Frederick Gent School

The Frederick Gent Comprehensive School is a comprehensive school on Mansfield Road (B6019) in South Normanton in the Bolsover district of Derbyshire.

Frederick Gent School
Address
Mansfield Road

South Normanton
,
Derbyshire
,
DE55 2ER

England
Coordinates53°05′58″N 1°19′56″W
Information
Typecomprehensive
MottoQuality, Care and Success
Established1958
Local authorityDerbyshire
Department for Education URN112941 Tables
OfstedReports
HeadteacherMr C Woollard
Deputy headMr M Bradshaw
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 16
Enrolment8930
Learning Portalhttp://moodle.frederickgent.derbyshire.sch.uk/
Websitehttp://www.frederickgent.derbyshire.sch.uk/

History

It was built in 1958 to replace the secondary schools of Kirkstead in Pinxton (which became a junior school on Kirkstead Road) and New Street Secondary Modern in South Normanton. It is less than 200 metres from junction 28 of the M1. The school was rebuilt in a £8.7m programme between July 2003 and December 2004.

Admissions

The school provides secondary education for pupils aged 11 – 16.

Frederick Gent has a good and growing reputation as an innovative, high-achieving school with a well-ordered, caring and secure environment in which all youngsters can learn with confidence.[1] This was recognised by the school being designated as one of the first Leading Edge Schools. In the last few years the school has been transformed by moving into new buildings, becoming a Specialist Mathematics and ICT School[2] in April 2004 and obtaining Artsmark Gold.

The previous headteacher was Mrs. Julie Broadbent. She replaced Martyn Cooper at the end of the 2012/13 academic year.

Academic performance

The school gets very good GCSE results, with a rising trend.[1]

References
  1. OFSTED Report, March 2012
  2. DFES Standards site Archived 21 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine accessed June 2007
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