Netherhall School

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Address
Netherhall School
Queen Edith's Way

Cambridge
,
Cambridgeshire
,
CB1 8NN

England
Coordinates 52°10′51″N0°09′50″E / 52.1808°N 0.1639°E / 52.1808; 0.1639
Information
Type Academy
Established1871
Local authority Cambridgeshire
Department for Education URN 142035 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Chair of GovernorsShelley Monk
PrincipalChris Tooley
Gender Mixed
Age11to 18
Enrolment1,078 as of January 2016
Campus size35 acres (14 hectares)
Colour(s)Red, White   
Website http://www.netherhall.org/

The Netherhall School and The Oakes College is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in the Queen Edith ward of Cambridge, England. [1] Its logo is a modified version of the arms of the City 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.

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The school

Netherhall School is divided into the Sixth Form Centre (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.

Sixth Form lessons mainly occur within the Atrium Building, which is also used for Maths, English and Art lessons. However, some lessons occur in other parts of the site, such as the two Drama Studios.

History

Secondary modern school

It was established as Netherhall Secondary Modern School.

Comprehensive

It took students at the Cambridge Grammar School for Boys to become Netherhall School; a comprehensive school in 1974. Cambridge Grammar School for Girls became Parkside Community College.

Academic record

In 2014, 90% of pupils gained at least 5 GCSEs graded A*- C including English and Maths, [2] a drop from the 2013 results of 73%. [3] 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% [4]

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 3 years. [5] [6]

Ofsted Inspections

Ofsted's most recent full inspection of Netherhall School in October 2018 found that the school was "good”, [7] an improvement from the school's previous report in June 2014, which deemed the school as "requires improvement". Despite this, in the 2014 report behaviour and safety judgement improved to "mediocre" from the previous inspection. There was an HMI Ofsted monitoring follow-up visit in November 2014. [8] [9] Ofsted had deemed the school to "require improvement" since November 2012 before the school's 2018 inspection. Its last inspection producing a "good" rating before 2018 was in April 2008. [10] [11]

The school became a sponsored academy within the Anglian Learning Trust on 1 February 2016. Since this time significant improvements have been achieved with successive reviews of the school concluding that the school now meets the 'good' threshold.

Sport

Extracurricular sport includes rugby, football, netball, trampolining, table tennis, rounders, hockey, tennis, badminton, athletics, and just dance zoom club.

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.

Dramatics

The Atrium Building Hall is commonly used for productions, conferences and award ceremonies, due to its large seating capacity of 350. [12] A yearly musical production occurs during December, involving Years 7 to 13.In April, Netherhall School hosts the Cambridge School's Shakespeare Festival, consisting of performances by the schools of the Anglian Learning Trust.

Academy status

Previously a foundation school administered by Cambridgeshire County Council, The Netherhall School converted to academy status in February 2016. The school is now part of Bottisham Multi-Academy Trust [13] (which includes Bottisham Village College), but continues to coordinate with Cambridgeshire County Council for admissions. On 1 September 2016 the Bottisham Multi-Academy Trust formed Anglian Learning, a trust formed through the joining of Bottisham Village College, The Netherhall School and Sixth Form Centre, Sawston Village College and Bassingbourn Village College.

Alumni

Cambridge Grammar School for Boys

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References

  1. ↑ studio24.net, Studio 24 -. "Netherhall School". netherhall.org.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ "GCSE Results".
  3. ↑ "Record-breaking GCSE results". Archived from the original on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "DFE School and College Performance Table 2014".
  5. ↑ "Netherhall Sixth-form Prospectus 2015" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "National A-level results". Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "School Inspection Report October 2018".
  8. ↑ "School Inspection Report" (PDF).
  9. ↑ "Section 8 Inspection Report" (PDF).
  10. ↑ "School Inspection Report" (PDF).
  11. ↑ "Reduced tariff school inspection report" (PDF).
  12. ↑ studio24.net, Studio 24 -. "Atrium Hall – Netherhall School". netherhall.org.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ↑ studio24.net, Studio 24 -. "Consultation proposal on establishing a Multi Academy Trust – Bottisham Village College". bottishamvc.org.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ↑ Carr, Tim; Dale, Iain; Waller, Robert (7 September 2017). The Politicos Guide to the New House of Commons 2017. Biteback Publishing. ISBN   9781785902789 – via Google Books.
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