Bedford Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,480 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.8
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Daubeney Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 576of 583 places
- Free school meals
- 28.8%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 109
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 1 July 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Daubeney Middle School (URN 109679, until 1 April 2012).
What the data says
Daubeney Academy has no sixth form. Of the 88 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 1% moved to a sixth form college, 68% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
Drama is unusually popular at GCSE: 28% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 38.5 against 46.1 across England and 44.4 in Bedford, with 29% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: 1% took an apprenticeship and 2% went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Bedford and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Daubeney Academy | Bedford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 88 | 2,196 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 88% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 84% | 88% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 13% | 39% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 1% | — | 13% |
| — further education college | 68% | 47% | 37% |
| — other education | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 8% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 5% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Daubeney Academy | Bedford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 38.5 | 44.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 29% | 44% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 55% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 22% | 38% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.34 | 3.89 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 24% | 24% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 33.9 | 34.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 39.9 | 47.3 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 29% | 26% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combined Science | 108 | 99% | 65% | 8% | 9% | 40% |
| Mathematics | 108 | 99% | 88% | 10% | 22% | 61% |
| English Language | 108 | 99% | 89% | 14% | 20% | 62% |
| English Literature | 97 | 89% | 86% | 15% | 21% | 72% |
| History | 52 | 48% | 41% | 13% | 26% | 50% |
| Geography | 44 | 40% | 41% | 7% | 25% | 32% |
| Spanish | 34 | 31% | 19% | 24% | 27% | 59% |
| Drama | 31 | 28% | 7% | 3% | 27% | 65% |
| Physical Education | 27 | 25% | 11% | 0% | 24% | 30% |
| Religious Studies | 25 | 23% | 31% | 20% | 32% | 52% |
| Fine Art | 23 | 21% | 9% | 0% | 28% | 22% |
| Textiles | 20 | 18% | 2% | 0% | 27% | 40% |
| Computer Science | 14 | 13% | 13% | 7% | 30% | 64% |
| Russian | 2 | 2% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Polish | 2 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Modern Greek | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 33% | — |
| Persian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 25 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 24 | — | — |
| Sports / Movement Science | 19 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 17 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 15 | — | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.