Netherhall School
Netherhall Road, Maryport, CA15 6NT
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr David Tromans
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,053
- Pupils on roll
- 894
- URN
- 112382
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01900813434
About this school
Netherhall School is a community secondary school in Maryport. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 894 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Sixth form
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 114 | 127 | 148 |
| Attainment 8 score | 39.2 | 38.0 | 39.7 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.76 -1.02 to -0.50 | -0.69 -0.94 to -0.44 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 27% | 26.8% | 28.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 56% | 50.4% | 50% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 10% | 6.3% | 5.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Netherhall School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Cumberland average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 39.2 | 36.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 38 | 34.4 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 39.7 | 36 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 794 |
| 2023/24 | 828 |
| 2024/25 | 874 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Netherhall School compares
Netherhall School ranked 15th of 19 secondary schools in Cumberland for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 37% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 29% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 39.7 | 6.6% | 39% | 894 | — |
| Workington Academy | 40.5 | 7.3% | 31.3% | 1,234 | 5.6 miles |
| St Josephs Catholic High School, Workington | 37.4 | 7.4% | 43.7% | 539 | 5.9 miles |
| Cockermouth School | 51.9 | 9% | 15.4% | 1,254 | 6.5 miles |
| Beacon Hill Community School | 28.8 | 9.6% | 37.2% | 135 | 6.9 miles |
| Energy Coast UTC | 24.2 | 10.3% | 33% | 383 | 7.2 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 39.03%
- English as an additional language
- 2.3%
- Overall absence
- 6.62%
- Persistent absence
- 19.42%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Workington Academy5.6 miles
Secondary · Workington
-
St Josephs Catholic High School, Workington5.9 miles
Secondary · Workington
-
Cockermouth School6.5 miles
Secondary · Cockermouth
-
Beacon Hill Community School6.9 miles
Secondary · Wigton
-
Energy Coast UTC7.2 miles
Secondary · Workington
Other schools in Maryport
- Allonby Primary School Primary
- Broughton Moor Primary School Primary
- Crosscanonby St John's CofE School Primary
- Dearham Primary School Primary
- Ellenborough Academy Primary
- Ewanrigg Junior School Primary
- Flimby Primary School Primary
- Grasslot Infant School Primary
- Holme St Cuthbert School Primary
- Maryport CofE Primary School Primary
- Netherton Infant School Primary
- Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Netherhall School teach?
- Netherhall School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Maryport.
- Who is the headteacher of Netherhall School?
- The headteacher of Netherhall School is Mr David Tromans, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Netherhall School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Netherhall School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Netherhall School?
- Netherhall School has 894 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Netherhall School full?
- Netherhall School has capacity for 1,053 pupils and 894 on roll (85%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Netherhall School a faith school?
- No. Netherhall School has no designated religious character.
- Is Netherhall School a selective school?
- No. Netherhall School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- How have Netherhall School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 39.2 in 2022/23 and 39.7 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Netherhall School rank locally?
- Netherhall School ranked 15th of 19 secondary schools in Cumberland for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 37% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 29% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Netherhall School's absence rate?
- Netherhall School's overall absence rate is 6.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Netherhall School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Netherhall School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.