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 who pointed out the flaws in the arguments the council put forward and were particularly critical of the way in which the authority was seeking to deflect the pressure it was under by casting blame onto the middle school system.
‘Reorganisation does not raise standards – Suffolk evidence reconsidered’ looks at the evidence from the county council’s 2019 KS2 results showing how Suffolk’s position has not improved.
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Reorganisation Does Not Raise Standards - Suffolk Evidence Reconsidered
An examination of the evidence from Suffolk County Council’s 2006 decision to close all 40 of its middle schools. An analysis of the county's 2019 KS2 makes it quite clear – the hugely expensive reorganisation has not raised standards. This is the clearest demonstration that middle school reorganisation does not raise achievement and will be important evidence for middle schools who may face reorganisation proposals in the future.