E-Act Bourne End Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 28 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Buckinghamshire
Unique reference
146518
Address
New Road, SL8 5BW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
843 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
48.4%
Girls
51.6%
First language not English
15.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
29.4%
Persistent absence
38.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 59.9%
Pakistani 10.2%
Other White 9.4%
Mixed 8.8%
Other Asian 3.6%
Unclassified 2.1%
Caribbean 1.5%
Indian 1.2%
African 1.1%
Other 0.9%
Other Black 0.6%
Irish 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
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
0.11
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.26
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 11%
Local authority average 43%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 48%
Local authority average 60%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43.9
Local authority average 54.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.53
Local authority average 4.83
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award12
Sports StudiesTechnical Award26
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award13
Health StudiesTechnical Award43
Speech & DramaTechnical Award15
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE16
Art & DesignGCSE1
BiologyGCSE60
Business Studies:SingleGCSE54
ChemistryGCSE56
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Bourne End Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
144
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
141
2nd preference
77
3rd preference
66
From another Local Authority
37
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
122
2nd preference
15
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
2
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 classes27.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
150
77
73
Year 8
178
76
102
Year 9
140
81
59
Year 10
114
59
55
Year 11
143
66
77
Year 12
64
23
41
Year 13
54
26
28
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
92.4%
86.5%
Further education
45.0%
20.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
35.0%
66.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
5.0%
4.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.2%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
2.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
1.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
10.0%
2.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
55.0%
76.6%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
5.0%
39.2%
19.7%
Russell Group
5.0%
35.0%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
2.8%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
5.0%
0.9%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
5.0%
2.2%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020