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No local authorities now maintain an exclusively three-tier structure. A number of authorities have a mix of standard two-tier and three-tier provision with middle schools. [[Central Bedfordshire]], [[Worcestershire]] and the [[Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead]] ([[Berkshire]]). [[Leicestershire]] operates a three-tier system in some areas, with children moving from primary school into secondary school after year six, and then to upper school after year nine.
In 2006, it was reported that Central Bedfordshire, [[Northumberland]] and the [[Isle of Wight]] were the only LEAs still exclusively using the three-tier system, though all three authorities have since re-organised some of their schools into the two-tier model in response to parent and school preference.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fighting for the middle ground|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2006/sep/05/schools.uk2|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=5 September 2006}}</ref> The [[London Borough of Harrow]], the city of [[Oxford]] and the counties of [[Dorset]], [[Norfolk]], [[Suffolk]] and [[Worcestershire]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Purbeck schools' three-tier system scrapped|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-10729845|work=[[BBC]]|date=22 July 2010}}</ref> largely used the system until the 2000s and their middle schools were either closed or converted to primary schools catering to children up to age 11.<ref>{{cite news|title=Parents defend the middle ground|url=https://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=396251|work=[[Times Educational Supplement (TES)|Times Educational Supplement]]|date=11 June 2004}}</ref>
A three-tier system also [[Education in Gibraltar|exists in Gibraltar]].
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