Netherton CofE Primary School

Netherton CofE Primary has demonstrated overall good performance across various domains, including quality of education, behavior, personal development, and leadership. The school has seen significant improvements under new leadership, fostering a culture of high expectations among staff and pupils. Many pupils express feelings of care and acceptance within the school environment, highlighting a supportive culture. The curriculum is broad and ambitious, particularly including accommodations for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). However, there are challenges with some pupils not achieving to their fullest potential in writing, and lower attendance rates impacting learning for some students. While leaders have successfully implemented changes that enhance educational outcomes, there are areas needing attention, particularly around writing instruction consistency and ensuring that all teachers effectively adapt lessons for pupils with SEND. Leadership continues to strive for improvement, with a focus on engaging families to address attendance issues and further support the writing development across all year groups.

Strengths

• High ambitions shared among staff and pupils
• Broad and ambitious curriculum developed by new leaders
• Supportive environment that fosters positive relationships
• Strong start for early years pupils
• Effective identification and support for pupils with additional needs
• Improvements in pupils' literacy due to new reading programme
• Prominent focus on personal development and pupil leadership roles

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils do not achieve as well as they should in writing
• Inconsistent writing instruction across different teachers
• Not all teachers adapt lessons adequately for pupils with SEND
• High levels of absence affecting overall pupil achievement

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 Netherton CofE Primary School attended 92.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 23.5% 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, 2.5% of pupils at Netherton CofE 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 Netherton CofE Primary School had 19.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.2% 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, 21.8% of pupils at Netherton CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.8% 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 2024–25 Netherton CofE Primary School received £7,754 and spent £8,086 for each of its 382 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £262,000 (£686 per pupil).

Across all 20 schools of Elements Diocesan Learning Trust, income was £7,945 and spending £8,026 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Dudley · Dudley local authority: places and applications

Netherton CofE Primary School is part of Elements Diocesan Learning Trust, which runs 20 schools. The nearest others:

• Jesson's Church of England Primary School Dudley
• St Mary's CofE Primary School Kingswinford
• Church of the Ascension CofE Primary School Kingswinford
• Pedmore CE Primary School Stourbridge
• Christ Church CofE Primary School Bilston
• St Oswald's CofE Primary School Kidderminster
• Crowle CofE Primary School Worcester
• Broadheath CofE Primary School Worcester
• Martley CofE Primary School Worcester
• Rushwick CofE Primary School Worcester

What is Netherton CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Netherton CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was Netherton CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Netherton CofE Primary School was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Netherton CofE Primary School have?

Netherton CofE Primary School has 381 pupils on roll.

What age range does Netherton CofE Primary School cover?

Netherton CofE Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 57% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Netherton CofE Primary School?

Netherton CofE Primary School is at Highbridge Road, Netherton, Dudley, West Midlands, DY2 0HU.