Netherthorpe School
Ofsted: Inadequate
Score
F31
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Chesterfield, S43 3PU
- Distance
- 1.9km away
Springwell Community College
Middlecroft Road, Staveley, Chesterfield, S43 3NQ
Local ranking34th of 45 secondary schools in Derbyshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
850
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 5 November 2024. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 5 November 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 38.0 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 36.0% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 51.8% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 164
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Continued in education
- 81.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 881
- Boys
- 434 (52%)
- Girls
- 402 (48%)
- Capacity
- 850 (98% full)
- SEND
- 14.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 43.6%
- EAL
- 0.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.8%
- SEN Support
- 9.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 48.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,620/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 95.6%
- White Other: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.7%
- Mixed Other: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.6%
- Black African: 0.2%
- White Irish: 0.1%
95.6%
White British
1.1%
White Other
0.7%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Middlecroft Road
Chesterfield, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 147400
- UKPRN
- 10085581
- Establishment No.
- 4200
- Trust
- THE TWO COUNTIES TRUST
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