1. School Organisation Review
Bedford Borough Council is consulting
(meeting and discussing) on how your
schools in Bedford are organised and
they want to know what you think.

2. School Organisation Review
We have a 3 tier school system which
means you go to a lower, middle and
upper school.
Other places in the country have
a 2 tier school system where pupils
go to a primary and a secondary
school.
Primary schools : 4 – 11 years
Secondary schools : 11 – 18 years

3. School Organisation Review
Bedford Borough Council has asked
people what they think of changing
from 3 tier to 2 tier…
…and now it’s your turn to have a say…

4. School Organisation Review
What do you think about
changing from 3 tier to
2 tier???

5. School Organisation Review
To help you think about this carefully lets
look at the advantages and disadvantages
of both school systems…

6. School Organisation Review
3 Tier - Advantages/Good/Positive
It is the system you and your family know best.
Your schools would not have to be reorganised.
Middle schools can provide good care for pupils like you as they
approach their teenage years.
You start having lessons taught by specialist subject teachers
earlier.
Middle schools help to prepare you for the move to upper schools
particularly if you went to a small lower school.

7. School Organisation Review
3 Tier - Disadvantages/Bad/Negative
You have to change school twice.
Both changes happen during Key Stages.
The change at age 13 is too close to when you will choose your
GCSE options.
Because there are fewer middle schools than primary and secondary
it might be more difficult to get middle school teachers in the
future.
We would have to spread the money from the government around
more schools.

8. School Organisation Review
2 Tier - Advantages/Good/Positive
You would change school once and this change would probably be
at the end of Key Stage 2 (end of Year 6).
If you change at 11 you have more time to think about your GCSE
options.
You would stay longer in your first school.
Government money would not have to be shared out to as many
schools.

9. School Organisation Review
2 Tier - Disadvantages/Bad/Negative
You would be in much larger schools.
The Borough Council would have to reorganise the school system
we have now.
Your middle school, along with many others, would close down.
Extra money would have to be spent on extending lower schools.

10. School Organisation Review
Through your PSHCE lessons you will take
part in a questionnaire.
So; give it some thought ….
… 3 Tier…
… or …
… 2 Tier?