Anthony Gell School

Anthony Gell School
Established	1576 (1576)
Type	Voluntary controlled school
Headteacher	Mr Malcolm Kelly
Location	Wirksworth Derbyshire DE4 4DX England Coordinates: 53°04′45″N 1°34′17″W / 53.0791°N 1.5715°W / 53.0791; -1.5715
Local authority	Derbyshire
DfE number	830/4505
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]

Notable former pupils

Ellen MacArthur, sailor
Oliver Smith, Youngest branch party president in British political history for The Liberal Democrats

References

↑ "AGS History 1908-1929 by Roy Pearce". Anthonygell.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
↑ "About our school". Anthonygell.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
↑ "Foundation Trustees". Anthonygell.co.uk. 2005-05-25. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
↑ "The Curriculum". Anthonygell.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
↑ "Sixth Form". Anthonygell.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-01-25.

External links

Anthony Gell School official website

Schools in Derbyshire (including Derby)

Primary	Al-Madinah School Firs Estate School

Secondary	Aldercar Community Language College Alfreton Grange Arts College Allestree Woodlands School Anthony Gell School Belper School Bemrose School The Bolsover School Brookfield Community School Buxton Community School Chapel-en-le-Frith High School Chellaston Academy City of Derby Academy da Vinci Community College Derby Moor Community Sports College Derby Pride Academy Dronfield School Ecclesbourne School Eckington School Frederick Gent School Friesland School Glossopdale Community College Granville Sports College Hasland Hall Community School Heanor Gate Science College Heritage High School Highfields School Hope Valley College John Flamsteed Community School John Port School Kirk Hallam Community Academy Lady Manners School Landau Forte College Lees Brook Community School Littleover Community School Long Eaton School The Meadows Community School Merrill Academy The Millennium Centre Murray Park School Netherthorpe School New Mills School Business & Enterprise College Noel-Baker School Ormiston Ilkeston Enterprise Academy Outwood Academy Newbold Parkside Community School The Pingle School Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School The Ripley Academy Springwell Community College St Benedict RC Academy St John Houghton RC Academy St Mary's RC High School St Philip Howard RC School St Thomas More RC School Shirebrook Academy Tibshelf School Tupton Hall School West Park School William Allitt School Wilsthorpe Community School

Independent (preparatory)	Barlborough Hall Grangemount Repton Preparatory School St Anselm's Preparatory School The Elms School

Independent (senior)	Abbotsholme School Alderwasley Hall School Derby Grammar School Derby High School Mount St Mary's College Ockbrook School Repton School Trent College

Former	Brocksford Hall School Buxton College Chesterfield St Helena School Derby School Hallcroft Boys' School Hallcroft Girls' School Ilkeston Grammar School King's Mead Priory Rowen House School Rykneld Secondary Modern School St Elphin's School Shardlow Hall Stancliffe Hall School

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