Anthony Gell School | |
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Address | |
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Wood Street , , DE4 4DX England | |
Coordinates | 53°04′45″N 1°34′17″W / 53.0791°N 1.5715°W |
Information | |
Type | Academy |
Established | 1576 |
Founder | Anthony Gell |
Local authority | Derbyshire |
Trust | Embark Federation |
Department for Education URN | 149644 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Headteacher | Malcolm Kelly |
Gender | Coeducational |
Age | 11 to 18 |
Enrolment | 835 as of August 2023 [update] |
Website |
www |
Anthony Gell School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Wirksworth in the English county of Derbyshire. [1]
It began as a Free Grammar School established by Anthony Gell in 1576. The school moved to its present site in 1908 and became a voluntary controlled school in 1944. It became a coeducational comprehensive school in 1965. [2] Previously a voluntary controlled school administered by Derbyshire County Council, [3] in August 2023 the school converted to academy status. [4] The school is now sponsored by the Embark Federation, [5] but continues to be supported by the Anthony Gell School Foundation charitable trust. [6]
Anthony Gell School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, [7] while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A Levels, OCR Nationals and further BTECs. [8] As of 2011 [update] the school's GCSE scores were increasing. [9]
Anthony Gell School is split into 5 houses. These houses are:
Anthony Gell School | |
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Address | |
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Wood Street , , DE4 4DX England | |
Coordinates | 53°04′45″N 1°34′17″W / 53.0791°N 1.5715°W |
Information | |
Type | Academy |
Established | 1576 |
Founder | Anthony Gell |
Local authority | Derbyshire |
Trust | Embark Federation |
Department for Education URN | 149644 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Headteacher | Malcolm Kelly |
Gender | Coeducational |
Age | 11 to 18 |
Enrolment | 835 as of August 2023 [update] |
Website |
www |
Anthony Gell School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Wirksworth in the English county of Derbyshire. [1]
It began as a Free Grammar School established by Anthony Gell in 1576. The school moved to its present site in 1908 and became a voluntary controlled school in 1944. It became a coeducational comprehensive school in 1965. [2] Previously a voluntary controlled school administered by Derbyshire County Council, [3] in August 2023 the school converted to academy status. [4] The school is now sponsored by the Embark Federation, [5] but continues to be supported by the Anthony Gell School Foundation charitable trust. [6]
Anthony Gell School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, [7] while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A Levels, OCR Nationals and further BTECs. [8] As of 2011 [update] the school's GCSE scores were increasing. [9]
Anthony Gell School is split into 5 houses. These houses are: