In 2011, Kennet was the highest achieving state school in West Berkshire using contextual value added results and third-highest using five good GCSEs.

[1] The school opened on 11 September 1957 as a secondary modern, before converting into a comprehensive in 1971[2] and finally changing to an academy on 1 April 2011.

[3] Ms G Rigg was appointed Acting Headteacher as Mrs G Piper stepped up to become CEO of the Trust in September 2022.

[6] It stocks over 22,000 books,[7] has seating for pupils and has a separate Sixth Form study section, which doubles as a seminar room.

[8] The school was criticised for not following professional guidelines and missing opportunities to prevent the abuse, prompting an investigation by the West Berkshire Safeguarding Children Board.

All maintained English schools must provide daily worship that is broadly Christian, although parents can remove their children and sixth formers may decline to attend.

The report also found that not all subject department heads have good enough monitoring systems to improve the quality of teaching and learning.

[23] The inspection in 2014, resulted in the school being rated as "Requires Improvement", although the sixth form was noted in the report as being "good".