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
- Website
- http://www.bourne.org.uk/
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%
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%
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
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Multimedia | Technical Award | 23 |
Small Business Management | Technical Award | 22 |
Speech & Drama | Technical Award | 17 |
Additional Mathematics FSMQ | Other General Qualification (Level 3) | 5 |
Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 42 |
Biology | GCSE | 156 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 147 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 28 |
Design & Technology | GCSE | 14 |
English Language | GCSE | 160 |
Admissions
Bourne Community College
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 150
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 134
- 2nd preference
- 80
- 3rd preference
- 44
- From another Local Authority
- 89
Offers
- 1st preference
- 134
- 2nd preference
- 14
- 3rd preference
- 2
- To another Local Authority
- 43
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 22.5 |
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 |
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% |