Netherhall School
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| Established | 1871 |
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| Type | Community secondary school |
| Principal | Mrs Caroline McKenney |
| Specialism | Sports College |
| Location |
Queen Edith's Way Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 8NN  England Coordinates: 52°10′51″N 0°09′52″E / 52.18072°N 0.16439°E |
| Local authority | Cambridge City Council |
| DfE number | 873/4061 |
| DfE URN | 110873 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Staff | 89 |
| Students | 1608 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Colours |
Black, sky blue and navy |
| office@netherhall.cambs.sch.uk | |
| Website | Official website |
The Netherhall School and Sixth Form Centre is a secondary school and sixth form in the Queen Edith ward of Cambridge, England. Its logo is the crest of Cambridge. It is one of the largest schools in the area in terms of capacity. Feeder primary schools include Queen Edith, Cherry Hinton Juniors, Fawcett, The Spinney, Morley Memorial, and Colville. It serves the south and east of Cambridge as well as villages which have become considered suburbs such as Cherry Hinton, Teversham, Fulbourn, Great Shelford, Little Shelford and Trumpington.
The school
The school is divided into the Sixth Form (Years 12–13), Upper School (Years 10–11) and Lower School (Years 7–9) on Queen Edith's Way. The Upper school site was previously separate from the Lower School site, however after several years of planning they have now been amalgamated on the previous Upper School site. Netherhall has been awarded Specialist Sports College status allowing access to extra government funding, roughly one million pounds over six years at the time of its status being granted.
The school also boasts a sixth-form college teaching a range of subjects at AS and A-level, the sixth form's results have been continuously improving over the last few years and in 2011 recorded a 98% pass rate – one of the highest in the region.
Sport
Extracurricular sport includes rugby, football, netball, trampolining, table tennis, triathlon, rounders, hockey, tennis, badminton and athletics
The Netherhall Sports Centre offers many of the school's indoor and outdoor sports and training facilities to local sports clubs and adult fitness classes.
Facts and figures
The Headteacher is Caroline McKenney, who succeeded Mr. Williams in January 2007.
There are over 1,500 students in The Netherhall School and Sixth Form Centre.
21% of students achieve at least one A* and A grade. However the number of students achieving 5 A*-C grade is at 59%.[1] Many students go on to the local sixth form colleges Hills Road Sixth Form College, Long Road Sixth Form College or the vocational college Cambridge Regional College. Some continue on in the Netherhall Sixth Form Centre. Netherhall remains one of the top schools in Cambridge.
In 1998 the Netherhall Lower School's kitchen and canteen was badly damaged by fire in an arson attack.
References
- ↑ GCSE results 2009 Netherhall website (2010) GCSE Results
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