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E-Act Bourne End Academy

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy

New Road, Bourne End SL8 5BW · bourneendacademy.e-act.org.uk · 01628 819022

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Sept 2022
GCSEs, 2024/25
38
average Attainment 8 score. Buckinghamshire 53.4, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Buckinghamshire Council
Demand for places
0.4
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
707
85% of 830 places
Local authority
Buckinghamshire
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
32.5%
First language not English
14.6%
School census 2025/26
Trust
E-Act

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Buckinghamshire Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 52 families put the school first and 146 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 79 (Places 233)79September 2023: 110 (Places 142)110September 2024: 141 (Places 144)141September 2025: 98 (Places 143)98September 2026: 52 (Places 146)52Places 146
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026146520.4100%
September 2025Sept 2025143980.798%
September 2024Sept 2024144141187%
September 2023Sept 20231421100.8100%
September 2022Sept 2022233790.3100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 38, and 22.1% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Buckinghamshire it was 53.4, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade D (20.3 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 40.8 (England 46.3)40.82018/19: 35.3 (England 46.7)35.32021/22: 45.1 (England 48.8)45.12022/23: 43.9 (England 46.3)43.92023/24: 37.5 (England 45.9)37.52024/25: 38.0 (England 46.0)38.0England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼3846
▼22.1%45.4%
▼52.2%64.8%
▼24.8%40.5%
▼3.274.09

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 140678)

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form21−12.8
Sixth form college12.6+0.3
Further education44.8+9.4
Other education0.7−0.1
Apprenticeship2.8−1
Employment3.5−1.1
Not in a lasting destination7+0.8
Activity not captured7.7+4.6

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 24.6 (England 30.5)D+2016/17: 22.3 (England 31.1)D+2017/18: 26.0 (England 32.1)C-2018/19: 26.1 (England 32.9)C-2021/22: 25.7 (England 37.9)C-2022/23: 28.1 (England 34.2)C-2023/24: 14.6 (England 34.4)E+2024/25: 20.3 (England 35.0)DEngland 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
34 studentsD (20.3)Below average -0.54
36 studentsD (21)Below average -0.48
39 studentsMerit (25.3)Below average -0.27
14.3%AAB or better
95.2%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2444E+ (14.6)-0.75
2022/2329C- (28.1)—
2021/2230C- (25.7)—
2018/1919C- (26.1)-0.32
2017/1821C- (26)+0.42
2016/1725D+ (22.3)+0.23
2015/1617D+ (24.6)+0.11

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University45+6.1
Further and other education3.3—
Further education1.7—
Other education1.7—
Apprenticeship3.3−10.6
Employment26.7+1.7
Not in a lasting destination11.7−7.7
Activity not captured10+7.2

Ofsted

E-Act Bourne End Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 27 September 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
27 Sept 2022
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth formGood

Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Nov 2016

Other inspections

Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 140678), which Ofsted links to this one.

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Oct 2025Monitoring visit
    SafeguardingMet

Before September 2019

  • Nov 2016Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 140678)

What parents said

85% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (156 replies, to 4 September 2023).

Recommend
85%
Replies
156
21% · 4 Sept 2023
Child is happy at school▼83% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe●87% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▲87% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲88% agreeEngland 82%
Child does well▼82% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn●83% agreeEngland 82%
Told how child is doing▲87% agreeEngland 84%
Good range of subjects▼85% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities●91% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development●78% agreeEngland 78%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲79% agreeEngland 76%

based on the 76% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲56% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 34% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need●65% agreeEngland 67%

based on 51 parents (33%) with SEND

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