Campaigning for a Positive Two-tier Future Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/campaigning-for-a-positive-two-tier-future.html Online petition signatures en-us Sun, 19 Apr 2026 12:53 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Brian Storey [Signature #165] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6423198?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 Nov 2009 01:27:43 UTC 6423198 David Evans [Signature #164] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6421128?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 Nov 2009 03:38:53 UTC 6421128 JANET ADAMS [Signature #163] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6420896?utm_medium=rss When I lived in Bedfordshire the education system was excellent but it has declined since the introduction of the 3-tier system. Please reintroduce the 2-tier system.
Thank you.

]]> Wed, 4 Nov 2009 02:22:09 UTC 6420896 Judith Evans [Signature #162] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6418953?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 Nov 2009 02:50:15 UTC 6418953 Anonymous [Signature #161] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6416383?utm_medium=rss we need a system that fits in with the National Curriculem and the rest of the country.

]]> Tue, 3 Nov 2009 03:45:06 UTC 6416383 Charles Baily [Signature #160] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6408812?utm_medium=rss Sun, 1 Nov 2009 04:47:59 UTC 6408812 Ian Russell [Signature #159] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6403696?utm_medium=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:46:40 UTC 6403696 Barry Bright [Signature #158] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6403565?utm_medium=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:11:53 UTC 6403565 Ben Pearson [Signature #157] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6398068?utm_medium=rss Changing to two tier is the only way to give the young people of Bedford the best start in life. I believe it is also the only way to ensure the best teachers can be attracted to the town and that educational standards can be increased for everyone.

]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:18:54 UTC 6398068 Helen Drake [Signature #156] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6393100?utm_medium=rss Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:09:43 UTC 6393100 Nancy Barr [Signature #155] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6392030?utm_medium=rss Having taught in a Bedford Middle School for 10 years, I firmly believe that it is disruptive and unhelpful for children to change schools between Key Stages. Pupils in years 7 & 8 would be better served by being in a 'Middle School Unit' within a Secondary School, allowing continuity of teaching and learning for each child. However, this transition should only proceed if thorough planning is in place and the necessary funding is guaranteed to ensure the success of the entire project.

]]> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:42:55 UTC 6392030 Helen Scott [Signature #154] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6381692?utm_medium=rss Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:08:03 UTC 6381692 Cecilia Thomas [Signature #153] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6379601?utm_medium=rss I firmly believe a two-tier system is the way forward.

]]> Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:50:13 UTC 6379601 Angela Pendleton [Signature #152] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6379131?utm_medium=rss Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:35:50 UTC 6379131 Anonymous [Signature #151] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6377215?utm_medium=rss About time too...

]]> Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:01:08 UTC 6377215 Julie Trudgill [Signature #150] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6349064?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:32:18 UTC 6349064 Del Cook [Signature #149] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6236340?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:32:11 UTC 6236340 Jamie Thompson [Signature #148] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6232848?utm_medium=rss I was educated through all 3 tiers of the current system and have worked in 2 Upper schools.

]]> Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:36:46 UTC 6232848 Sarah Penny [Signature #147] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6227974?utm_medium=rss Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:39:53 UTC 6227974 Denise Cottam [Signature #146] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6222686?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:50:01 UTC 6222686 Mary Armitage [Signature #145] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6221335?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 Sep 2009 07:32:26 UTC 6221335 Catherine Howes [Signature #144] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6213733?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:45:32 UTC 6213733 Samantha Bartram [Signature #143] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6203935?utm_medium=rss Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:33:09 UTC 6203935 Steve Le Page [Signature #142] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6202785?utm_medium=rss Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:56:54 UTC 6202785 Eleanor Grylls [Signature #141] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6200122?utm_medium=rss Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:48:52 UTC 6200122 Emma Bell [Signature #140] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6189290?utm_medium=rss Sun, 13 Sep 2009 12:09:39 UTC 6189290 Lynne Faulkner [Signature #139] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6176537?utm_medium=rss I fully support your campaign

]]> Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:41:50 UTC 6176537 Elaine Wheeler [Signature #138] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6176274?utm_medium=rss The children would benefit both academically and socially by just making the one transition that the two tier system would give them.

