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Daubeney Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Orchard Street, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7PS · daubeneyacademy.co.uk · 01234 400111
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Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 38.5
- average Attainment 8 score. Bedford 44.4, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 576
- 99% of 583 places
- Local authority
- Bedford
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 28.8%
- First language not English
- 36.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 95 families put the school first and 111 places were offered; 99% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 111 | 95 | 0.9 | 99% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 118 | 107 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 79 | 67 | 0.8 | 99% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 100 | 68 | 0.7 | 99% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 80 | 56 | 0.7 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 38.5, and 29.4% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Bedford it was 44.4, and across England 46.
In 2017/18, 0% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard.
Key stage 2 results
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2017/18 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼0% | 64% | ||
| ▼0% | 10% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| n/a | 105 | ||
| n/a | 104 | ||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
Progress scores 2017/18: reading n/a, writing -0.30, maths n/a
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼38.5 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼29.4% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼55.0% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼22.0% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.34 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 13.9 | −7.1 |
| Further education | 62 | +5.2 |
| Other education | 2.5 | +1.3 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.8 | +0.1 |
| Employment | 3.8 | +2.6 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.3 | −4.8 |
| Activity not captured | 7.6 | +2.7 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Daubeney Academy on 1 July 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 1 Jul 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Feb 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Feb 2023Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective May 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (64 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Replies
- 64
- 11% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 73% who raised concerns
based on the 31% who had a child bullied
based on 27 parents (42%) with SEND