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	Reasoning for assessment: Minimal and unreference encyclopedic content. Mostly a list of famous alums and parents. Needs significant reorganization and addition of referenced material. Adam McCormick 19:23, 29 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Question

What is the most expensive school in the UK, if not Millfield? - It varies year by year - see Whitaker's Almanack which lists all the fees Brookie :) - he's in the building somewhere! ^(Whisper...)

Charterhouse 202.180.106.181 08:29, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I put the famous pupils list into alphabetical order. 88.105.121.127 10:21, 15 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Character of Millfield

This article misleadingly sings praises of this unique school, but totally ignores its genuinely distinctive character and history. Please will a pupil, not a marketing department, rewrite it? Jezza 00:06, 18 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed - this article reads like a prospectus --81.156.75.128 17:37, 24 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, but it is not good enough to claim that the school is "well known for its academic excellence". There is no source given for this, externally or elsewhere is the article. Let's have some figures, not weasel words. Viewfinder 16:26, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Notable parents

While interesting to some, a list of "Notable parents" is the kind of trivial intersection we're trying to avoid here. After all, there are many notable people having articles, many of them parents which usually send their children to some school, which is often listed here as well. Where people send their children to school, is rarely found at the 'parents' page themselves, hard to source and an invitation to original research, but on the other hand constitutes information of doubtful and actually dubious value where we're talking about living persons. If Millfield has been "the alma mater for the children of many rich and famous people" then there will be reliable sources allowing for this to be described in the article itself, without adding a list of individual names of parents.--Tikiwont (talk) 15:44, 29 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Old Millfieldians rename

At present there is a discussion relating to the renaming of this category. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at this discussion page. Please note that the discussion is not a majority vote so contributions should be based on Wikipedia policies and independent sources. Cjc13 (talk) 13:47, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The close of that discussion was "No Consensus" for Category:Old Millfieldians. A second discussion has been started at this discussion page. Cjc13 (talk) 13:01, 22 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Drugs and drink

I have added some balance to the implied criticism.

"In response, the school says that it takes a pragmatic approach to dealing with these problems; the school offers drugs counselling where appropriate, and for periodical visits to the school by police officers with sniffer dogs. Any pupils who are found with any illegal substances are immediately expelled." $Brookie :) { - like the mist - there one moment and then gone!} (Whisper...)$ 15:29, 3 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for agreeing that some mention of these issues should be included after I added it and you removed it. I am happy with your wording to provide a counterbalance to the drug and alcohol accusations. I wonder if the rest of the article is as balanced as it seems, to me, to provide a positive spin on the history or the school in general.— Rod ^talk 18:35, 3 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Proposed merge with Millfield Preparatory School

Preparatory school is not notable separately from the secondary / sixth form school Tacyarg (talk) 00:17, 26 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Agree The given reasoning is clear justification to merge the articles. Formulaonewiki 20:55, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Disagree The two schools operate very differently and as far as I know there is interaction at the staff level- but very little. The article we have is fairly self contained and problem free, I don't see bolting it onto Millfield would be very constructive. I would support the changing the redirect so the principal site was Edgarley Hall, to reflect their distance. --ClemRutter (talk) 10:17, 29 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support merge on the grounds that the school itself advertises them as one unit, as one of the leading UK independent schools for boys and girls, aged 2-18 years. Similar schools with feeder preps have only one page; for example, Cheltenham College. Klbrain (talk) 17:38, 21 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This was not a proper decision process, and I see there was no discussion of the key issue, which is notability. Moonraker (talk) 23:21, 3 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Gender?

If the houses are classified by gender, surely boys should be described a 'masculine', not 'male'? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Damorbel (talk • contribs)

I've fixed this, but you can fix these things for yourself. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 16:33, 28 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]