Beth Middleton

Willows Leader and Class Teacher, New Marston Primary School, River Learning Trust

Beth Middleton is the Enhanced Provision Lead at New Marston Primary School, where she leads a team supporting students with complex needs and autism. With expertise in PIVATS, VB-MAPP assessment and curriculum design, she creates structured, inclusive learning that meets the sensory and developmental needs of her pupils. In September 2024, she began teaching a group of pre-verbal children within a mainstream setting, developing approaches that promote communication, engagement, and regulation. Her work ensures that pupils with complex needs can spend meaningful time learning alongside their peers in mainstream classrooms. A committed educator and strategic leader, she champions high-quality, personalised education for all learners.

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Innovative provision in primary mainstream settings - Strategic deployment of resources to enable early intervention

There not being sufficient funding for schools to routinely employ class-based teaching assistants or 1:1 teaching assistants for children with EHCPs, mainstream primary schools are no longer able to operate in the ways they are used to.  River Learning Trust (31 schools) looked to a creative solution, exploring the legislation and guidance to open 'The Willows' at New Marston Primary School. Anne Heavey, Director of Insights for Ambition, will be joined in conversation with Katherine Walsh, Director for Inclusion and Beth Middleton, Willows Leader and Class Teacher.