Daubeney Academy
General Information
- Address: Orchard Street, Kempston, Bedford, MK42 7PS – View on map
- Phone: 01234400111
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Chris Carter
- Age range: 11-16 years
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: None
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 166
- % eligible for free school meals: 28.8%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Bedford average)
- English as an additional language: 37% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 17.9% a year (Bedford 16.3%, typical in England 15.5%)
- Where they went: about 72% moved to another school, 28% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Bedford: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 35 (2.5 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.7)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 1
- Suspensions for bullying: 21 (1.5 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.9)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 8 (0.6 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.8)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state secondary schools in Bedford, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 6.8%
- Persistently absent pupils: 18.3%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 17.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 25 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 24 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 19 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 15 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 9 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Moderate learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 2 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
No overall grade given 2025 report
- Attainment 8 score: 38.5
- Compared with the area: 6.8 points below the Bedford average (45.3)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (−10.0 points against an expected 48.5)
- Grade 4+ in English and maths: 55% (Bedford 66%, England 65%) Broadly steady
- Data year: 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
GCSE results over time
12th of 12 secondary schools in Bedford for Attainment 8
- #10Mark Rutherford School41.5
- #11Kempston Academy40.3
- #12Daubeney Academy38.5
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Leaver Destinations
- In education, employment, or training a year later: 88.0%
- Went into further education: 84.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
GCSE Subjects Offered
- Science Double Award
- Maths (General)
- English Language
- English Literature
- History
- Geography
- Art & Design
- Spanish
- Speech & Drama
- Sports Studies
- Religious Studies
- Computer Science
- Polish
- Russian
- Greek
- Italian
- Persian Language
Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,348 (2024-25)
2nd of 14 secondary schools in Bedford for spending per pupil
- #1Biddenham International School and Sports College£8,789
- #2Daubeney Academy£8,348
- #3Kempston Academy£8,310
- #4Mark Rutherford School£8,234
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