Kempston Academy
Hill Rise, Kempston, Bedford, MK42 7EB
Local ranking7th of 16 secondary schools in Bedford
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
982
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 40.3
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 35.5%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 54.2%
- Entering EBacc
- 35.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.5
- Cohort Size
- 166
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
2024-253
A-Level Students
- Applied General Avg Points
- 25.6
- 16-18 Cohort
- 6
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 824
- Boys
- 435 (53%)
- Girls
- 389 (47%)
- Capacity
- 982 (84% 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
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.7%
- Persistent Absence
- 24.4%
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
Loading chart
- White British: 40.4%
- White Other: 14.8%
- Other: 14.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 5.3%
- Black Caribbean: 5.3%
- Asian Indian: 4.3%
- Mixed Other: 3.3%
- Asian Other: 2.6%
40.4%
White British
14.8%
White Other
14.8%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 142387
- UKPRN
- 10054144
- Establishment No.
- 4004
- Trust
- CHILTERN LEARNING TRUST