Netherhall School
About the school
Netherhall School is an open secondary school in Cumberland.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 29 April 2025
- Published
- 18 June 2025
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Not judged
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Not judged
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Requires improvement
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 39.7
- Cumberland
- 42.3
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Cumberland
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 28.40%
- Cumberland
- 36.50%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 50.00%
- Cumberland
- 57.50%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 5.40%
- Cumberland
- 32.00%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 3.25
- Cumberland
- 3.76
- England
- 4.09
A levels and sixth form
Average A-level grade
- School
- C
Average A-level points
- School
- 30.13
AAB or better
- School
- 0.00%
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
874
Girls
50.69%
Boys
49.31%
SEN support
22.31%
Education, health and care plan
4.00%
English as an additional language
2.30%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
39.03%
Overall absence
6.62
Persistent absence
19.42
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
114
Sustained education or employment
92%
Education
76%
Apprenticeship
11%
Employment
5%
Not sustained
6%
After 16–18 study
Cohort
41
Sustained education or employment
85%
Higher education
44%
Further education
0%
Apprenticeship
27%
Employment
15%