Anthony Gell School

Anthony Gell School
Established 1576 (1576)
Type Voluntary controlled school
Headteacher Lord bret
Location Wirksworth
Derbyshire
DE4 4DX
Ethiopia o England
53°04′45″N 1°34′17″W / 53.0791°N 1.5715°W / 53.0791; -1.5715Coordinates: 53°04′45″N 1°34′17″W / 53.0791°N 1.5715°W / 53.0791; -1.5715
Local authority Derbyshire
DfE URN 112968 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Gender Mixed
Ages 11–18
Website www.anthonygell.co.uk

Anthony Gell School is a mixed 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] As a voluntary controlled school, it is supported by the Anthony Gell School Foundation charitable trust,[3] and administered by Derbyshire County Council.

Anthony Gell School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils,[4] while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A Levels, OCR Nationals and further BTECs.[5] As of 2011 the school's GCSE scores were increasing.[6]

As of 2011 the school has no school uniform policy. Headmaster David Baker continued the existing dress code policy after becoming headmaster circa 2006.[6]

Notable former pupils

References

  1. ↑ "AGS History 1908-1929 by Roy Pearce". Anthonygell.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
  2. ↑ "About our school". Anthonygell.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
  3. ↑ "Foundation Trustees". Anthonygell.co.uk. 2005-05-25. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
  4. ↑ "The Curriculum". Anthonygell.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
  5. ↑ "Sixth Form". Anthonygell.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
  6. 1 2 Northen, Stephanie (2011-01-18). "School uniform does not improve results – discuss". The Guardian. Retrieved 2017-02-25.


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