Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Great chesterford school

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Great chesterford school
A tiny, unremarkable primary school in Essex. --[[User:Tony Sidaway|Tony Sidaway|Talk]] 21:48, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete: Misnamed stub with no indication of need. Geogre 22:22, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep and move to Great Chesterford Church of England School if the claims can be substantiated. &mdash;[[en:RaD Man|RaD Man (talk)]] 23:19, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable, not even if it can be substantiated that they feed the children, that it is a caring Christian environment, and that the head teacher is kind and funny. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 01:27, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * I was referring to the claim of being one of the best schools in the UK. The teacher having a sense of humor (something many here seem to lack) is obviously not noteworthy.  &mdash;[[en:RaD Man|RaD Man (talk)]]
 * Delete. Not notable. Indrian 02:19, Dec 11, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Hot dinners or packed lunches? Will wonders never cease? Gamaliel 02:36, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete - I just don't understand why people write these. -- Cyrius|&#9998; 06:05, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not Notable. utcursch 06:16, Dec 11, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. I understand why people write these.  What I don't understand is why people vote to keep them. --Carnildo 08:48, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * del. Mikkalai 09:03, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete on the basis that no notability is apparent. -- Jmabel | Talk 09:34, Dec 11, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. The text of the article could apply to any school in the country. Totally non-notable. In fact, probably less notable than most schools. [[User:David_Johnson|David Johnson [ T|C ] ]] 13:52, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Comment I don't have much experience in interpreting "Ofsted reports" like the one referenced. Reading this one make the school sound good but not obviously stellar. "Great Chesterford Primary is an effective school. Pupils achieve high standards because of the good teaching that they receive. The headteacher and staff work well together to improve the school and to maintain high standards. The school’s strengths outweigh any weaknesses and it provides good value for money." I'm not familiar with the suite of phrases used in these reports but "effective," "high," and "good" do not sound like superlatives. In 1999 it is said to have gotten "A" in science and English but "B" in mathematics. "Teaching is good overall. It is always at least satisfactory and very good or excellent in almost 30% of lessons." It sounds to me as if the statement "one of the best" is true only only in the same sense as "Wolverhampton is one of the biggest cities in Britain" or "Thomas Kyd is one of the greatest English playwrights."
 * Ofsted reports are basically fluff. Comments like the above are pretty typical as long as the school isn't especially bad. They always put a positive edge on it when possible to spice up the overall government figures. Nothing special here at all. [[User:David_Johnson|David Johnson [ T|C ] ]] 00:30, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Actually A in English and B in Mathematics is very good in Ofted standards. But this is a primary school with 200 pupils.  They have to make sure that the kids who are capable of learning to read get the books they need and someone to read them at, and that the kids who can learn mathematics get enough beans to count and someone to count them at.  And every week or so the kids get a ride on the bouncy horse.  --[[User:Tony Sidaway|Tony Sidaway|Talk]] 00:36, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)


 * Delete. Demonstrably being one of the best schools would be notable. Claiming to be one of the best schools is not. -[[User:Aranel|Aranel (" Sarah ")]] 20:21, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * delete'. Yuckfoo 08:57, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. [[User:Xezbeth| Xezbeth ]] 17:14, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. A tiny unremarkable school is still an institution of significance in people's lives. Dr Zen 02:49, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)

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