Netherthong Primary School

Netherthong Primary has demonstrated a solid performance overall, achieving a good rating across key areas such as the quality of education, leadership, and management. The school has built an ambitious curriculum from early years through Year 6, ensuring that all pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), receive high-quality education and support. Noteworthy aspects of the school's performance include its outstanding behavior and attitudes, as well as exceptional personal development initiatives that foster a strong sense of community and responsibility among pupils. This inspection marks the school's first routine check since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, reflecting significant engagement and progress during a challenging period.

Strengths

• Strong relationships between pupils and staff contribute to a caring community.
• Teachers have high expectations for behavior, leading to calm and purposeful classrooms.
• Pupils achieve very well across a well-sequenced and ambitious curriculum.
• Exceptional early years provision prepares children effectively for future learning.
• Effective teaching of phonics results in most pupils reading fluently by the end of key stage 1.
• Highly skilled staff provide strong support for pupils with SEND.
• Pupils demonstrate exemplary behavior and mature relationships.
• The school offers a rich variety of extra-curricular activities that enhance pupil inclusion.

Areas for Improvement

• In a small number of foundation subjects, pupils' retention of key knowledge is not as secure.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Netherthong Primary School attended 96.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Netherthong Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Netherthong Primary School had 23.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 23.3% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 12.2% of pupils at Netherthong Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Netherthong Primary School received £6,658 and spent £6,626 for each of its 213 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £55,000 (£256 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Netherthong Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Netherthong Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2024.

When was Netherthong Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Netherthong Primary School was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Netherthong Primary School have?

Netherthong Primary School has 213 pupils on roll.

What age range does Netherthong Primary School cover?

Netherthong Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Netherthong Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 84% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Netherthong Primary School?

Netherthong Primary School is at School Street, Netherthong, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, HD9 3EB.