]]> Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:07:04 UTC 6176274 heidi Smith [Signature #137] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6176263?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:01:58 UTC 6176263 Julia Staley [Signature #136] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6176253?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:59:16 UTC 6176253 Alison Barden [Signature #135] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6176251?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:59:06 UTC 6176251 Catherine Morfee [Signature #134] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6176247?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:57:53 UTC 6176247 Anonymous [Signature #133] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6176246?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:56:57 UTC 6176246 Sue Rumfitt [Signature #132] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6176160?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:16:11 UTC 6176160 Kylie Storey [Signature #131] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6176155?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:14:13 UTC 6176155 Gillian Scott [Signature #130] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6176134?utm_medium=rss In my experience, school change at the age of 11 years is beneficial academically as all have the same/similar experiences for a sound foundation for examination courses rather than a 'catch-up' system in Year 9. Social commitments, in most cases, are not as firmly embedded as they may be at 13 years and changing regimes is not so difficult

]]> Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:03:23 UTC 6176134 Sylvia Manning [Signature #129] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6175809?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:05:11 UTC 6175809 sandra bowfield [Signature #128] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6175751?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:34:31 UTC 6175751 Liz neale [Signature #127] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6174283?utm_medium=rss Our son moved to St Thomas More for his year 7&8 as sadly St Bedes closed, what a difference it made to him and his other classmates, they had done well at St bedes, despite reports, but did even better at STM. They were way ahead of the children who joined them in year 9, so for us it is essential that a two tier happens and happens soon.
People who will be against this will be staff worried about their jobs,understandably. Also parents whose children who would be in the initially effected year

]]> Wed, 9 Sep 2009 04:10:09 UTC 6174283 louise dawkins [Signature #126] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6174028?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Sep 2009 03:06:04 UTC 6174028 Dave Appleby [Signature #125] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6173779?utm_medium=rss There is no evidence that there will be any reduction in quality for students presently at middle school; the evidecne suggests that there will ultimately be improvements in the education Bedford learners receive. Given that Middle Schools are disappearing elsewhere, doing nothing is not an option.

]]> Wed, 9 Sep 2009 02:00:40 UTC 6173779 Jane Trott [Signature #124] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6172782?utm_medium=rss Bedford is so out of touch with the rest of the country. There is no future in the three tier system as most of the country understands. No teachers are being trained for middle schools any more so who will staff them in the future? Maybe one day Bedford will join the 21 century!

]]> Wed, 9 Sep 2009 10:16:47 UTC 6172782 Jose Montoya [Signature #123] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6172735?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Sep 2009 10:09:40 UTC 6172735 Sarah Worthington (King) [Signature #122] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6172320?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Sep 2009 08:18:00 UTC 6172320 Mike Grimley [Signature #121] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6172149?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Sep 2009 07:31:34 UTC 6172149 Sarah Challis [Signature #120] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6172133?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Sep 2009 07:28:18 UTC 6172133 Stella Woods [Signature #119] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6172089?utm_medium=rss Very much needed

]]> Wed, 9 Sep 2009 07:15:46 UTC 6172089 Helen Jameison [Signature #118] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6172044?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Sep 2009 07:02:45 UTC 6172044 Anonymous [Signature #117] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6172039?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Sep 2009 07:01:00 UTC 6172039 martin mcleod [Signature #116] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6171916?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Sep 2009 06:16:43 UTC 6171916 Robert Chapman [Signature #115] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6171852?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Sep 2009 05:42:09 UTC 6171852 Matthew Howard-White [Signature #114] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6171816?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Sep 2009 05:24:41 UTC 6171816 Mike Betteridge [Signature #113] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6171781?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Sep 2009 05:10:30 UTC 6171781 George Foy [Signature #112] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6171749?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Sep 2009 04:55:19 UTC 6171749 Bernard Claxton [Signature #111] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6171737?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Sep 2009 04:48:33 UTC 6171737 Maggie Bilotti (formally Lucas) [Signature #110] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6171691?utm_medium=rss I think that when children move school there is always a period of stress and uncertainty while they adjust to being the youngest children in an organisation and also adjusting to new teachers, a new curriculum and new friends. The two-tier system will minimise this situation

From a learning point of view the new system will also provide vital continuity of the teaching of subjects and continuity of learning.

