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Anthony Gell School: data, trends and context

Anthony Gell School is a secondary school in Derbyshire. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
149644
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Derbyshire
Region
East Midlands
Trust
EMBARK MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Postcode
DE4 4DX
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
None
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
776
FSM eligible
24.1%
EAL / First language other than English
0.40%
SEND (total)
25.0%
SEN Support
16.9%
EHCP
8.1%
White British
93.7%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
89.1%
Overall absence
10.9%
Persistent absence
25.4%
Severe absence
6.7%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
DerbyshireLocal authority91.4%8.6%3.1%
East MidlandsRegion91.5%8.5%3.2%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 24 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
6.9%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
2.7%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.13%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
45.8
English & maths grade 5+
41.9%
English & maths grade 4+
65.3%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Anthony Gell School is a secondary school in Derbyshire. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.