Talk:Bromsgrove School

The "Notable Old Bromsgrovians" section needs cleaning up

A couple of things to consider:

1. It's much, much too long and makes the article look unbalanced. Either the list should be edited down a lot, or the list of names should be split off into a separate list article, probably to be called List of Old Bromsgrovians.
2. People's titles, ranks etc should not be part of article names. For example, there's a redlink to Revd Charles Wilmott; this should point simply to Charles Wilmott. There are absolutely heaps of examples of this sort of thing in the list, all of which need changing.
3. A few of the brief descriptions after the names are too long. Tim Scott Bolton's is probably the worst offender, being almost a stub article in itself!

Loganberry (Talk) 14:34, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Agree - it needs slimming down considerably. The convention is that only people notable enough to have their own separate article make it onto alumni lists. There are some silly entries too, like Santa Claus and Tiger Woods. Psidogretro (talk) 05:06, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

This has been outstanding for sometime, and can I suggest a way forward....

1. Remove the list in it's entirety, bar those considered very notable - see point below
2. For everyone on the list, add to their page a category of "Old Bromsgrovian"
3. We need to decided what level is considered a "Notable Bromsgrovian" as many on the list I would not think of as

Anyone agree with the approach? --Nunners 13:57, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Ok, as no-one has commented on this, I'm going to start implementing this.... hope that's ok.... --Nunners 19:16, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

"National Hockey Finals"

I'm not sure the addition of the fact that the school amde the National Hockey Finals is really something worthy of note. The school has been doing this for a number of years, and indeed there are a number of schools that have made more - Millfield I believe being one. I propose to move that reference. Keeping the reference regarding the Rugby is a must, but think it might need some more info. Does anyone have any? --Nunners (talk) 22:03, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

New Notable Bromsgrovians section

As suggested, please find below my proposals for those who should stay in the list of notable Bromsgrovians. I have tried to keep a balance of old and new, as well as sporting, politics etc. Please make comment on whether people should be included, and is there anyone I have missed off that is worthy? Don't forget all are included in the category of Old Bromsgrovians!

1. Digby Jones
2. Soweto Kinch
3. Matt Neal
4. Ian Carmichael
5. AE Housman
6. Michael Heseltine
7. John Illsley
8. Nick Miles
9. Andy Goode

I propose a paragraph with something along the following lines:

"There have been many notable Bromsgrovians, called Old Bromsgrovians, including 5 Victoria Cross recipients. AE Housman is one of the early recognisable names, whose house is now the schools Sixth Form Centre. In business and politics, Digby Jones and Michael Heseltine were both educated and Bromsgrove, as were actors Ian Carmichael and Nick Miles (of Emmerdale fame). In music, John Illsley attended both the Prep and Senior Schools, whilst more recently Soweto Kinch wowed the school, on many occasions, with his piano playing abilities. The school also continues to produce many leading sportsman - Matt Neal attended during the 1980s, and Andy Goode was part of the drive by the school to welcome more leading rugby players to the school."

Again suggestions welcome!

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How much?

I can`t believe 25 million pounds was paid for Perry Hall,it was a country house,not Buckingham Palace.94.196.63.226 (talk) 18:51, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

It has now dropped to £3,000,000. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C4:7C87:4F00:B1F9:232:896A:8544 (talk) 15:05, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

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the ban of ex-Bromsgrove school teachers for abuse is not a one off

Wiki user ‘ 1912user’ claims the abuse by teachers is only one teacher & a one off . Pupils have talked about at least 10 teacher abuses at Bromsgrove & nspcc has urged more investigations into public school abuses.

"A PE teacher at one of the Midlands’ most exclusive schools has been banned from the country’s classrooms indefinitely after being found guilty of inappropriate conduct towards female pupils. Gareth George, 31, worked at Bromsgrove School.

He was judged guilty of “unacceptable professional conduct” by a disciplinary panel. The ban was imposed on behalf of Education Secretary, Nicky Morgan, after the findings by the National College of Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) panel following a hearing in Coventry. Mr George taught at the school, founded in 1553, from September 2009 until December 2014 when he resigned.

Source: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/ex-bromsgrove-school-teacher-gareth-10978434