]]> Wed, 9 Sep 2009 04:24:37 UTC 6171691 Aaron Dsouza [Signature #109] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6171669?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Sep 2009 04:18:09 UTC 6171669 Gemma Farnsworth [Signature #108] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6171629?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Sep 2009 04:04:43 UTC 6171629 Anonymous [Signature #107] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6171602?utm_medium=rss It is time to take action that improves children's learning in Bedford Borough. There have been numerous comments put forward to support both sides of the argument but in the end the existing delivery has been shown to have its limitations. Less talking, more doing and hopefully a positive result. In the end as a two-tier we will not be criticised for being out of line with everyone else.

]]> Wed, 9 Sep 2009 03:52:11 UTC 6171602 sharon O'Neill Ryan [Signature #106] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6171564?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Sep 2009 03:39:20 UTC 6171564 david sanders [Signature #105] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6171519?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Sep 2009 03:22:42 UTC 6171519 Rebecca Arnold [Signature #104] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6171514?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Sep 2009 03:21:05 UTC 6171514 sam jukes [Signature #103] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6171499?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Sep 2009 03:14:10 UTC 6171499 Mary O'Sullivan [Signature #102] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6171487?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Sep 2009 03:10:13 UTC 6171487 Barbara O'Brien [Signature #101] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6171471?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Sep 2009 03:04:25 UTC 6171471 Daniel Brown [Signature #100] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6171431?utm_medium=rss The advantage seems to favor the two tier system, however, it is a shame to lose some of these middle school that have clearly been responsible for developing students over the years.

]]> Wed, 9 Sep 2009 02:36:07 UTC 6171431 Peter Parry Okeden [Signature #99] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6171361?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Sep 2009 01:51:27 UTC 6171361 Corinne Royden [Signature #98] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6170041?utm_medium=rss This is the only and most obvious strategy for improvement in educational standards in this town. Bedford Borough has a responsibility to provide the highest quality of education for the children in this area, and one which will equip them for their future. This can only be achieved if a firm and solid foundation is laid down. The Key Stages of our educational system provide this foundation and should not be interrupted by unnecessary transition in the middle of any Key Stage.

]]> Tue, 8 Sep 2009 04:34:43 UTC 6170041 Julie Parry Okeden [Signature #97] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6169469?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Sep 2009 02:20:50 UTC 6169469 Steve Clark [Signature #96] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6169283?utm_medium=rss It is time Bedford came in to line with what is nationaly accepted as the better system.

]]> Tue, 8 Sep 2009 01:28:29 UTC 6169283 Mary Bradley [Signature #95] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6169105?utm_medium=rss To further improve standards across Bedfordshire it is essential that we move to the two tier system. It will have a huge impact on the development of students from KS2 to 4.

]]> Tue, 8 Sep 2009 12:45:23 UTC 6169105 Alison Hague [Signature #94] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6169022?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Sep 2009 12:22:52 UTC 6169022 Richard Reeves [Signature #93] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6168891?utm_medium=rss It would be silly to persist with the record of failure that Bedford education has, which is partly due to persisting with the middle school system, which has been discredited nationally.

Anyway, middle school teachers are leftovers who cannot get jobs in primary schools or upper schools.

]]> Tue, 8 Sep 2009 11:52:34 UTC 6168891 Ann Parish [Signature #92] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6168760?utm_medium=rss A move to 2 tier in Bedford will mean only one transfer for children, aiding their academic continuity and progression and preparing them socially, emotionally and developmentally for secondary education.

]]> Tue, 8 Sep 2009 11:19:51 UTC 6168760 Jenny Le Cocq [Signature #91] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6168741?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Sep 2009 11:15:08 UTC 6168741 Mary Wood [Signature #90] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6168740?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Sep 2009 11:14:58 UTC 6168740 Joya Limb [Signature #89] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6168701?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Sep 2009 11:05:55 UTC 6168701 Robin Rice [Signature #88] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6168688?utm_medium=rss Having seen my own children benefit from the change in MK and having worked for 10 years in a 2 tier system I really support the two tier system

