Secondary school

Anthony Gell School

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  • ages 11–18
  • Mixed
  • Derbyshire
  • DE4 4DX
  • Sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Feb 2015

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 1,623 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 50%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 37%37%2016/17: top 23%23% · 2016/172017/18: top 45%2018/19: top 30%2021/22: top 49%2022/23: top 38%2023/24: top 30%2024/25: top 50%No exams

A-level results

#58 of 190 East Midlands sixth forms, state and independent, 2024/25

Independent and selective (grammar) schools choose their pupils, so high results partly reflect who gets in, not only teaching. Some independent schools don't publish results.

Against East Midlands

Attainment 845.8 · East Midlands 456/10 Middle
Grade 5+ English and maths41.9% · East Midlands 41.6%6/10 Middle
EBacc point score3.79 · East Midlands 3.925/10 Middle−9.2 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24+0.27 · East Midlands −0.068/10 Above+10 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry35.59 · East Midlands 33.228/10 Above−12.8 pts since 21/22
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 52 · 106 pupils · East Midlands 49.32016/17: 51.2 · 109 pupils · East Midlands 452017/18: 46.8 · 120 pupils · East Midlands 44.652018/19: 50.1 · 116 pupils · East Midlands 45.72021/22: 48.6 · 135 pupils · East Midlands 47.52022/23: 48.3 · 141 pupils · East Midlands 44.62023/24: 49.9 · 147 pupils · East Midlands 44.952024/25: 45.8 · 124 pupils · East Midlands 45.055245.8No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 64% · 109 pupils · East Midlands 39%2017/18: 44% · 120 pupils · East Midlands 39.5%2018/19: 50% · 116 pupils · East Midlands 40%2021/22: 49% · 135 pupils · East Midlands 46%2022/23: 46% · 141 pupils · East Midlands 41%2023/24: 51% · 147 pupils · East Midlands 43.8%2024/25: 41.9% · 124 pupils · East Midlands 41.6%64%41.9%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 32.28 · 57 pupils · East Midlands 28.712016/17: 33.07 · 47 pupils · East Midlands 28.822017/18: 31.59 · 66 pupils · East Midlands 29.892018/19: 32.75 · 55 pupils · East Midlands 30.462021/22: 41.09 · 47 pupils · East Midlands 36.542022/23: 31.23 · 62 pupils · East Midlands 32.222023/24: 35.11 · 65 pupils · East Midlands 31.622024/25: 35.59 · 57 pupils · East Midlands 33.2241.0931.23No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in96.3%
130 of 135 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 96.3%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st135130
2nd821
3rd420

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2006–2018

  1. 2006Goodas predecessor
  2. 2009Goodas predecessor
  3. 2013Requires improvementas predecessor
  4. 2015Goodas predecessor
  5. 2018Remains Goodas predecessor

5 strong areas

  • Quality of teaching
  • Sixth form provision
  • Achievement of pupils
  • Leadership and management
  • Behaviour and safety of pupils

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026776
Free school meals (past 6 years)25.2%
First language not English0.5%
SEN support15.4%
EHC plan6.5%
Absence (sessions missed)10.8%
Persistently absent pupils25.4%

Girls 49.4%Boys 50.6%

94.1% full · 825 places · 138 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher17.3
Pupils per adult10.3
  • Classroom teachers 39.7
  • Leadership 5
  • Teaching assistants 20.9
  • Other support 20.8

Teachers 44.7 FTE · Whole workforce 86.4 · 100 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£8,257
Spend per pupil£7,617
Staff spend per pupil£6,087
Reserve per pupil£410
  • +£320,000revenue reserve
  • +£500,000in-year balance

Grants £8,042 · self-generated £215 · premises £662 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: EMBARK MULTI ACADEMY TRUST (23 academies) · trust reserve £2,986,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

147 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained97.3%
  • Education88.4%
  • Apprenticeship3.4%
  • Employment5.4%
  • Not sustained1.4%
  • Unknown1.4%

After sixth form (16–18)

86 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained82.6%
  • Education47.7%
  • Higher education47.7%
  • Apprenticeship7%
  • Employment27.9%
  • Not sustained8.1%
  • Unknown9.3%