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E-Act Bourne End Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 34 33.9 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL D D 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
33.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
24.6% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
2.5% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.18 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 38[6] 22.1%[6]
2023/24 37.5[4] 25.9%[4] -0.18[4]
2022/23 43.9[7] 48%[7] +0.11[7]
2021/22 45.1[8] 54%[8] +0.05[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
D 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
14.3% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 E+[10]
2022/23 C-[11] 0%[11]
2021/22 C-[12] 12.5%[12]
2018/19 C-[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
96% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
35% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
16% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
37% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[14]
Employment
5% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 92%[15] 34%[15] 12%[15] 35%[15] 4%[15] 6%[15]
2020/21 88%[16] 35%[16] 5%[16] 45%[16] 0%[16] 2%[16]
2019/20 94%[17] 35%[17] 10%[17] 41%[17] 1%[17] 4%[17]
2018/19 93%[18] 25%[18] 8%[18] 52%[18] 7%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
91% 2022/23[19]
Education
44% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
19% 2022/23[19]
Employment
28% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 78%[20] 39%[20] 14%[20] 25%[20]
2020/21 85%[21] 42%[21] 8%[21] 35%[21]
2019/20 85%[22] 50%[22] 0%[22] 35%[22]
2018/19 82%[23] 43%[23] 4%[23] 36%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
53% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
8% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
5% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 42%[26] 4%[26]
2019/20 55%[25] 5%[25] 5%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 46%[27] 0%[27] 0%[27] 0%[27]

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
27 Sep 2022[28]
Type
Academy First Section 5[28]
Report published
16 Nov 2022[28]
Personal development
Good[28]
Quality of education
Good[28]
Overall effectiveness
Good[28]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[28]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[28]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[28]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[28]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.6 Entry Sept 2026[29]
Applications (any preference)
228 Entry Sept 2026[29]
First preferences
52 Entry Sept 2026[29]
Places offered
146 Entry Sept 2026[29]
First preferences per place
0.4 Entry Sept 2026[29]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 342[29] 98[29] 143[29] 2.4[29] 0.7[29]
Entry Sept 2024 408[29] 141[29] 144[29] 2.8[29] 1.0[29]
Entry Sept 2023 276[29] 110[29] 142[29] 1.9[29] 0.8[29]
Entry Sept 2022 220[29] 79[29] 233[29] 0.9[29] 0.3[29]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Capacity
830[1]
Trust
E-ACT[1]
Local authority
Buckinghamshire[1]
Website
https://bourneendacademy.e-act.org.uk/[1]
District
Buckinghamshire[30]
Postcode
SL8 5BW[1]
URN
146518[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
748 2024/25[31]
English as an additional language
13.9% 2024/25[31]
SEN support
20.6% 2024/25[31]
EHC plan
7.9% 2024/25[31]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
32.5% 2024/25[31]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
69.9%[32]
Mixed
10.9%[32]
Asian
13.3%[32]
Black
2.8%[32]
Any other ethnic group
1%[32]
Unclassified
2.1%[32]

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.
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    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.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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