Bourne Community College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 2 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
West Sussex
Unique reference
126069
Address
Park Road, Southbourne, PO10 8PJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
730 (83% of total capacity)
Boys
55.5%
Girls
44.5%
First language not English
2.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
16.8%
Persistent absence
29.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 85.9%
Mixed 4.1%
Other White 3.7%
Gypsy/Roma 2.3%
Other Asian 0.8%
Other Black 0.7%
Irish 0.5%
Caribbean 0.4%
African 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.29
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.05
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 9%
Local authority average 33%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 37%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.2
Local authority average 46.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.32
Local authority average 4.04
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
MultimediaTechnical Award23
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award22
Speech & DramaTechnical Award17
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)5
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE42
BiologyGCSE156
ChemistryGCSE147
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE28
Design & TechnologyGCSE14
English LanguageGCSE160
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Bourne Community College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
150
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
134
2nd preference
80
3rd preference
44
From another Local Authority
89
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
134
2nd preference
14
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
43
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
170
96
74
Year 8
148
85
63
Year 9
126
62
64
Year 10
151
85
66
Year 11
135
77
58
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
88.5%
86.5%
Further education
80.0%
37.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
4.0%
28.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
20.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.2%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
3.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
2.4%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
4.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
3.0%
1.1%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022