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Kempston Academy

Kempston Academy
Hill Rise
Kempston
Bedford
Bedfordshire
England
MK427EB

📞 phone: 01234 290900

👩‍🏫 headed by: Ms Karen Bateman

🌍 web: www.kempstonchallengeracademy.org

646 pupils mixed gender
957 pupils capacity: 68% full

327 boys 51%

319 girls 49%

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Secondary — Academy sponsor led

Admissions policy
Non-selective
Sixth form
Has a sixth form
Trust school
Supported by a multi-academy trust
URN
142387
Education phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy sponsor led
Establishment #
4004
Open date
1. November 2015
Reason open
New Provision
OSGB coordinates
Easting: 502194, Northing: 246782
GPS coordinates
Latitude: 52.110, Longitude: -0.50915
Accepting pupils
11—18 years old
Boarders
No boarders
Census date
20. January 2022
Ofsted last inspection
13. September 2018
Region › Const. › Ward
East of England › Bedford › Kempston West
SEN priorities
SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
Free school meals %
26.80
Trust
CHILTERN LEARNING TRUST
Learning provider ref #
10054144

School governors

  • Mrs Alison Crook, Chair of Local Governing Body
    (1. October 2020—1. October 2024)
  • Mrs Terri Conway, Local Governor
    (1. December 2021—1. December 2025)
  • Mr Steve Conway, Local Governor
    (1. December 2021—1. December 2025)
  • Ms Rose Healy, Local Governor
    (1. December 2021—1. December 2025)
  • Mrs Melanie Purves, Local Governor
    (1. December 2021—1. December 2025)
  • Mrs Hannah Harwood, Local Governor
    (1. October 2021—21. October 2022)
  • Mr Sebastian Sagnia, Local Governor
    (23. March 2022—23. March 2026)
  • Mr Simon Turner, Local Governor
    (8. February 2023—8. February 2027)
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Schools nearby

  1. Hastingsbury Business & Enterprise College, MK427EB
  2. Kempston Academy, MK427EB (646 pupils)
  3. 0.1 miles Ridgeway School, MK427EB (90 pupils)
  4. 0.3 miles Balliol Primary School, MK427ER (417 pupils)
  5. 0.5 miles Kempston Rural Primary School, MK427FJ (445 pupils)
  6. 0.6 miles Greys House, MK427AB
  7. 0.6 miles The Student Support Centre, MK427AB
  8. 0.6 miles The Manor Education Centre, MK427AB
  9. 0.6 miles Greys House Residential School, MK427AB
  10. 0.6 miles Greys Education Centre, MK427AB
  11. 0.6 miles Greys Education Centre, MK427AB (27 pupils)
  12. 0.8 miles Bedford Road Primary School, MK428QH (363 pupils)
  13. 0.8 miles Robert Bruce Middle School, MK428PU
  14. 0.8 miles Robert Bruce Middle School, MK428PU
  15. 1 mile Springfield Primary School, MK427LJ (332 pupils)
  16. 1 mile Springfield Primary School, MK427LJ (364 pupils)
  17. 1.1 miles Daubeney Middle School, MK427PS
  18. 1.1 miles Grange School, MK428AU
  19. 1.1 miles Daubeney Academy, MK427PS (436 pupils)
  20. 1.1 miles Grange Academy, MK428AU (127 pupils)
  21. 1.2 miles Camestone School, MK428NW (404 pupils)
  22. 1.2 miles Wootton Lower School, MK439JT (590 pupils)
  23. 1.5 miles Great Denham Primary School, MK404GG (570 pupils)
  24. 1.6 miles St John's School, MK428AA
  25. 1.6 miles St John's School, MK428AA (182 pupils)

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