Nigel Wyatt

The annual NMSF Day Conference is back. Come and join us at Broadway House, Westminster, London on Friday 17th March at 10.30 a.m. ‘Meeting the Needs of All Learners in our Middle Schools’ Click on the link to book your place https://walk-ed180177.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/national-middle-schools-forum-day-conference-17th-marc National Middle Schools Day Conference 2023 – Event Continue Reading

NMSF Newsletter – AUTUMN 2022

National Middle Schools’ Conference – Monday 17th October to Tuesday 18th October, 2022 In a change of arrangements please direct all enquires about the conference to Mark Walker, Associate Officer of the Forum mark@walkereducation.co.uk Download booking form and information by clicking these links: National Middle Schools Conference 2022 – Event Flyer Booking Continue Reading

It is now appropriate to look back at Suffolk County Council’s  2006 decision to close all 40 of its middle schools and examine whether the reorganisation did in fact lead to the improvement in standards the council claimed would result from the chnages. There were many at the time many Continue Reading

After the uncertainty before Christmas it a pleasing to be able to go ahead with our plans for a Day Conference in London on Friday 11th February. Heads on the Steering Committee asked for a focus on diversity and inclusion as we think about the new RSE requirements and follow Continue Reading

It is good to be able to report that Corbridge Middle School was  judged  to be ‘Outstanding’ in their recent inspection – a considerable achievement under the new framework. Our congratulations go to Jane Kennedy and all the staff and governors at the school. This is wonderful news – particularly Continue Reading

We are pleased to invite you to book your place for our conference in October Flourishing in the middle years Macdonald Alveston Manor Hotel, Stratford on Avon Monday 18th October to Tuesday 19th October, 2021 Tired of endless zoom meetings, the survey of NMSF members in June showed widespread support Continue Reading

Today we publish a report which draws on evidence from Oftsed, national performance tables and national testing to demonstrate the effectiveness of three tier systems when compared to other forms of schooling – with the added value of a system that more closely matches what we know about child development. Continue Reading

Tudor Grange Redditch has finally admitted that it should have listened to local support for the three tier system in Redditch and had been wrong to attempt to change its age range to admit children at age eleven against the wishes of the local community. The current head, Jodie Bolter Continue Reading

A new report from GL Assessment, drawing on the combined results from pupils at over 40 middle schools, reveals clearly for the first time the considerable progress pupils make over their four years at middle school. The results provide strong evidence to suggest that pupils make good progress in English Continue Reading