Education: reworded confusing sentence, added citation← Previous revisionRevision as of 22:17, 17 October 2026 Line 156: Line 156: ==Education== ==Education== Until September 2008, all schools in [[Northumberland]] operated under a three tier system, however, following a decision to convert the county to a two tier system, Cramlington was chosen as one of the first towns to complete this.{{cite web |title=Your Views on School Organisation |url=https://www.northumberland.gov.uk/NorthumberlandCountyCouncil/media/Document-store/School%20Consultation/Berwick-Partnership-Your-Views-on-School-Organisation.pdf |page=22 |publisher=Northumberland County Council |access-date=17 October 2026}} Prior to the closure of the area's many middle schools, {{Clarify|date=September 2014}} some primary schools relocated to the former middle school sites. There had been concern from local residents over traffic and parking arrangements at the new sites.[https://web.archive.org/web/20070327143240/http://www.blyth-wansbecktoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=1115&ArticleID=1974999 "Site visits to schools as residents raise issues"]. Blyth-wansbecktoday.co.uk (27 March 2007); retrieved on 20 July 2013. Until September 2008, all schools in [[Northumberland]] operated under a three tier system, however, following a decision to convert the county to a two tier system, Cramlington was chosen as one of the first towns to complete this.{{cite web |title=Your Views on School Organisation |url=https://www.northumberland.gov.uk/NorthumberlandCountyCouncil/media/Document-store/School%20Consultation/Berwick-Partnership-Your-Views-on-School-Organisation.pdf |page=22 |publisher=Northumberland County Council |access-date=17 October 2026}} Following the abolition of the three-tier school system in 2008, some former middle-school buildings in Cramlington were repurposed for primary education, including those used by Burnside Primary School and Cragside Primary School. {{cite web |title=Wave 2: Cramlington Village Primary School |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7eb728e5274a2e8ab47bd0/Wave_2_-_Cramlington_Village_Primary_School.pdf |publisher=Department for Education |page=49 |access-date=17 October 2026}} There had been concern from local residents over traffic and parking arrangements at the new sites.[https://web.archive.org/web/20070327143240/http://www.blyth-wansbecktoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=1115&ArticleID=1974999 "Site visits to schools as residents raise issues"]. Blyth-wansbecktoday.co.uk (27 March 2007); retrieved on 20 July 2013. Other schools in Cramlington are listed as follows: Hareside Primary School, Hillcrest School, Shanklea Primary School, Burnside Primary School, Cragside Church of England Primary School, Northburn Primary School, Cramlington Village Primary School, Eastlea Primary School, Beaconhill Primary School and SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary Academy. Other schools in Cramlington are listed as follows: Hareside Primary School, Hillcrest School, Shanklea Primary School, Burnside Primary School, Cragside Church of England Primary School, Northburn Primary School, Cramlington Village Primary School, Eastlea Primary School, Beaconhill Primary School and SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary Academy.