Daubeney Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Feb 21 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Bedford
Unique reference
138067
Address
Orchard Street, Kempston, MK42 7PS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
504 (81% of total capacity)
Boys
53.4%
Girls
46.6%
First language not English
32.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
27.2%
Persistent absence
27.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 31.5%
Other White 14.1%
Indian 13.3%
African 12.5%
Mixed 11.2%
Unclassified 5%
Other 3.2%
Pakistani 2.6%
Other Asian 2.2%
Bangladeshi 2%
Other Black 1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.6%
Caribbean 0.6%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
LOWCOV
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.11
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 25%
Local authority average 36%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 31%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 36.1
Local authority average 43.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.22
Local authority average 3.81
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE28
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE41
English LanguageGCSE88
English LiteratureGCSE88
GeographyGCSE20
GermanGCSE1
HistoryGCSE52
MathematicsGCSE88
PolishGCSE6
PortugueseGCSE1
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Daubeney Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
79
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
67
2nd preference
32
3rd preference
12
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
66
2nd preference
2
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
102
54
48
Year 8
97
48
49
Year 9
111
68
43
Year 10
107
52
55
Year 11
87
47
40
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
81.0%
87.3%
86.5%
Further education
71.0%
41.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
9.0%
44.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
4.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
2.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
16.0%
5.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.1%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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