]]> Tue, 8 Sep 2009 11:01:01 UTC 6168688 Barbara North [Signature #87] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6168623?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Sep 2009 10:48:06 UTC 6168623 Anonymous [Signature #86] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6168562?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Sep 2009 10:33:53 UTC 6168562 Jan Shoosmith [Signature #85] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6168368?utm_medium=rss Taught in Upper Schools for 20 years. The students arrive too late to make sensible GCSE choices - after only 6 months and the staff don't always know them well enough to advise them. There is no 'middle school' teacher training any more, so teachers are limited in their abilty to teach across the 2 key stages. It is unrealistic to expect upper school teachers to make up gaps and faults from a middle school system that often serves the pupils badly. Student often mark time in the last 2 years.

]]> Tue, 8 Sep 2009 09:41:42 UTC 6168368 Tracy Jakins [Signature #84] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6168356?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Sep 2009 09:39:48 UTC 6168356 Bernadette Burnage [Signature #83] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6168281?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Sep 2009 09:20:44 UTC 6168281 Kevin Wilson [Signature #82] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6168183?utm_medium=rss In my personal experience the two tier system works more effectively and serves students better especially at KS3 and KS4.

]]> Tue, 8 Sep 2009 09:01:45 UTC 6168183 Gillian Peck [Signature #81] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6168172?utm_medium=rss In working towards improving young people's educational outcomes it would seem sensible to be fully aligned with the National Curriculum --- the rest of the country can't have got it wrong!

]]> Tue, 8 Sep 2009 08:59:51 UTC 6168172 Barry Huckle [Signature #80] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6168080?utm_medium=rss Having seen the poor performance of the middle and upper tier schools in my part of the Borough over many years I have no doubt that our children need and deserve a better start in life than the one presently on offer.

]]> Tue, 8 Sep 2009 08:38:17 UTC 6168080 Andrew Ellis [Signature #79] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6168059?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Sep 2009 08:33:41 UTC 6168059 Paris Michaelides [Signature #78] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6168056?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Sep 2009 08:33:22 UTC 6168056 Rachel Hallam [Signature #77] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6168055?utm_medium=rss I have been through the two tier school system in Lincolnshire. I must say that this had many benefits. It meant that the staff at the school knew the way that I liked to approach my work and the fact that we could form good working relationships. I do think that it would be greatly beneficial to students to have continuity within their education instead of having to change schools in Year 8. It is for these reasons and many, many more that I am supporting the change to two tier schooling.

]]> Tue, 8 Sep 2009 08:32:39 UTC 6168055 Santosh Bechoo [Signature #76] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6168040?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Sep 2009 08:29:37 UTC 6168040 Rebecca Leach [Signature #75] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6167939?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Sep 2009 08:02:50 UTC 6167939 James Snowdon [Signature #74] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6167868?utm_medium=rss Moving to two tier will have a significant impact on the future learning of children across the region. The rest of the country have recognised this a long time ago.

]]> Tue, 8 Sep 2009 07:44:05 UTC 6167868 Anne Brown [Signature #73] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6167814?utm_medium=rss We need to catch up with the rest of the UK, and acknowledge that Bedfordshire students need specialist teaching from an earlier age, if we want them to achieve at GCSE.Most other parts of the country dropped the 3-tier structure long ago.

]]> Tue, 8 Sep 2009 07:28:25 UTC 6167814 Joanne Harrison [Signature #72] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6167795?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Sep 2009 07:24:53 UTC 6167795 Saraj Uddin [Signature #71] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6167780?utm_medium=rss Moving to a 2 tier system is the only way forward in ensuring we deliver a consistant education to KS3 and beyond.

]]> Tue, 8 Sep 2009 07:18:54 UTC 6167780 Neville Chapman [Signature #70] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6167763?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Sep 2009 07:12:21 UTC 6167763 Lyn Fairweather [Signature #69] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6167748?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Sep 2009 07:07:13 UTC 6167748 Joan Reeves [Signature #68] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6167715?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Sep 2009 06:56:52 UTC 6167715 Lindsay Gould [Signature #67] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6167570?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Sep 2009 05:50:19 UTC 6167570 Richard Drew [Signature #66] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6167473?utm_medium=rss In my view its the only way forward to improve the standard of education for the young people of Bedford

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