DoDDS UK - Lakenheath Middle School

Our middle school began its life as a military base for the Royal Air Force here in Feltwell, England. Its history as our school began in the fall of 1969 when education officials decided to move students in seventh and eighth grade from Lakenheath High School, RAF Lakenheath, to RAF Feltwell.

Initially our school only had five buildings to house its students. Four of those original buildings were used until 2004:

Library - or the Information Center as we now call it.
Main Office - where you will find the administration, counselors and secretarial staff.
Band, Home Economics, and Technology Center - all located in bldg. 58.
Bldg. 91 - for Special Education classes.

Further expansion to our school came later in 1970 and brought us the ninth graders. With them we also inherited buildings 33 and 92.

Almost a year later in September of 1971 more classrooms in building 33 and building 38 were added to our school. The campus by this time consisted of eleven buildings and a couple of port-a-cabins.

We reached our peak enrollment here at Feltwell during 1972-73 when we had 970 students!

A few years went by before a major change hit us in August 1979. The Junior High School restructured to a Middle School by bringing the sixth graders from Lakenheath Elementary School to us here at Feltwell. Bringing the sixth graders meant that we sent the ninth graders to Lakenheath High School.

The addition to our Feltwell family was Building 40, which was newly opened in January 1995 to contain the sixth grade. In 2002 a new gym was opened. This was the first construction for the new Lakenheath Middle School which officially opened in September 2004.

Lakenheath Middle School currently has a student population of around seven hundred. LMS is structured under the House Model for middle schools. We are grouped together in eight different houses, with about 100-125 students assigned to each house. Our school colors are black and gold and our mascot is a leopard.

History of Lakenheath Middle School
Our middle school began its life as a military base for the Royal Air Force here in Feltwell, England. Its history as our school began in the fall of 1969 when education officials decided to move students in seventh and eighth grade from Lakenheath High School, RAF Lakenheath, to RAF Feltwell. Initially our school only had five buildings to house its students. Four of those original buildings were used until 2004: Library - or the Information Center as we now call it. Main Office - where you will find the administration, counselors and secretarial staff. Band, Home Economics, and Technology Center - all located in bldg. 58. Bldg. 91 - for Special Education classes. Further expansion to our school came later in 1970 and brought us the ninth graders. With them we also inherited buildings 33 and 92. Almost a year later in September of 1971 more classrooms in building 33 and building 38 were added to our school. The campus by this time consisted of eleven buildings and a couple of port-a-cabins. We reached our peak enrollment here at Feltwell during 1972-73 when we had 970 students! A few years went by before a major change hit us in August 1979. The Junior High School restructured to a Middle School by bringing the sixth graders from Lakenheath Elementary School to us here at Feltwell. Bringing the sixth graders meant that we sent the ninth graders to Lakenheath High School. The addition to our Feltwell family was Building 40, which was newly opened in January 1995 to contain the sixth grade. In 2002 a new gym was opened. This was the first construction for the new Lakenheath Middle School which officially opened in September 2004. Lakenheath Middle School currently has a student population of around seven hundred. LMS is structured under the House Model for middle schools. We are grouped together in eight different houses, with about 100-125 students assigned to each house. Our school colors are black and gold and our mascot is a leopard.