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Bourne Community College[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 40 40.5 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
40.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
39.5% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
8.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.15 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 39.1[5] 32.7%[5]
2023/24 45.7[3] 39.1%[3] +0.15[3]
2022/23 42.2[6] 37%[6] -0.29[6]
2021/22 44.6[7] 38%[7] -0.15[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
91% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
3% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
76% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
7% 2022/23[8]
Employment
4% 2022/23[8]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 93%[9] 6%[9] 1%[9] 76%[9] 4%[9] 6%[9]
2020/21 93%[10] 4%[10] 1%[10] 80%[10] 3%[10] 5%[10]
2019/20 92%[11] 2%[11] 1%[11] 81%[11] 4%[11] 3%[11]
2018/19 95%[12] 1%[12] 1%[12] 83%[12] 4%[12] 5%[12]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
6 Jan 2026[13]
Type
S5 Inspection[13]
Report published
4 Feb 2026[13]
Inclusion
Expected standard[13]
Achievement
Needs attention[13]
Safeguarding standards
Met[13]
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention[13]
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention[13]
Leadership and governance
Needs attention[13]
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard[13]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
2 Nov 2021[14] S5 Inspection[14] Good[14]
Date not published[15] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[15] Good[15]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.7 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Applications (any preference)
238 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences
119 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Places offered
137 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences per place
0.9 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 237[16] 111[16] 137[16] 1.7[16] 0.8[16]
Entry Sept 2024 258[16] 134[16] 150[16] 1.7[16] 0.9[16]
Entry Sept 2023 287[16] 150[16] 173[16] 1.7[16] 0.9[16]
Entry Sept 2022 257[16] 136[16] 160[16] 1.6[16] 0.8[16]

Character & practicalities

Type
Foundation school[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
900[1]
Trust
Bourne Community Trust[1]
Local authority
West Sussex[1]
Website
http://www.bourne.org.uk/[1]
District
Chichester[17]
Postcode
PO10 8PJ[1]
URN
126069[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
729 2024/25[18]
English as an additional language
2.2% 2024/25[18]
SEN support
20.4% 2024/25[18]
EHC plan
6.2% 2024/25[18]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
22.6% 2024/25[18]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
93.1%[19]
Mixed
4.8%[19]
Asian
0.3%[19]
Black
0.7%[19]
Any other ethnic group
0.4%[19]
Unclassified
0.7%[19]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2025/26. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2021/22. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2015/16. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  17. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  18. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  19. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.