Netherhall School
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| Established | 1871 |
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| Type | Foundation school |
| Principal | Mrs Kate Evans (shared temp.) |
| 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). 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.
Academic record
In 2014, 66% of pupils gained at least 5 GCSEs graded A*-C including English and Maths,[1] a drop from the 2013 results of 73%.[2] These results for 2013 and 2014 are well above the national average and represent improvement on previous years. The 2014 national average on this benchmark was 53.4% and the local authority average was 55.9%. The 2013 national average was 59.2% and the local authority average was 61% [3]
2014 A-level results were slightly below the national average at the higher grades, with 41.3% of grades being A*-B (compared to 52.4% nationally) and 72.5% A*-C (76.7% nationally). The A*-E rate pass rate was slightly above average, at 99.2%, compared to 98.0% nationally. However, all these results were an improvement on the previous three years.[4][5]
Ofsted Inspections
Ofsted's most recent full inspection of Netherhall School in June 2014 found that the school "requires improvement" although the behaviour and safety judgement improved to "good" from the previous inspection. There was an HMI Ofsted monitoring follow-up visit in November 2014.[6][7] Ofsted has deemed the school to "require improvement" since November 2012, and its last inspection producing a "good" rating was in April 2008.[8][9]
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.
Leadership
Kate Evans is the Acting Head of the school, whilst also continuing as Principal of the nearby Bottisham Village College. Chris Tooley is the Acting Associate Principal of the school.