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The Netherhall School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy
Queen Edith's Way, Cambridge CB1 8NN · netherhall.org · 01223 242931
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 45.5
- average Attainment 8 score. Cambridgeshire 48.1, England 46
- Last distance offered
- 11.83 mi
- 19.03 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Criterion 10OC · Cambridgeshire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,259
- 84% of 1,500 places
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 31.3%
- First language not English
- 22.8%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Anglian Learning
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered under “Criterion 10OC” went to a home 11.83 mi (19.03 km) from the school. Source: Cambridgeshire Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 154 families put the school first and 201 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 201 | 154 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 201 | 166 | 0.8 | 99% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 204 | 147 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 200 | 154 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 176 | 166 | 0.9 | 85% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 – Criterion 10OC | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 11.83 mi19.03 km | |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 45.5, and 38.8% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Cambridgeshire it was 48.1, and across England 46.
In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C- (27.6 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●45.5 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼38.8% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼57.3% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼34.3% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.17 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 16 | −23.2 |
| Sixth form college | 52.8 | +18.2 |
| Further education | 20.2 | +5.8 |
| Other education | 0.6 | — |
| Employment | 1.8 | +1.1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4.3 | −3.5 |
| Activity not captured | 4.3 | +1.7 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 111 students | C- (27.6) | Below average -0.18 | |
| 113 students | C- (27.7) | Below average -0.17 | |
| 67 students | Merit (26.1) | Average -0.01 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 148 | C- (26.2) | -0.39 |
| 2022/23 | 88 | C (30.1) | — |
| 2021/22 | 125 | B- (36.3) | — |
| 2018/19 | 73 | C- (25.8) | -0.29 |
| 2017/18 | 124 | C- (27.3) | -0.34 |
| 2016/17 | 69 | C (31.2) | -0.01 |
| 2015/16 | 137 | C- (27.9) | -0.01 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 35.2 | −17.1 |
| Further and other education | 1.9 | +0.3 |
| Further education | 1.3 | — |
| Other education | 0.6 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 0.6 | −4.1 |
| Employment | 42.8 | +13.9 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 15.1 | +8.8 |
| Activity not captured | 4.4 | −1.9 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 6 March 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for The Netherhall School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 5 Mar 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2018
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 110873), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Oct 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Good Safeguarding Effective Jun 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 110873)
What parents said
90% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (139 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 90%
- Replies
- 139
- 11% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 63% who raised concerns
based on the 29% who had a child bullied
based on 26 parents (19%) with SEND