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Secondary · WS13 · Staffordshire

Nether Stowe School

St Chad's Road, Lichfield, WS13 7NB

THE ARTHUR TERRY LEARNING PARTNERSHIP is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

Requires improvement

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedRequires improvement
Attendance92.6%
AttainmentProgress 8: -0.70
AdmissionsOften has places
Pupils631

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Requires improvement

Latest visit (May 2026): renewed Ofsted format (no single overall grade) — inclusion, curriculum and teaching, achievement, attendance and behaviour, personal development and wellbeing, leadership and governance and post-16 provision needs attention. See the full Ofsted report.

Inspection history

  1. Previous gradedRequires improvement

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in WS13. Where we have them, council (Lichfield) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
631
Free school meals
13.3%
8.3% below district average (21.6%)

Also: England 25.8%

SEN
11.3%
21.7% below district average (33%)

Also: England 16.5%

EAL
7%
0.4% above district average (6.6%)
Attendance
92.6%
1.6% below district average (94.2%)

Also: England 91.9%

Persistent absence
18.9%
Progress 8
-0.70 (2023/24)
Attainment 8
38.7
Grade 5+ English & maths
23.6%
Grade 4+ English & maths
47.2%
Entered for EBacc
11.3%
EBacc average point score
3.19

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the WS13 average; the darker bar is this school.

Trends over time

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2195%
  • 2021/2291.4%
  • 2022/2389.3%
  • 2023/2488.2%
  • 2024/2587.9%

Admissions

Demand signal
Often has places
Published capacity (GIAS)
929
Pupils on roll
631

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Staffordshire page.

SEN support

SEN %
11.3%
On-site provision
Resourced provision · ASD
Need types
ASD

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
  • Methodology · Data updates