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Anthony Gell School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Wirksworth, Matlock DE4 4DX · anthonygell.co.uk · 01629 825577

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Overview

GCSEs, 2024/25
45.8
average Attainment 8 score. Derbyshire 45, England 46
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
776
94% of 825 places
Local authority
Derbyshire
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
26.4%
First language not English
0.4%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Embark Multi Academy Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 135 families put the school first and 131 places were offered; 96% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 143 (Places 126)143September 2023: 133 (Places 131)133September 2024: 107 (Places 109)107September 2025: 104 (Places 107)104September 2026: 135 (Places 131)135Places 131
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261311351▲96%
September 2025Sept 20251071041100%
September 2024Sept 20241091071100%
September 2023Sept 20231311331▲98%
September 2022Sept 20221261431.1▲88%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 45.8, and 41.9% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Derbyshire it was 45, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade B- (35.6 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 51.2 (England 46.3)51.22017/18: 46.8 (England 46.5)46.82018/19: 50.1 (England 46.7)50.12021/22: 48.6 (England 48.8)48.62022/23: 48.3 (England 46.3)48.32023/24: 49.9 (England 45.9)49.92024/25: 45.8 (England 46.0)45.8England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
●45.846.0
▼41.9%45.4%
●65.3%64.8%
▼13.7%40.5%
▼3.794.09

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 112968)

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form53.7−9.3
Sixth form college1.4+0.7
Further education32.7+12
Other education0.70
Apprenticeship3.4−1.8
Employment5.4+3.9
Not in a lasting destination1.4−3
Activity not captured1.4−2.3

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 32.3 (England 30.5)C+2016/17: 33.1 (England 31.1)C+2017/18: 31.6 (England 32.1)C2018/19: 32.8 (England 32.9)C+2021/22: 41.1 (England 37.9)B2022/23: 31.2 (England 34.2)C2023/24: 35.1 (England 34.4)B-2024/25: 35.6 (England 35.0)B-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
57 studentsB- (35.6)Average +0.11
57 studentsB- (35.6)Average +0.10
33 studentsMerit+ (29.7)Average -0.07
21.2%AAB or better
96.2%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2465B- (35.1)+0.18
2022/2362C (31.2)—
2021/2247B (41.1)—
2018/1955C+ (32.8)+0.19
2017/1866C (31.6)-0.15
2016/1747C+ (33.1)+0.02
2015/1657C+ (32.3)+0.05

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University47.7−4.7
Apprenticeship7+2.2
Employment27.9+5.7
Not in a lasting destination8.1+0.2
Activity not captured9.3+1.4

Ofsted

Ofsted inspection
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