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Roedean girls middle school

Years 9, 10 and 11

Middle school is the most important phase at a girls school

Year 9, 10 and 11 girls have significant choices to make about their future – notably, the subjects they will take for GCSEs. Our job is to ensure that these choices are informed and supported.

Interestingly, for our girls, middle school is a popular a joining point as year 7. This may be due to the obvious value of small classes and personalised teaching to the girls when they are making these life-defining choices.

During the three years in the Middle School girls are helped to develop increasingly independent study habits and to take more personal responsibility for their own work. Each girl has a tutor who oversees her academic work and progress.

Visiting speakers, cultural expeditions, festivals and competitions are a regular feature of academic life in this middle school for girls. A small example of this is World Book Day, described here by a Year 10 student:

“We celebrated with a ‘Crime and Mystery’ theme. The teachers got involved with a ‘Who killed the Director of Studies?’ quiz. Four members of staff, including the Headmistress, were in the vicinity at the time of the murder, but under questioning it was found that every statement made by the four suspects was a lie. With the promise of a chocolate reward – as if the prospect of apprehending a teacher wasn’t enough – students hot-footed it to the library.”

Girls in Years 9, 10 and 11 wear a practical, durable uniform made up of a simple navy skirt and a choice of pale blue, pink or yellow school polo shirts. For formal occasions, they wear a navy wool blazer and pale blue shirt.

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