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 and black    
Websitehttps://www.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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