We are one of only seven middle schools in New Zealand. Middle schooling in Cambridge educates students in Years 710, the emerging and early adolescent years. It is our belief that these years are crucial years in a child's life, a time of rapid growth in both their physical and emotional development. Too often students leave the intermediate system and venture off into our secondary system ill-equipped to cope with six periods / day with six different teachers giving six different types of homework due for completion on the same day. Not only does our education system put pressure on them, but they also have added peer pressure to cope with.