Bourne Primary School
About the school
Bourne Primary School is an open primary school in East Sussex.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 4 June 2024
- Published
- 10 September 2024
- Inspection type
- Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
- Latest outcome
- Requires improvement
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Good
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 33%
- East Sussex
- 61%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 0%
- East Sussex
- 6%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 55%
- East Sussex
- 74%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 63%
- East Sussex
- 72%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 55%
- East Sussex
- 71%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 51%
- East Sussex
- 66%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 10%
- East Sussex
- 19%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 94%
- East Sussex
- 82%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 101
- East Sussex
- 105
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 100
- East Sussex
- 104
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 100
- East Sussex
- 103
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
446
Girls
48.43%
Boys
51.57%
SEN support
21.30%
Education, health and care plan
1.35%
English as an additional language
59.90%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
34.15%
Overall absence
7.57
Persistent absence
27.36