Secondary
Kempston Academy
Hill Rise, Kempston, Bedford, MK42 7EB
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 773 of 982 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.0
- Local authority
- Bedford
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Trust
- CHILTERN LEARNING TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 49.1
- All staff (FTE)
- 82.5
- Pupils per adult
- 10.1
- Pupils
- 834
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected October 2024
Standards maintained
Still graded as at
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
36%
8 points below the Bedford average (44% across 13 schools)
40.3
4.9 below the Bedford average (45.2 across 13 schools)
14th of 18 by our score, among the secondary schools in Bedford we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 40.3 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.53 |
| Entered the EBacc | 36% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 54% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 36% |
| A level students | 3 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 19% |
| 22/23 | 19% |
| 23/24 | 32% |
| 24/25 | 36% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 14.1 |
| 22/23 | 15.2 |
| 23/24 | 9.1 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.11 |
| 22/23 | -0.20 |
| 23/24 | -0.09 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 37.7 |
| 22/23 | 35.5 |
| 23/24 | 37.3 |
| 24/25 | 40.3 |
Hill Rise, Kempston, Bedford, MK42 7EB
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Bedford admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Paul House
- Address
- Hill Rise, Kempston, Bedford, MK42 7EB
- Telephone
- 01234290900