Anthony Gell School

Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Derbyshire

Wirksworth, Matlock, DE4 4DX

Website 01629825577

headline score

Ranking (England)

—

No ranked results

Ofsted

—

No graded inspection

Application demand

100%

1st preference success · Not oversubscribed

Attendance

89.2%

25.4% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

776

Capacity used

Nearly full

94%

825 places

GCSE rank (England)

—

KS2 rank (England)

—

Application demand

Secondary entry · official council applications and offers

Not oversubscribed

100%

1st preference success rate

104 of 104 families who put it first got an offer

107

Places offered

212

Total applications

2.0

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)	Applications	Offers	Success
1st preference	104	104	● 100%
2nd preference	70	2	● 3%
3rd preference	38	1	● 3%
Total	212	107	50%

1st preference success by year

100%

2024

100%

2025

Derbyshire lets families list 3 preferences. 4 applications came from outside the council area (2 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.

Details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11–18
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Sixth form: Yes
Nursery: No Nursery Classes
Boarding: No boarders
Headteacher: Helen Smith
Address: Wirksworth, Matlock, DE4 4DX
Phone: 01629825577
Local authority: Derbyshire
Ward / constituency: Wirksworth · Derbyshire Dales
Area: Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
URN: 149644

Gov.uk school record Performance tables

Pupils

Measure	School	LA	England
Free school meals	26%	—	—
English as additional language	0%	—	—
SEN support	12%	—	—

51% boys (394)49% girls (382)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

Academy trust: EMBARK MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

776 pupils · 825 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).

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Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 658 pupils

Attendance

89.2%

Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%

Overall absence

10.8%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%

Persistent absence

25.4%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%

Severe absence

6.7%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

4.0%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

28%

23/24

25%

24/25

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

GCSE results

Measure	School	LA	England
Attainment 8 score	49.9	—	—
Progress 8 score	0.27	—	0.00
Grade 5+ in English & maths	51%	—	—
Grade 4+ in English & maths	67%	—	—
EBacc average point score	4.25	—	—

Progress 8 band

Well below

5% of schools

Below

26% of schools

Average

43% of schools

Above

21% of schools

Well above

5% of schools

A-level results

Measure	School	LA	England
Average points per entry	35.11	—	—

Average grade: B- (England B-)

GCSE results over time

Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

Result	School	England (approx.)
Attainment 8	45.8	46
Grade 5+ English & maths	41.9%	46%
Grade 4+ English & maths	65.3%	65%
Entering EBacc	13.7%	40%
EBacc average point score	3.79	4.1
Pupils in cohort	124	—

How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)

Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.

Disadvantaged pupils

-0.43

Other pupils

+0.48

Low prior attainers

-0.19

Middle prior attainers

+0.33

High prior attainers

+0.56

Girls

+0.34

Boys

+0.20

A-level results over time

Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

Result	School	England (approx.)
Average points per entry	35.59	35
Average grade	B-	—
AAB or better (2 facilitating)	21.2%	17%
A-level students	57	—

Results by subject

Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.

GCSE

Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.

Subject	Entries	Grade 7+	Grade 5+	Grade 4+
Mathematics	123	11%	46%	70%
English Language	123	17%	58%	71%
English Literature	121	14%	55%	66%
Combined Science	81	0%	30%	58%
Geography	57	44%	61%	77%
History	45	38%	67%	73%
Art and Design	42	33%	71%	76%
Biology	40	25%	83%	95%
Physics	40	25%	83%	98%
Chemistry	40	30%	90%	95%
Design & Technology	38	8%	32%	47%
Physical Education	34	18%	53%	62%

A level

Subject	Entries	A*	A*–A	A*–B
Government and Politics	17	6%	29%	41%
History	14	0%	36%	64%
Sociology	14	0%	7%	57%
Geography	13	0%	23%	77%
Psychology	12	0%	17%	25%
Computer Science	12	17%	33%	50%
Mathematics	11	27%	36%	64%
Design and Technology (Product Design)	11	0%	0%	45%
Religious Studies	9	0%	11%	33%
English Literature	9	11%	44%	44%
Fine Art	5	0%	0%	0%
Chemistry	5	0%	0%	0%

Oxbridge

Cambridge offers by year

Ranked #147 of 1,030 UK schools with Cambridge offers²

UCAS apply centre 10429: Anthony Gell School

Cambridge admissions¹	2024
Applications	≤5
Offers	≤5
Success rate	—
Accepted offers	≤5

¹ Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).

² Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.

Where students go next

Measure	School	LA	England
Higher education (university)	52%	—	—
Apprenticeships	5%	—	—
Any education or training	57%	—	—

Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.

House prices near the school

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Key application dates

National deadlines in England. Apply through Derbyshire council, not the school.

Entry	Deadline	Offer day
Year 7 (secondary)	31 October	1 March (or next working day)

Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.

Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.