On the 1 February 2005 I noticed a large whole in the category coverage for schools in the UK. So I set about fixing it ;)

Started: 1 February 2005

Ended: still in progress

Objectives

1. Provide a framework that allows for the inclusion of all schools in the UK to be added to the category system in a logical format
2. Encourage more schools articles
3. Encourage longer and better schools articles

Work so far

After discussion over an issue over private/public on Categories for Deletion, the current proposal stands like this

• Category:Education in the United Kingdom (pre-existing)
  • Category:Schools in the United Kingdom
    • Category:Schools in the United Kingdom by location
      • Category:Schools in England
        • "Schools in {county/region}"
      • Category:Schools in Scotland
        • "Schools in {county/region}"
    • Category:Schools in the United Kingdom by type
      • Category:Independent schools in the United Kingdom (from Category:Public schools in the United Kingdom)
        • Category:Independent schools in England (from Category:Public schools in England)
        • Category:Independent schools in Scotland (from Category:Public schools in Scotland)
      • Category:Comprehensive schools in the United Kingdom OR (Category:State schools in the United Kingdom)
      • Category:Grammar schools in the United Kingdom (low usage/confusion over terms)
        • Category:Grammar schools in England (low usage/confusion over terms)
        • ...

I have no listings for Wales or Northern Ireland as yet? Anyone found any?

Want to help?

Most of the structure is there - it just needs eagle eyed Wikipedians to sort out what they find while browsing.

In particular:

• Remove any occurence of Category:Education in the United Kingdom for a school - it's far too general and clutters up an already messy top(ish) level category.
• List any unlisted schools under the correct county/region - if one doesn't exist then please put the following into the new sub-category and ensure all the links to the parents exist.

"Schools in the area or region."

• Let me know if you've done some good work on my main user page! I appreciate the help!

Resources

Sources:

• List of schools in the United Kingdom - All done as of 14:58, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• List of UK Independent Schools - All done as of 15:40, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference - Haven't got to this yet - may create a category for members.

Future plans

I aim to add the following to categorise by school type

• Category:Education in the United Kingdom (pre-existing)
  • Category:Schools in the United Kingdom
    • Schools in the United Kingdom by type Note 'type' not location this time!
      • Public schools
        • Public schools in England
        • Public schools in Northern Ireland
        • Public schools in Scotland
        • Public schools in Wales
      • Private schools
        • Private schools in England
        • Private schools in Northern Ireland
        • Private schools in Scotland
        • Private schools in Wales
      • Grammar schools
        • you should get the idea by now!
      • Comprehensive schools
      • ...and so on

I don't believe going down to the level of county is advantageous for types of school. Not while there are so few at the moment.

Any feedback on this project is welcome!