Frederick Gent School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 16 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Derbyshire
Unique reference
145109
Address
Mansfield Road, South Normanton, DE55 2ER

Pupils

Number of Pupils
806 (83% of total capacity)
Boys
46.4%
Girls
53.6%
First language not English
4%
Free school meals (FSM)
31.4%
Persistent absence
23.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 91.3%
Other White 3.1%
Mixed 2.7%
African 1.7%
Unclassified 0.4%
Indian 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Other Asian 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.34
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.16
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 12%
Local authority average 30%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 32%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 40.9
Local authority average 44.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.33
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
TourismTechnical Award33
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE26
BiologyGCSE39
ChemistryGCSE39
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE17
Design & TechnologyGCSE48
DanceGCSE9
English LanguageGCSE165
English LiteratureGCSE159
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Frederick Gent School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
157
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
147
2nd preference
30
3rd preference
22
From another Local Authority
9
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
147
2nd preference
6
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
157
72
85
Year 8
176
86
90
Year 9
159
71
88
Year 10
154
73
81
Year 11
160
72
88
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
78.0%
81.5%
85.6%
Further education
50.0%
40.3%
35.4%
School sixth form
20.0%
35.3%
36.6%
Sixth form college
7.0%
5.2%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
7.0%
5.3%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
5.6%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
6.3%
5.9%
Destination unknown
3.0%
1.2%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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