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Frederick Gent School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 801Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 145109URN

Mansfield Road, South Normanton, Alfreton, DE55 2ER · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Nov 2025

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.3per place
0.5 below Derbyshire median (1.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Derbyshire

201 applications for 160 places · 43rd of 45 in Derbyshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
41.5of 90
36th of 45 in Derbyshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 18 November 2025Published 6 March 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 18 November 2025
    Report card · 2 Strong standard, 2 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
  2. 15 March 2022
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.3applications per place, Year 7
0.5 below Derbyshire median (1.7) 1.0 below England median (2.2)

201 applications · 160 places offered · 150 named it first

  1. 2026 1.3; Derbyshire median median 1.7
  2. 2025 1.3; Derbyshire median median 1.7
  3. 2024 1.3; Derbyshire median median 1.8
  4. 2023 1.5; Derbyshire median median 1.9
  5. 2022 1.4; Derbyshire median median 1.8
  6. 2021 1.4; Derbyshire median median 1.8
  7. 2020 1.4; Derbyshire median median 2.0
  8. 2019 1.4; Derbyshire median median 1.8
  9. 2018 1.6; Derbyshire median median 1.9
  10. 2017 1.5; Derbyshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.4; Derbyshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.5; Derbyshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.5; Derbyshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Derbyshire median in 0 of 9 years.
  • This school
  • Derbyshire median

Dashed bars: as Frederick Gent School (URN 112941), the previous school.

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261602011.31500.94
Sep 20251541921.31420.92
Sep 20241572031.31470.94
Sep 20231492271.51400.94
Sep 20221652271.41610.98
Sep 20211662271.41570.95
Sep 20201482021.41360.92
Sep 20191612281.41440.89
Sep 20181362171.61340.99
Sep 2017 *1552381.51480.95
Sep 2016 *1692441.41650.98
Sep 2015 *1281901.51250.98
Sep 2014 *1402071.51380.99

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

153 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)41.536th of 45 in Derbyshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths28%43rd of 45 in Derbyshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths54%
  • This school
  • Derbyshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.34
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)15341.528%54%–
2024/2515246.340%61%–
2023/2416042.234%59%−0.34
2022/2313940.932%53%−0.34

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
145109 · 830/4008
Trust
The Two Counties Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
862 pupils · 801 on roll
Free school meals
39.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 November 2017
Replaced
Frederick Gent School (URN 112941)
Address
Mansfield Road, South Normanton, Alfreton, DE55 2ER
Local authority
Derbyshire · Bolsover

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources