Frederick Gent School, Alfreton

Ofsted's report card from its 18 November 2025 inspection grades Frederick Gent School on 6 areas: 2 strong standard, 2 expected standard and 2 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders have established a culture of high expectations."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders act with moral integrity."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "An increasing number of pupils with more complex needs are joining the school."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders know the community and its challenges well."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Previously, pupils' achievement in national tests was inconsistent and not as good as it needed to be."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "Leaders know the school extremely well."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "• Leaders should ensure that teaching focuses on identifying and resolving quickly any misconceptions, explaining important knowledge and carefully checking pupils' understanding consistently well so that pupils achieve well in every subject. • Leaders should make certain that pupils secure the necessary accuracy and fluency in handwriting and spelling, in readiness for their next learning steps".

In 2026, pupils at Frederick Gent School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 41.5, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.2 in Derbyshire and 47 across England.

28% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 44% in Derbyshire and 47% in England.

That is down from 46.3 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.34: pupils made below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 36.2, against 44.9 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 8.7 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 22 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Statistics, Combined Science and Art and Design.

For September 2026 entry, 150 families put Frederick Gent School as their first choice and 201 named it as one of their preferences, for 160 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Frederick Gent School are Selston High School (2.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 40.1); David Nieper Academy (2.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.2); Ashfield Comprehensive School (2.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.2); and Tibshelf Community School (2.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.9).

Frederick Gent School's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Frederick Gent School is one of 10 schools run by The Two Counties Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.7 in 2024/25.

73 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Frederick Gent School (as of April 2026): 75% would recommend the school, 73% say their child is happy there and 60% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (80%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (60%).

Of the 160 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 81% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 54% to a further education college, 4% to an apprenticeship and 5% into work.

39% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 3.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Alfreton Rail Station, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Frederick Gent School (adjacent), 130 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 78 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, public order offences and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Derbyshire (50), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Frederick Gent School issued 131 suspensions, 16.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Frederick Gent School are The Brigg Infant School (0.4 miles), Glebe Junior School (0.5 miles), John King Infant Academy (0.7 miles) and The Green Flying High Academy (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.