Daubeney Academy
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
C63
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Bedford, MK42 7PS
- Distance
- 1.7km away
Kempston Academy
Hill Rise, Kempston, Bedford, MK42 7EB
Local ranking12th of 14 secondary schools in Bedford
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
982
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 16 October 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 38.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 29.1% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 53.2% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 158
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 81.0%
- Continued in education
- 80.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 64.0%
- Higher education
- 40.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 21.0%
- Not sustained
- 30.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
3
A-Level Students
- Applied General Avg Points
- 25.6
- 16-18 Cohort
- 6
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 824
- Boys
- 405 (52%)
- Girls
- 368 (48%)
- Capacity
- 982 (79% full)
- SEND
- 16.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 29.9%
- EAL
- 26.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.7%
- SEN Support
- 11.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 47.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,310/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 24.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 43.6%
- White Other: 16.0%
- Black African: 9.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 5.7%
- Asian Indian: 4.7%
- Mixed Other: 3.5%
- Asian Other: 2.8%
- Other: 2.6%
43.6%
White British
16.0%
White Other
9.8%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Hill Rise
Bedford, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 142387
- UKPRN
- 10054144
- Establishment No.
- 4004
- Trust
- CHILTERN LEARNING TRUST
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