| Beauchamp Middle School | |
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| Address | |
| Hawk Drive Brickhill Bedford, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom |
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| Information | |
| School type | Comprehensive Middle School |
| School district | hghghg |
| LEA | Bedford |
| Ofsted number | 109692 |
| Headteacher | Mrs. S. Ellis |
| Gender | co-educational |
| Age | 9 to 13 |
| Website | www.beauchampschool.co.uk |
Beauchamp Middle School is a co-educational, comprehensive middle school in the Brickhill area of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England.
The school was created out of a merger of Parkwood and Brickhill Middle Schools in the early 1990s. It is the only middle school serving the Brickhill and Harpur areas.
The name Beauchamp derives from the de Beauchamp family who held the Barony of Bedford and owned Bedford Castle in medieval times.
Most of Beauchamp's pupils come from Scott Lower School and Brickhill Lower School in Brickhill, and Edith Cavell Lower School and Livingstone Lower School in Harpur. Graduating students usually go on to attend Biddenham Upper School.
The school was under threat of closure due to the decision by Bedford Borough Council to move to a two-tier system, but this plan was abandoned as a result of a lack of funding. The school has had a turbulent past few years with the threat of closure and disappointing performances in official reports.