Talk:St Bartholomew's School

2nd or 3rd Oldest
I think the claim about being the second oldest stems from the fact that previously Eton was in Buckinghamshire, so it would have been the second oldest after Reading School, and then third oldest once the boundaries were changed -- Joolz 20:05, 4 May 2005 (UTC)


 * Perhaps when Eton College joined Berkshire, Abingdon School left Berkshire? So, maybe SBS was still the third oldest? Ian Cairns 23:50, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Tone
This whole article is full of opinion and even advertising. It needs a good re-write.Stormx2 23:46, 30 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Much of this article seems to have been lifted from the school's website - this is almost certainly a copyvio and needs investigation. Ian Cairns 06:40, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Okay, I'm setting about reorganising/re-writing this. Please do re-edit as much as possible, it will be better than the original but not perfect... 87.240.137.127 22:22, 10 September 2006 (UTC)


 * I've been through the whole article, removing repeats and trying to make it more human. It should have no advertising in it at all anymore. CR7 22:51, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Re-Organised
Done. It still needs links added and stuff, and I can't be bothered right now as its midnight.

teachers names
removed. this is badly written with many spelling mistakes, of no significance whatsoever, not to mention invitation for personal slurrs.

If any of the teachers become national heros, get a wikipedia article for a valid wikipedia approved reason, they you can include them.

For the moment the only relevant names are that of the head, SJR and potentially the deputy heads. Plus those of famous alumni

please do not put back in.

No mention of...
The fact that the school was a boys' Grammar School before it became a co-ed comprehensive! The Queen's visit in 1972 to commemorate the quincentenary in 1966 (a bit late!).

Also, despite the rewrite, the article reads more like a description of the present day school in a prospectus. It needs to include a bit more history and be rewritten to de-emphasise the current state of the school.

Sangwine 21:18, 12 November 2006 (UTC) (an old boy 1968-1975, but *not* an old Newburian)


 * Not sure about that. Present day informatin is as relevent as any history. 87.240.137.127 22:49, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Queen's visit (2)
The Queen also came to visit the school in the early 1990s. There should be mention of that?

Mid-90s in fact; can't recall the exact year, but must've been about 94/95....

It was earlier than 1994/5 because I started St Bart's in 1993 and the Queen visited sometime during the school year of 1992/3. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.157.31.129 (talk) 10:18, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Rebuilding...er...what?
I'm a former student. What on earth CAN they rebuild when most of the buildings are probably listed and gorgeous, and the eyesore/LLC was finished the year before I left...I'm confused. Please tell me they're not going to knock down Wormestall Main Building T_T. Lady BlahDeBlah 05:51, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

No Wormstall and the main luker building are both listed.

They still dont know what to do, they have.nt made up their minds yet.

St Barts has now been rebuilt, Wormstall is currently being converted into flats as it is a listed building. The main Luker building is being kept, as again it is listed, but the rest has been knocked down. The new school opened October last year (2010) with it being "officially" opened by Sophie Countess of Wessex March 2011. The new school is "eco" friendly and built in a star or flower shape with a central "hub" area in the centre. Despite being newly built there has been many problems with new building ranging from uneven paving slabs to toilets not being plumbed in to staff being advised not to drink tap water due to risk of legionnaires disease. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.222.209.27 (talk) 20:47, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Assess
One of the elite schools to get a B. Well done! The article would benefit from a more comprehensive prose-style history section. Some of the trivia could be trimmed. Tell us more about the interesting things like the polo, and Eton Fives. Dahliarose 13:57, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

St Bart's (Boys) House Names
I was at St Bart's from 1954 to 1959 and a member of Evers House. My house master (and also my 1A form master) was Cecil Maggs, an ex-pupil. He had been a member of New House that was disbanded due to the sudden decrease in numbers in that house. The boys were moved to the other four houses. I think this was probably in the late '20s or early '30s. R Allen 156.61.43.239 (talk) 11:47, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

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Narrative history
The addition of a narrative history by User:Alapper (in August 2020, following a minor edit war with User:HickoryOughtShirt?4) contains large amounts of unreferenced material, and depends on one source.

This section is informative, but may be too long to be useful in the context of this article.

As of October 2020, the article contains both the bullet point history and the long narrative history (in a separate sub section). Mxtt.prior (talk) 22:07, 8 October 2020 (UTC)