Talk:List of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom

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Lists are a good source of information. However they may be dated and can sometimes be replaced by categories. Victuallers 09:30, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There is much claim and counter-claim in Wikipedia over the various "oldest" schools in the UK - with the best list only including independent schools. This article is intended to redress the balance and include both state and independent schools. It sets out the claimed dates and (eventually) the sources. I expect much comment and movement of claims, as the various sources are reviewed. Ian Cairns 08:19, 2 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to add "Dunfermline High School", Fife Scotland which is still in existence today. It was founded in 1468 and so should be recorded in the fourteen century list.

Proof

I am concerned that an anon has edited out the table structure, which contained some citations of proof of antiquity. As it stands, the article is probably easier to amend, but, without a column for the earliest extant record, there is every chance for claim and counter-claim.

When the recent additional entries have settled down, I suggest that this list moves back to table structure to maintain that all-important citation column. Ian Cairns 23:48, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think that I'm right in saying that Winchester College has the oldest continually recorded history: documents relating to its foundation (such as statutes), lists of scholars, etc. Millbanks (talk) 10:22, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Blue Coat School

Most of the Blue Coat Schools are probably eligable for inclusion on this list. Sladen (talk) 06:03, 4 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Northern Ireland

I was scanning through England and Wales to see if there were any other schools with the same founding date as mine in Northern Ireland and I discovered my school there. I suggest that you move all Nothern Ireland schools to the section entitled "The Kingdom of Ireland and Northern Ireland" as that is were they should go, I have already done this for Foyle and Londonderry College. mspence835 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mspence835 (talk • contribs) 19:49, 5 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]