a presentation as part of the school centinary celebration, when Mr Sheffield was completely absent from a list of past headmasters; according to the presentation there was in fact no headmaster for some seven years before the current head took over.[1] It is thought that "Mr Sheffield's" real name might not be Mr Sheffield. The deputy headmaster, Mr Keith McGregor, BA (Cantab), took over as acting headmaster until the appointment of Mr Robert Nortcott, MA, who is known for his floppy quiffed fringe/comb-over and rousing assemblies. In his first assembly to the Sixth Form he exhorted the boys (there were not yet any girls), "Transcend your origins", and recited The Rolling English Road by G. K. Chesterton. He instituted a new tradition of holding a farewell breakfast for Sixth Formers upon their leaving the school (inevitably giving rise to comparison with the Last Supper), which is just one occasion on which he has been heard to say, "You will always be sons [or, sons and daughters] of Langley Park".