Bourne Westfield Primary Academy

Bourne Westfield Primary Academy is a well-led, ambitious school where pupils achieve highly and behaviour is strong. The report highlights exemplary personal development and outstanding early years provision, with a broad curriculum, a strong reading programme, and well-tailored support for pupils with SEND. Pupils understand the school’s CORE values and benefit from a wide range of cultural and community opportunities. Safeguarding is effective. There are only minor areas for improvement. In a small number of subjects, teaching does not consistently ensure pupils know and remember key curriculum content, and leaders do not yet use all available information to evaluate the impact of some recently introduced initiatives, including new SEND provision. The school was previously judged outstanding and had been exempt from routine inspection until November 2020; this was its first routine inspection since the pandemic, and it is part of the Keystone Academy Trust.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve highly and live up to the school’s CORE values.
• Personal development provision is exemplary and prepares pupils well for life in modern Britain.
• A broad ‘cultural promise’ gives all pupils, including disadvantaged pupils, rich experiences.
• Early years provision is outstanding, with a well-sequenced curriculum and skilful adult support.
• The curriculum is well designed across subjects, with content taught in a logical order.
• Reading is a top priority, and phonics support helps pupils who fall behind to keep up.
• Pupils with SEND are well supported through thorough assessment and tailored plans.
• Behaviour is good; pupils are courteous and understand the ‘Westy Way’.
• Leaders, governors and the trust are highly ambitious and know what needs to improve.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Areas for Improvement

• In a small number of subjects, inconsistencies mean pupils do not remember key learning as well as they should.
• Leaders do not use all available information to evaluate the impact of recently introduced initiatives.
• New SEND provision in the ‘willow room’ and ‘learning base 2’ is at an early stage, with impact not yet measured over time.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Bourne Westfield Primary Academy attended 96.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.1% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 2.5% of pupils at Bourne Westfield Primary Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Bourne Westfield Primary Academy had 23.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 17.1% of pupils at Bourne Westfield Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Bourne Westfield Primary Academy received £6,819 and spent £6,124 for each of its 670 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,201,000 (£1,794 per pupil).

Across all 6 schools of Keystone Academy Trust, income was £6,919 and spending £6,449 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Bourne · Lincolnshire local authority: places and applications

Bourne Westfield Primary Academy is part of Keystone Academy Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

• Thurlby Community Primary Academy Bourne
• The Cowbit St Mary's Church of England Academy Spalding
• Surfleet Primary School Spalding
• Long Sutton County Primary School Spalding
• Tower Road Academy Boston
• Lutton St Nicholas Primary Academy Spalding

What is Bourne Westfield Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Bourne Westfield Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in June 2025.

When was Bourne Westfield Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Bourne Westfield Primary Academy was last inspected in June 2025.

How many pupils does Bourne Westfield Primary Academy have?

Bourne Westfield Primary Academy has 683 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bourne Westfield Primary Academy cover?

Bourne Westfield Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Bourne Westfield Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Bourne Westfield Primary Academy?

Bourne Westfield Primary Academy is at Westbourne Park, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 9QS.