Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Plans to consult on merging Middleton CE Primary Academy and Gayton CE Primary Academy

  Mon 15 Jul 2024

  Dear Parents,
  I wrote to you recently to update you about Middleton Primary Academy. In this letter, I told you about arrangements for Middleton children from September and the fact that the future of the school was vulnerable, due to the very low number of children on roll (twenty-one from September 2024).
  I said that we would update you as soon as any further decisions had been made in relation to the school’s future, which is the purpose of this letter.
  On Friday 12 July, the DNEAT Trust Board took the decision to consult on merging Middleton Primary Academy with Gayton Primary Academy. The consultation will begin in September and will last for four weeks. In September, we will write to you setting out full reasons for the consultation and will offer you the chance to meet with representatives from the Trust. We will also give you details of how you can respond to the consultation.
  What happens after the consultation?
  DNEAT trustees will consider all views and decide whether to submit a full business case for the merger to the Department of Education (DfE).
  If the trustees do proceed, the final decision on a merger will rest with the DfE, not with the Trust.
  When will the consultation start?
  We will write to you in early September with full details, including start and end dates.
  Are there any other changes to arrangements for children in September?
  No, these will continue as set out in my last letter. Children will travel by bus from Middleton to Gayton during the Autumn Term.
  I understand how difficult this news will be for parents and for the wider Middleton community. Although we will set out a full case for the merger in September, we can confirm that the main reason is the reduction in pupil numbers, which has meant that we are finding it very difficult to run Middleton as a good school.
  Yours sincerely,
  Oliver Burwood and Tony Leigh
  CEO, DNEAT and St Matthew’s Federation Chair of Governors

• FEDERATION NAME

  Tue 10 Oct 2023

  Middleton and Gayton Primary Academies are now known as St Matthew's Federation!

• Village Yard Sale

  Sun 13 Aug 2023

  Proceeds from the Village Yard Sale will be donated to the school. There will be ice creams, burgers and a hog roast. Please call Hayley 07766294335 for futher information. 

• Last day of term

  Fri 21 Jul 2023

  12:00 Online safety presentation to parents

  12:30 Picnic lunch

  1:30 Y6 Performance

  Families are welcome to join us for some or all of these events!

• Be Bright Be Seen 2022

  Tue 22 Nov 2022

  Thank you to Si from Radio West Norfolk for stopping by our school last week to drop off some Be Bright Be Seen stickers for all the children. You can find out more about the be Bright Be Seen campaign here: Be Bright Be Seen’22 | Radio West Norfolk

  

• World Book Day 2022

  Fri 04 Mar 2022

  We had lots of fun during World Book day, the children took part in lots of book-related activities throughout the day and brought their favourite books to school as well as dressing up.

  Some more photos can be found in the Lynn News here: PICTURE SPECIAL: Children get creative for World Book Day (lynnnews.co.uk)

  

• Our Super Tag Rugby Team

  Mon 21 Feb 2022

  Our Tag Rugby players were a credit to our school at the Tag Rugby festival last half term. Well done to all the children who took part.

  Tag festival at West Norfolk Rugby Club's Gatehouse Lane enjoyed by 24 school teams (lynnnews.co.uk)

• Bishop of Norwich opens nursery

  Tue 14 Sep 2021

  After many delays due to COVID, we finally celebrated the opening of our Little Ladybirds Nursery last week! The Rt Rev Graham Usher, Bishop of Norwich visited to cut the ribbon.

   

  https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/education/bishop-norwich-opens-nursery-middleton-primary-kings-lynn-8317410 

  

• Rounders July 2021

  Mon 12 Jul 2021

  Last Friday, a team from Badgers Class went to the Rounders Festival at West Norfolk Rugby Club. Well done to all the children who took part. It had been a long time since we have been able to attend a sports event and all the children played really well and displayed great team spirit.

  

• Our new playground

  Thu 27 May 2021

  The children were thrilled to play on our newly painted playground today!