1. National Conference 2014 Middle School Matters Research – Middle School Effectiveness 2014 The Stratford, Stratford on Avon. Monday 20th October to Tuesday 21 st October, 2014

2. Research – Middle School Effectiveness 2014 Ofsted inspection outcomes to March 2014 – with 77% of middle schools judged good or outstanding – out performing other forms of schooling. Intake Benchmarking – KS1 data from first schools clearly shows different profile from national average – with many more judged Level 3 Key Stage 2 – 2013 – KS2 average for middle schools above the county average in half of three tier authorities. KS3 Benchmarking – improving trend in English Maths and Science over last four years.

3. Middle Schools - 2014 Firstly some factual information: There are currently 170 middle schools All except 11 are middle deemed secondary schools There are currently 54 middle schools with academies status. (32%) Middle schools cater for 73,015 pupils 18, 164 pupils took their KS2 SATs in middle schools in 2013

4. Middle Inspection Outcomes – 1 st March 2014 OutstandingGood Requires Improvement Inadequate Middle Schools1167193 All Schools1054306 Primary757316 Secondary10463410 Source: Ofsted Inspection outcomes 1 September 2012 to 31 August 2013 Percentage of schools achieving each outcome

5. Middle Inspection Outcomes – 1 st March 2014 Source: Ofsted Inspection outcomes 1 September 2012 to 31 August 2013

6. Intake Benchmarking 2013

9. KS1 - Comparing First School and National Average Point Scores

10. Year 5 - Comparing the effect of different types of Year 5 Assessment

11. KS1 Data from Ofqual – comparing Infant and Primary School results.

12. Key Stage 2 – 2013 - Comparing middle school outcomes with national and LA averages Percentage achieving Level 4 or above in reading, writing and maths in 2013: –All middle schools - 72.1% –England - All Schools - 75%

13. Key Stage 2 – 2013 Analysis by Local Authority (Coloured boxes where middle school average above the LA average) LANo of Schools Middle school AverageLA Average Bedford1474.873 Cambridgeshire167.072 Central Beds2272.571 Dorset1074.775 Hertfordshire474.780 Kirklees275.074 Leicestershire866.374 Newcastle upon Tyne376.476 North Tyneside481.779 Northamptonshire271.272 Northumberland2978.676 Poole169.063 Somerset968.475 Staffordshire1468.675 Suffolk1368.170 West Sussex969.673 Windsor and Maidenhead473.079 Worcestershire2169.972

14. KS3 Benchmarking - 2011 to 2014