Anthony Gell School has provided a high-quality learning experience, over many generations, for families living in the Derbyshire Dales. In recent years, due to the growing popularity of our school, an increasing number of families have chosen AGS as their school, and a third of our intake now comes from outside of our catchment area.
Anthony Gell students achieve well in a school which places a great deal of emphasis on pastoral care, they are encouraged to be aspirational and gain the knowledge, skills and understanding to enable success.
We are a school which recognises and celebrates individuality within group cohesion. We get to know every young person; learn about their dreams and aspirations, their strengths and talents, their preferred styles of learning, and we provide each with a curriculum which is relevant to them.
Anthony Gell School is a very special place to learn. Our success is built on a clear understanding of the conditions required for effective, high-quality learning. Student outcomes, including those at GCSE and A level, are consistently better than in most other schools. Young people who attend AGS achieve huge amounts of success.
Students and staff share a sense of pride in our collective achievements and a sense of belonging to something special. Staff and students work very well together and are justifiably proud of their school.
We work hard to create and maintain an environment in which young people feel safe, happy, confident, and cared for. An environment which includes varied and wonderful opportunities to learn new skills, and experience new activities, in and outside of the classrooms. We are proud to be part of a multi-academy trust, the Embark Federation; a family of great schools across Derbyshire. We work hard to help our school be a proactive member of our community and to live by our values of ‘Care, Aspire and Achieve’, as well as our Trust’s values of ‘Family, Integrity, Teamwork and Success’.
There is so much that makes AGS a special place, and a website could only ever tell just part of this story. If you would like to know more about AGS and see for yourself just why so many families are proud to call Anthony Gell ‘their school’, please feel free to get in touch.
Malcolm Kelly, Headteacher
