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Bournemouth Park Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Bournemouth Park Road, Southend-on-Sea SS2 5JN · bournemouthpark.co.uk · 01702 468046
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 64%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Southend-on-Sea 62%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Southend On Sea Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 534
- 85% of 630 places
- Local authority
- Southend-on-Sea
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 43.7%
- First language not English
- 22.1%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Tenacitas Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Southend On Sea Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 53 families put the school first and 59 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 59 | 53 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 42 | 36 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 38 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 58 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 72 | 1.2▲ | 83% |
Results
In 2024/25, 64% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 8% the higher standard. Across Southend-on-Sea it was 62%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ●64% | 62% | ||
| ●8% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 133771)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Bournemouth Park Academy on 4 March 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 4 Mar 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Sept 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Mar 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Dec 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
73% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (63 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 73%
- Replies
- 63
- 11% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 78% who raised concerns
based on the 46% who had a child bullied
based on 16 parents (25%) with SEND