Middle School – Year 9-11Welcome to middle school at King Edwards
Years 9, 10 and 11 (our 3rd 4th and 5th Form) are key formative years in pupils’ educational journeys -a time in each pupil’s life where a huge amount of change happens. They change physically, they change emotionally, and they change their outlook on life and the broader world, and we are here to support them at every step.
Our inclusive approach
We offer a very inclusive approach to education. We are academically ambitious for each and every pupil, and we expect everyone to do well but we also recognise that some pupils learn differently to others. It’s vitally important to get to know how every child achieves their best and what motivates them. Through our flexible, bespoke curriculum and highly skilled teachers we then adjust our teaching accordingly, adapting what we do in the classroom so that everyone succeeds.
Active learning
Giving pupils agency for their own learning and personal development is an important aspect of our approach. They embrace their own responsibilities under the careful guidance of their highly qualified and dedicated teachers.
During these years we work with pupils to develop a lifelong love of learning though individualised learning and by taking pupils above and beyond the GCSE syllabus. In Year 9 pupils develop enduring friendships, whilst trying a multitude of subjects to discover what sparks their curiosity and passions.
In Year 10, pupils focus on the things they enjoy most, to develop deeper levels of skill and understanding, setting the stage for their onward life journey. Pupils take more responsibility for their progress, and work with greater independence as they build the foundations for their future study.
Beyond the classroom
Beyond the classroom, each of our pupils receives extensive academic support and has weekly assemblies and tutorials where their tutor provides frequent academic feedback, shaping and guiding strategies around revision and examination skills, executive function and individual action plans for academic progress. Parents use our parent portal to access regular progress updates, grades and written reports and benefit from open channels of communication with tutors, teachers and house staff, in addition to our parent/staff conference programme.
Personal growth, resilience and wellbeing
Our school succeeds in combining academic ambition with a wealth of socially and emotionally enriching opportunities, all underpinned by a deep commitment to the individual needs and enthusiasms of each child. Our House system is fundamental to personal growth, reliance and wellbeing. It puts every child at the centre of a network of care and support where every pupil feels cared for in both academic and personal matters. Every member of staff within this network shares the approach that good education is rooted in kindness and respect. We are not a hothouse. Instead, we achieve academic diversity and excellence through nurturing, supporting and empowering our pupils and developing in them a lifelong passion for learning.
