Anthony Gell School
Score
C58
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Matlock, DE4 4DX
- Distance
- 7.9km away
Highfields School
Upper Lumsdale, Matlock, DE4 5NA
Local ranking13th of 45 secondary schools in Derbyshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1394
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 8 January 2025. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from Highfields School (URN 112950) since 1 January 2021. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 49.6 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 50.0% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 75.4% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 224
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 85.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Higher education
- 70.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 14.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
B-
Avg A-Level Grade
35.2
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
35.8
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
106
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 18.8% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 33.8
- 16-18 Cohort
- 212
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1295
- Boys
- 624 (48%)
- Girls
- 674 (52%)
- Capacity
- 1394 (93% full)
- SEND
- 12.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 25.4%
- EAL
- 3.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.2%
- SEN Support
- 10.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 75.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,805/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 14.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 93.2%
- White Other: 2.4%
- Mixed Other: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.6%
- Other: 0.5%
- Asian Chinese: 0.4%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.3%
93.2%
White British
2.4%
White Other
0.8%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Upper Lumsdale
Matlock, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 148299
- UKPRN
- 10087314
- Establishment No.
- 4174
- Trust
- EAST MIDLANDS EDUCATION TRUST
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