Kempston Challenger Academy

Kempston Challenger Academy (formerly Hastingsbury Upper School and Community College and Hastingsbury Business and Enterprise College) is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located on Hill Rise in Kempston, Bedfordshire, England. The school forms part of an educational campus which also includes a Child Development Centre and Ridgeway School.

Kempston Challenger Academy
Address
Hill Rise

Kempston
,
Bedfordshire
,
MK42 7EB

England
Coordinates52°06′36″N 0°30′33″W
Information
TypeAcademy
Local authorityBedford
TrustChallenger Multi-Academy Trust
Department for Education URN142387 Tables
OfstedReports
Executive PrincipalMathew May
GenderMixed
Age11 to 18
Colour(s)red grey black
Websitewww.kempstonchallengeracademy.org

The school was originally named Hastingsbury Upper School and Community College, and later became a Business and Enterprise College. It was previously an upper school, teaching children from the age of 13 to 18. It was also a foundation school administered by Bedford Borough Council; it converted to academy status November 2015 and is now sponsored by the Challenger multi-academy trust.[1] The school was later renamed Kempston Challenger Academy. The school extended its lower age range in 2017 and is now a secondary school.

The school offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study.[2] Pupils in the sixth form can choose to study from a range of A Levels and BTECs.[3]

Kempston Challenger Academy is sponsored by the Challenger Multi-Academy Trust which also includes Daubeney Academy and The Deanes.[4]

References
  1. Stevens, Paul. "Home".
  2. https://www.kempstonchallengeracademy.org/subjects/
  3. "Kempston Challenger Academy | Sixth Form".
  4. https://www.challengermultiacademytrust.org/schools/



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