Its something ive pondered before, but the truth is it can be tricky to list independent schools by age, as they often dont follow the age patterns of state-funded schools. Whilst some independents have a traditional 'primary' (4/5 to 11) or 'secondary' (11-16/18) age range, others follow a pattern of Pre-preparatory (nursery up to the age of 8), 'Prep' or Preparatory (ages 8 to 13) and then Senior schools (ages 13+). And yet still other schools are all-through institutions which educate children right through compulsory school age. Trying to categorise all these different ages of independent schools can leave the lists and the infoboxes looking cluttered and clumsy. Hence I have generally opted to just group independent schools under one heading. Bleaney ( talk) 16:52, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
I agree that sub-categories for each age grouping is undesireable; I will draft a Schools in Kingston page as a suggestion. PBUK ( talk) 17:13, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
Its something ive pondered before, but the truth is it can be tricky to list independent schools by age, as they often dont follow the age patterns of state-funded schools. Whilst some independents have a traditional 'primary' (4/5 to 11) or 'secondary' (11-16/18) age range, others follow a pattern of Pre-preparatory (nursery up to the age of 8), 'Prep' or Preparatory (ages 8 to 13) and then Senior schools (ages 13+). And yet still other schools are all-through institutions which educate children right through compulsory school age. Trying to categorise all these different ages of independent schools can leave the lists and the infoboxes looking cluttered and clumsy. Hence I have generally opted to just group independent schools under one heading. Bleaney ( talk) 16:52, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
I agree that sub-categories for each age grouping is undesireable; I will draft a Schools in Kingston page as a suggestion. PBUK ( talk) 17:13, 9 September 2013 (UTC)