User talk:Mikegrant

Beauchamp College

Hi there Mike, thanks for your edits to the Beauchamp College article. I can find no evidence anywhere that 'over half' of the college is made up of students from ethnic minorities. I'm sure you are aware that "Rich and diverse" can mean anything - it certainly doesn't act as proof that more than 50% of the school's population is non-white. If you are going to provide references, you need to make sure they stand up to scrutiny, just as though you are writing an academic essay. If you find a source that actually confirms this information, tell us where it was exactly, who said it and when. "A quote from the principle" wouldn't stand up in an essay ;)

In any case, I personally don't see what this information adds to the article and am tempted to remove it even if it is true - from your user page, it looks as though you have a bee in your bonnet! I thought I'd ask for your thoughts on this, see why you added it etc. So yeah, give my regards to Oadby Twrist 10:36, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Hey again Mike, cheers for your reply. I've done a bit of research, and I got this from Ofsted -

"There are almost identical numbers of boys and girls in the college. The student population is stable with very few joining or leaving part-way through the year. The majority of students are white, though there are significant numbers of Asian origin, notably Indian and Pakistani. There are, however, representatives of many different ethnic backgrounds at the college. The percentage for whom English is not the mother tongue is very high but only a few are at the early stages of learning English. A smaller than average proportion of students has identified special educational needs although the proportion with statements of need is broadly average."

So it looks like it might be 'nearly 50%' rather than 'over 50%' - I might just quote directly from that in the article, actually. I've got too much time on my hands, I admit ;) Take care Twrist 13:49, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

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