E-Act Bourne End Academy

Bourne End Academy is a rapidly improving school that benefits from strong leadership and a committed staff. The quality of education is good, with pupils expressing pride in their school and feeling supported by adults. The leaders have created an ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum, with effective personal development programs. However, there are still challenges, particularly with ensuring all pupils, especially those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), are consistently challenged and supported across all subjects. This marks the school's first inspection since joining the E-ACT multi-academy trust and following significant improvements in recent years.

Strengths

• Strong leadership that provides purposeful direction
• Good support for pupils' personal development and welfare
• Effective support for pupils with SEND in many subjects
• Well-sequenced and ambitious curriculum
• Robust approach to dealing with bullying
• High levels of pupil pride and respect towards school community

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent implementation of the curriculum across subjects
• Some pupils not sufficiently challenged in their learning
• Adaptations for SEND needs are not always sufficient in all subjects

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 E-Act Bourne End Academy attended 87.1% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 37.9% 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, 11.9% of pupils at E-Act Bourne End Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 6 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 E-Act Bourne End Academy had 19.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 45.4% 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, 23.9% of pupils at E-Act Bourne End Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 5.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

The school has resourced provision with 8 pupils.

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 E-Act Bourne End Academy received £9,260 and spent £8,778 for each of its 748 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £803,000 (£1,074 per pupil).

Across all 37 schools of E-Act, income was £8,727 and spending £8,448 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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E-Act Bourne End Academy is part of E-Act, which runs 37 schools. The nearest others:

• Chalfont Valley E-ACT Primary Academy Amersham
• Denham Green E-ACT Primary Academy Denham Green
• Braintcroft E-ACT Primary Academy London
• E-ACT Crest Academy London
• City Heights E-ACT Academy London
• E-Act Ousedale School Newport Pagnell
• DSLV E-ACT Academy Daventry
• E-ACT The Grange School Daventry
• The Parker E-ACT Academy Daventry
• E-ACT the Kingfisher School Bristol

What is E-Act Bourne End Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for E-Act Bourne End Academy is Good, from an inspection in November 2025.

When was E-Act Bourne End Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

E-Act Bourne End Academy was last inspected in November 2025.

How many pupils does E-Act Bourne End Academy have?

E-Act Bourne End Academy has 707 pupils on roll.

What age range does E-Act Bourne End Academy cover?

E-Act Bourne End Academy for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are E-Act Bourne End Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 33.9, and 25% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is E-Act Bourne End Academy?

E-Act Bourne End Academy is at New Road, Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, SL8 5BW.