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Netherthorpe School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Ralph Road, Staveley, Chesterfield S43 3PU · netherthorpe.academy · 01246 472220

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Jan 2025
GCSEs, 2024/25
42.1
average Attainment 8 score. Derbyshire 45, England 46
Demand for places
0.9
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
973
66 over 907 places · 107%
Local authority
Derbyshire
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
45.1%
First language not English
4%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Minerva Learning Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 134 families put the school first and 148 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 166 (Places 172)166September 2023: 182 (Places 167)182September 2024: 160 (Places 164)160September 2025: 163 (Places 163)163September 2026: 134 (Places 148)134Places 148
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261481340.9100%
September 2025Sept 2025163163198%
September 2024Sept 2024164160199%
September 2023Sept 20231671821.1▲87%
September 2022Sept 20221721661100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 42.1, and 33.1% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Derbyshire it was 45, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C- (27.9 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 46.0 (England 46.3)46.02017/18: 44.5 (England 46.5)44.52018/19: 46.4 (England 46.7)46.42021/22: 43.9 (England 48.8)43.92022/23: 41.4 (England 46.3)41.42023/24: 39.8 (England 45.9)39.82024/25: 42.1 (England 46.0)42.1England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼42.146.0
▼33.1%45.4%
▼58.9%64.8%
▼12.3%40.5%
▼3.434.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form37.6−4.1
Further education51.8+9.6
Apprenticeship3−0.3
Employment1.5−4.1
Not in a lasting destination4.6+0.2
Activity not captured1.5−0.7

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 24.7 (England 30.5)D+2016/17: 27.1 (England 31.1)C-2017/18: 27.4 (England 32.1)C-2018/19: 29.8 (England 32.9)C2021/22: 28.9 (England 37.9)C2022/23: 29.1 (England 34.2)C2023/24: 26.3 (England 34.4)C-2024/25: 27.9 (England 35.0)C-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
82 studentsC- (27.9)Average -0.12
82 studentsC- (27.9)Average -0.12
38 studentsDist- (31.1)Average +0.04
4.9%AAB or better
87.4%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2496C- (26.3)-0.26
2022/23119C (29.1)—
2021/2291C (28.9)—
2018/19131C (29.8)-0.32
2017/18160C- (27.4)-0.27
2016/17160C- (27.1)-0.09
2015/16123D+ (24.7)-0.23

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University48.6−4
Further education0.90
Apprenticeship15.3+8.3
Employment23.4−4.7
Not in a lasting destination9−0.6
Activity not captured2.7+0.9

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Netherthorpe School on 21 January 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
21 Jan 2025
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationInadequate
Behaviour and attitudesInadequate
Personal developmentRequires improvement
Leadership and managementInadequate
Sixth formRequires improvement

Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Oct 2022

Other inspections

Report cards, from November 2025

  • Apr 2026Monitoring visitEffective action

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Oct 2022Requires improvement
    Quality of educationRequires improvement
    Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
    Personal developmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    Sixth formGood
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • May 2013Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
  • Nov 2009Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement

What parents said

59% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (144 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
59%
Replies
144
14% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼68% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼70% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼52% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼63% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼67% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼44% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼61% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼79% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▼86% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼57% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼52% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 87% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼30% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 53% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼38% agreeEngland 67%

based on 49 parents (34%) with SEND

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