Kempston Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D51
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Bedford, MK42 7EB
- Distance
- 1.7km away
Daubeney Academy
Orchard Street, Kempston, Bedford, MK42 7PS
Local ranking5th of 14 secondary schools in Bedford
Ofsted: Outstanding
Secondary
Phase
583
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 1 July 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 38.5 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 29.4% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 55.0% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 22.0% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.3 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 109
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Continued in education
- 84.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 561
- Boys
- 293 (52%)
- Girls
- 268 (48%)
- Capacity
- 583 (96% full)
- SEND
- 21.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 26.7%
- EAL
- 35.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.5%
- SEN Support
- 16.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 30.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,348/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 18.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 31.8%
- Black African: 18.0%
- Asian Indian: 15.4%
- White Other: 14.2%
- Asian Pakistani: 3.2%
- Mixed Other: 3.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.8%
- Asian Other: 2.8%
31.8%
White British
18.0%
Black African
15.4%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Orchard Street
Bedford, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 138067
- UKPRN
- 10037039
- Establishment No.
- 4098
- Trust
- CHILTERN LEARNING TRUST
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