Bourne Primary School | School performance

33%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

446

Pupils · 2024/25

60%

EAL · 2024/25

27%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

33%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

446

Pupils · 2024/25

60%

EAL · 2024/25

27%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

33%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

446

Pupils · 2024/25

60%

EAL · 2024/25

27%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Requires improvement

Ofsted inspection · 04/06/2024

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityEast Sussex

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio18.7:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Bourne Primary School · Primary · East Sussex

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

33%

-5pp

64%49%33%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 33%

RWM higher standard

-2pp

5%3%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 0%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

55%

Reading higher standard

Writing expected standard

63%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

55%

Maths higher standard

14%

Science expected standard

94%

SPAG expected standard

51%

SPAG higher standard

10%

Reading scaled score

101.0

Maths scaled score

100.0

GPS scaled score

100.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

446

Pupil : teacher ratio

18.7

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

60%

FSM eligible

34%

SEN

23%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

27%

Contact

Address

Melbourne Road, Eastbourne, BN22 8BD

Local authority

East Sussex

Website

http://www.bourne.e-sussex.sch.uk

Telephone

01323724729

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	33%	0%	55%	8%	63%	0%	55%	14%	94%	51%	101.0	100.0	100.0	—	—	—	23%	446
2023/24	38%	2%	58%	15%	62%	4%	49%	5%	82%	51%	101.0	98.0	100.0	—	—	—	22%	434
2022/23	41%	5%	54%	21%	64%	11%	53%	9%	82%	61%	102.0	100.0	101.0	-3.40	-1.80	-4.10	19%	447
2018/19	43%	0%	67%	15%	63%	0%	69%	7%	81%	76%	103.0	102.0	105.0	-3.20	-5.50	-4.20	20%	451
2017/18	64%	3%	71%	43%	74%	10%	72%	19%	79%	71%	106.0	103.0	105.0	+1.30	-1.40	-0.90	18%	457
2016/17	41%	2%	50%	16%	73%	5%	66%	9%	86%	68%	100.0	101.0	102.0	-0.80	+1.00	-0.50	18%	453

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	446	18.0	23%	60%	34%	8%	27%
2023/24	434	20.5	22%	50%	33%	8%	27%
2022/23	447	21.4	19%	47%	33%	9%	28%
2021/22	438	21.4	19%	44%	38%	8%	26%
2020/21	450	21.5	19%	48%	34%	—	—
2018/19	451	19.9	20%	49%	30%	4%	11%
2017/18	457	20.9	18%	53%	28%	5%	14%
2016/17	453	21.0	18%	53%	33%	5%	17%