Netherthorpe School

Term dates

Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Derbyshire council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Derbyshire's full dates

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

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How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 134 families put this school as their first choice, and 148 places were offered. 134 of the families who put it first got a place (100%).

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Latest graded inspection, 21 January 2025. No overall grade was given (Ofsted stopped giving one in September 2024).

Quality of education

Inadequate

Behaviour and attitudes

Inadequate

Personal development

Requires improvement

Leadership and management

Inadequate

Sixth form

Requires improvement

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–18

Pupils

973 (capacity 907)

Gender

Mixed

Academy trust

MINERVA LEARNING TRUST

Phone

01246472220

Address

Ralph Road, Staveley, Chesterfield, S43 3PU

Website

netherthorpe.academy

Official school record, including Ofsted reports