Anthony Gell School
Address
Map
Wood Street

Wirksworth
,
Derbyshire
,
DE4 4DX

England
Coordinates53°04′45″N 1°34′17″W / 53.0791°N 1.5715°W / 53.0791; -1.5715
Information
TypeAcademy
Established1576; 448 years ago (1576)
FounderAnthony Gell
Local authorityDerbyshire
TrustEmbark Federation
Department for Education URN149644 Tables
OfstedReports
HeadteacherMalcolm Kelly
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 18
Enrolment835 as of August 2023
Websitewww.anthonygell.co.uk

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 the school's GCSE scores were increasing.[9]

Notable former pupils

Houses

Anthony Gell School is split into 5 houses. These houses are:

References

  1. ^ "AGS History 1908-1929 by Roy Pearce". Anthonygell.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  2. ^ "About our school". Anthonygell.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Anthony Gell School - GOV.UK". Get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Anthony Gell School". gov.uk. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  5. ^ Embark Federation website
  6. ^ "Foundation Trustees". Anthonygell.co.uk. 25 May 2005. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  7. ^ "The Curriculum". Anthonygell.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  8. ^ "Sixth Form". Anthonygell.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  9. ^ Northen, Stephanie (18 January 2011). "School uniform does not improve results – discuss". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  10. ^ "The Titanic Disaster Newspaper". Wirksworth Heritage Centre. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  11. ^ "Laurence Bostock". British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association. Archived from the original on 14 May 2017.
  12. ^ "Extract from will of Agnes Ferne (14 Jul 1574) including provision for payment towards maintenance of a free school in Wirksworth when there shall be one and for poor folks in a bedehouse there". The National Archives. Retrieved 29 July 2020.

External links

Schools in Derbyshire (including Derby)
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