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Secondary school in Lichfield, Staffordshire

Nether Stowe School

St Chad's Road, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 7NB

Sixth form
School website 01543263446

Ofsted

Inspected under the current framework, which gives no overall grade, on 17 March 2026.

Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.

Read the Ofsted report

GCSE results 2024/25

Attainment 8 score

38.7 England 47

The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.

Grade 5+ in English & maths

24% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

47% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

3.2 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

11% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is in the bottom quarter of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is second most disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the lower half.

Progress 8 2023/24

-0.70confidence interval -0.97 to -0.43

Taking that range into account, pupils made less progress than similar pupils nationally. DfE bands this as well below average.

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

A levels 2024/25

Average grade per entry
C-
Average points per entry
27.4

England average 32.3

A level students
29

Pupils

Pupils on roll
692
Places
944
How full
73% full — 692 of 944 places taken, so places are likely to be available
Girls / boys
347 / 345
Overall absence
12%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
34%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
36%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
7%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
2%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
10%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
86%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
85%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
1%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
37%
No sustained destination
11%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
101

After sixth form

Went to university
42%

England 50%

In education, work or training
83%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship
3%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort
36

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went to a top third university

12% England 20.9%

The third of higher education providers whose entrants hold the highest average entry qualifications. It is the closest thing in the public data to "did they get into a competitive university", and it separates schools far more sharply than the headline progression rate does.

Went on to a degree
76%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort
42

These follow an earlier group of leavers than the figures above, and count anyone reaching higher education within two years rather than the term after leaving, so they are not directly comparable with them.

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year, and why the university figures track leavers from 2021/22. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Lichfield 004C, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree
34%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
19%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
63%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
27%

England 17%

Households with no car
19%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
44%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Ages
Ages 11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Religious character
None
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Trust
THE ARTHUR TERRY LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
Headteacher
Headteacher: Kirsty Jones
Local authority
Staffordshire
Ward
Curborough
Constituency
Lichfield
URN
146493

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
Lichfield Cathedral SchoolOther independent school No grade 0.4 mi
King Edward VI SchoolCommunity school Good 2022 52.2 1 mi
The Friary SchoolAcademy converter Good 2024 57.8 1 mi
Chase Terrace AcademyAcademy converter No grade 44.3 4.6 mi
Erasmus Darwin AcademyAcademy converter Good 2023 47.8 5 mi
Brownhills Ormiston AcademyAcademy converter No grade 37.1 5.2 mi
Shire Oak AcademyAcademy converter No grade 35 5.6 mi
Lift RawlettAcademy converter No grade 45.1 5.7 mi

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language CollegeAcademy converter Good 2022 57.1
The Telford Langley SchoolAcademy sponsor led Requires improvement 2024 35
Litherland High SchoolAcademy sponsor led Good 2024 41.7
Archbishop Beck Catholic CollegeVoluntary aided school No grade 41.5
Haydon Bridge High SchoolFoundation school No grade 35.1
St Aldhelm's AcademyAcademy sponsor led No grade 33.6
Nottingham Girls' AcademyAcademy sponsor led Outstanding 2023 47.7
The Hurlingham AcademyAcademy sponsor led Outstanding 2024 58.4

Where these figures come from

  • School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
  • Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
  • Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
  • Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
  • Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.

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