Frederick Gent School
Mansfield Road, South Normanton, Alfreton, DE55 2ER
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE TWO COUNTIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Christopher Woollard
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- The Two Counties Trust
- Constituency
- Bolsover
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 862
- Pupils on roll
- 801
- URN
- 145109
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01773811737
About this school
Frederick Gent School is a secondary academy in Alfreton. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 801 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 139 | 160 | 152 |
| Attainment 8 score | 40.9 | 42.2 | 46.3 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.34 -0.58 to -0.10 | -0.34 -0.57 to -0.12 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 32% | 33.8% | 39.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 53% | 59.4% | 61.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 12% | 19.4% | 17.8% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Frederick Gent School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Derbyshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 40.9 | 41.6 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 42.2 | 41.3 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 46.3 | 40.9 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 796 |
| 2023/24 | 806 |
| 2024/25 | 801 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Frederick Gent School compares
Frederick Gent School ranked 17th of 45 secondary schools in Derbyshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 63% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 27% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 46.3 | 6.9% | 34.3% | 801 | — |
| Selston High School | 38.8 | 11% | 30.6% | 862 | 2.1 miles |
| David Nieper Academy | 41 | 8.9% | 48.1% | 810 | 2.2 miles |
| Ashfield Comprehensive School | 47.8 | 7.5% | 28.5% | 2,601 | 2.6 miles |
| Tibshelf Community School | 44.2 | 8.1% | 32.6% | 834 | 2.9 miles |
| Swanwick Hall School | 42.6 | 9.4% | 40.9% | 1,025 | 3.3 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report18 November 2025
- 15 March 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 34.33%
- English as an additional language
- 4%
- Overall absence
- 6.88%
- Persistent absence
- 15.63%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Selston High School2.1 miles
Secondary · Nottingham
-
David Nieper Academy2.2 miles
Secondary · Alfreton
-
Ashfield Comprehensive School2.6 miles
Secondary · Nottingham
-
Tibshelf Community School2.9 miles
Secondary · Alfreton
-
Swanwick Hall School3.3 miles
Secondary · Alfreton
Other schools in Alfreton
- David Nieper Academy Secondary
- Swanwick Hall School Secondary
- Tibshelf Community School Secondary
- Alfreton Nursery School Nursery
- South Normanton Nursery School Nursery
- Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Christ the King Catholic Voluntary Academy Primary
- Copthorne Community Infant School Primary
- Croft Infant School Primary
- Glebe Junior School Primary
- Leys Junior School Primary
- Mickley Village Primary and Nursery School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Frederick Gent School teach?
- Frederick Gent School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Alfreton.
- Who is the headteacher of Frederick Gent School?
- The headteacher of Frederick Gent School is Mr Christopher Woollard, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Frederick Gent School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Frederick Gent School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Frederick Gent School?
- Frederick Gent School has 801 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Frederick Gent School full?
- Frederick Gent School has capacity for 862 pupils and 801 on roll (93%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Frederick Gent School a faith school?
- No. Frederick Gent School has no designated religious character.
- Is Frederick Gent School a selective school?
- No. Frederick Gent School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Frederick Gent School?
- Frederick Gent School is part of THE TWO COUNTIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Frederick Gent School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 40.9 in 2022/23 and 46.3 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Frederick Gent School rank locally?
- Frederick Gent School ranked 17th of 45 secondary schools in Derbyshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 63% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 27% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Frederick Gent School's absence rate?
- Frederick Gent School's overall absence rate is 6.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Frederick Gent School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Frederick Gent School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 10 July 2026.