Netherthorpe School
Secondary school in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. No overall grade. Quality of education inadequate (Jan 2025). Serious weaknesses.
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 21 January 2025, report published 4 March 2025, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
Serious weaknesses. Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern.
No overall grade. From September 2024 Ofsted stopped giving one, but still graded each area.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Inadequate |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Inadequate |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Inadequate |
| Sixth form | Requires improvement |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around January 2029
The last inspection was in January 2025. Schools are usually inspected about every four years.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2030 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby secondary schools
- 1.1 milesSpringwell Community College
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Nov 2024)
- 3.0 milesHeritage High School
Good (Oct 2023)
- 3.2 milesWhittington Green School
Good (Feb 2023)
- 3.2 milesEckington School
Report card, Mar 2026: 5 expected, 2 needs attention
- 3.9 milesThe Bolsover School
Report card, Nov 2025: 6 expected
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.