Netherhall School, Maryport

Netherhall School

Motto	Fitness to Learn
Established	1955
Type	Sports College
Religion	None
Headteacher	David Sibbit[1]
Specialism	Sports College
Location	Netherhall Road Maryport Cumbria CA15 6NT England
Local authority	Allerdale
DfE URN	112382
Ofsted	Reports
Gender	Mixed
Ages	11–18
Website	www.netherhall.cumbria.sch.uk

Coordinates: 54°43′00″N 3°29′19″W / 54.7167°N 3.4886°W / 54.7167; -3.4886

Netherhall School is a secondary school in Maryport, Cumbria. The school is a registered sports college and has state of the art sports facilities. The school was built in the 1950s and has been open for 60 years. The school has a catchment area which covers Maryport, Crosby, Dearham and Flimby, amongst others in the local area.

History

Netherhall School is located on a thirty five acre site alongside the River Ellen that had previously formed part of the Netherhall Estate. The first new buildings on the campus were opened as a three form entry boys' school by Charles Morris, Baron Morris of Grasmere, Vice-Chancellor of Leeds University, on 13 June 1955. The adjoining three form entry girls' school opened in September 1959. The schools merged to become a single mixed comprehensive school in 1968.

Specialist School status

The school became a Specialist Sports College in September 2003 and a Full Service Extended School in September 2004. The £1.6 million joint-use Community Sports Centre opened in July 2005. The school has Investors in People status, and holds Artsmark, Sportsmark and Healthy Schools accreditations (National Healthy Schools Programme).^[2]

Curriculum

Netherhall offers 11-18 provision. At Key Stage 4 students can choose (alongside the core English, Maths and Science) Design and Technology, Physical Education, ICT, History, Geography, Travel and Tourism, RE, French, Health and Social Care, Childcare, Construction, CoPE, Horticulture, Workskills, Art, Drama and Music.^[3]

At Key Stage 5 The sixth form offer a wide range of subjects with the combinations of Maths and Sciences; English and English Literature; Physical Education; the Humanities – Geography, History, Religious Studies; Art, Media and Performing Arts; ICT; French, Travel and Tourism and Health and Social Care. GCSE resits are also offered in English, Maths and Science.

The Sixth Form is housed in its own Centre with ICT and social facilities whilst still retaining links with the school and college through teaching, library and sports facilities.^[4]

Pastoral system

Each year group is split into a number of tutor groups. These tutor groups are traditionally named after the notable people of Maryport. These are Adair, Christian (Fletcher Christian), Fleming (Sir George Fleming, 2nd Baronet), Ismay (Thomas Henry Ismay), Lister and Senhouse (Humphrey Senhouse).

Extracurricular activities

The school offers a range of extracurricular activities, such as:

• Sporting activities (clubs or teams in athletics, basketball, cricket, golf, hockey, netball, gymnastics, orienteering, fell running, football, rugby, tennis, cross country, cheerleading and others)
• Arts activities (art, drama, music, Drama Club and drama productions, choir and bands; musical tuition; and visits to galleries, concerts and theatre productions)
• Subject-based activities (science, maths, languages, technology, humanities, English, IT, library)
• Council activities (Year, School and Sports council)
• Games activities (chess, bridge etc.)
• Fundraising activities
• Residential activities (field trips, skiing trips, Mediterranean cruise, exchange visits to France and Germany, other European trips, work experience abroad, outdoor pursuits)
• Reward activities (cinema trips, ice skating, ten-pin bowling, Wet & Wild etc)^[5]

Extended school and adult education

Netherhall and Beacon Hill school provide a range of courses to the local community. ^[6]

Netherhall Community Sports Centre

Netherhall Community Sports Centre is part of Netherhall School Specialist Sports College. The facilities within the centre serve both the school itself and the whole of the local community and surrounding district.^[7]

Notable alumni

Glenn Murray^[8] (footballer)

Ricky Lightfoot^[9] (Runner)

References

1. ^ "About the School". Netherhall School. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
2. ^ http://www.netherhall.cumbria.sch.uk/index.php?category_id=18
3. ^ http://www.netherhall.cumbria.sch.uk/getfile.php?src="KS4.pdf
4. ^ http://www.netherhall.cumbria.sch.uk/getfile.php?src="Sixth+Form+Courses+2011.pdf
5. ^ http://www.netherhall.cumbria.sch.uk/index.php?category_id=8
6. ^ http://www.netherhall.cumbria.sch.uk/getfile.php?src="brochure0001.pdf
7. ^ http://www.allerdale.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=754
8. ^ http://www.soccerway.com/players/glenn-murray/50816/
9. ^ http://blog.salomontrailteam.com/team/ricky-lightfoot/

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