Talk:Enfield Grammar School

Categories for discussion: nomination of various 'Former pupils' categories
The 'former pupils' category associated with this school has nominated for renaming, along with all similar categories. Comments are invited at the categories' entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Occuli (talk) 15:22, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

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Comprehensive vs selective
So I made an edit reflecting that the school is not selective.

It's seems to go back and forth a bit, so I just wanted to post the government source here as well: https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/137094

Further, while the school has grammar in its name I believe it is not actually a grammar school in the general sense of the word, but the status is a bit murky to me so I'm not comfortable to update the status (British school system is complicated :. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 51.148.135.191 (talk) 08:30, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm a bit stuck on this one! Totally agree the source is clear that it is not a selective school. A specific editor has changed this back to selective a number of times. An IP editor has also changed it back once. I've reverted twice, can't do so again. I have posted on the editor's Talk page twice now about edit warring and encouraged the editor to come here and talk to us. Maybe there's something we are missing, but without communication from the editor in question I'm not sure where to go. I can't find the school's full admission policies online, but they do have additional sport and music criteria, which are fairly common for UK schools and usually only involve a small number of places. Maybe this is what the editor is thinking of? Tacyarg (talk) 19:57, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Here's another source saying the admissions policy is comprehensive: Daily Gazette.The wiki article itself suggests there is selction in the sixth form ... ? Tacyarg (talk) 22:03, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
 * The school's website says "We are a non-selective comprehensive boys’ school situated in the London Borough of Enfield". Tacyarg (talk) 22:06, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Well, I know it's not an accepted source, but I know it's comprehensive because my son goes there... 77.99.190.188 (talk) 23:24, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
 * The school's admissions policy is clearly non-selective, except for 10% of the intake admitted for aptitude in music or sport. So these claims of 900 boys taking "tests in verbal and non-verbal reasoning" each year are fabrications. The same editor and IPs have been attempting to add this school to the List of grammar schools in England since March 2020. Kanguole 07:39, 22 October 2020 (UTC)