Bourne Grammar School

Bourne Grammar School has demonstrated good overall effectiveness during its first inspection as an academy, following a significant increase in student enrollment since its last inspection in 2008. The school excels in providing an outstanding quality of education, particularly within the sixth form, with leaders ensuring a well-structured curriculum that allows students to build knowledge effectively. Behaviour and attitudes are exemplary, with pupils feeling safe and valued, fostering a positive learning environment. However, while personal development is rated as good, there are areas for improvement, particularly in broadening students' understanding of diverse cultures and providing comprehensive careers advice.

Strengths

• Outstanding quality of education in the sixth form
• Exemplary behaviour and attitudes of pupils
• Strong subject knowledge among teachers
• High-quality curriculum planned meticulously
• Effective support for pupils with SEND
• Expansive range of extracurricular opportunities available

Areas for Improvement

• Insufficient appreciation of different cultures and religions among pupils
• Need for improvement in high-quality independent careers advice
• Governance not holding leaders to account as effectively as possible

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 Grammar School attended 95.3% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 10.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

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, 1.4% of pupils at Bourne Grammar School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 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 Grammar School had 18.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

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, 11.7% of pupils at Bourne Grammar School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 0.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

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 secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Bourne Grammar School received £6,617 and spent £6,381 for each of its 1,740 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £789,000 (£453 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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What is Bourne Grammar School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Bourne Grammar School is Good, from an inspection in December 2022.

When was Bourne Grammar School last inspected by Ofsted?

Bourne Grammar School was last inspected in December 2022.

How many pupils does Bourne Grammar School have?

Bourne Grammar School has 1,718 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bourne Grammar School cover?

Bourne Grammar School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Bourne Grammar School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 67.2, and 88% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Bourne Grammar School?

Bourne Grammar School is at South Road, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 9JE.