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Foundation school · West Sussex

Bourne Community College

  • 11–16Ages
  • 692Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 126069URN

Park Road, Southbourne, Emsworth, PO10 8PJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jan 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.7per place
0.6 below West Sussex median (2.3)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in West Sussex

238 applications for 137 places · 33rd of 40 in West Sussex
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
40.5of 90
36th of 40 in West Sussex
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 6 January 2026Published 4 February 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 6 January 2026
    Report card · 2 Expected standard, 4 Needs attention
  2. 2 November 2021
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.7applications per place, Year 7
0.6 below West Sussex median (2.3) 0.5 below England median (2.2)

238 applications · 137 places offered · 119 named it first

  1. 2026 1.7; West Sussex median median 2.3
  2. 2025 1.7; West Sussex median median 2.2
  3. 2024 1.7; West Sussex median median 2.2
  4. 2023 1.7; West Sussex median median 2.1
  5. 2022 1.6; West Sussex median median 2.3
  6. 2021 1.7; West Sussex median median 2.3
  7. 2020 1.8; West Sussex median median 2.4
  8. 2019 1.6; West Sussex median median 2.4
  9. 2018 1.8; West Sussex median median 2.6
  10. 2017 1.9; West Sussex median median 2.2
  11. 2016 2.1; West Sussex median median 2.3
  12. 2015 2.5; West Sussex median median 2.3
  13. 2014 2.5; West Sussex median median 2.1
  • This school
  • West Sussex median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261372381.71190.87
Sep 20251372371.71110.81
Sep 20241502581.71340.89
Sep 20231732871.71500.87
Sep 20221602571.61360.85
Sep 20211522551.71310.86
Sep 20201793161.81570.88
Sep 20191672711.61360.81
Sep 20181622931.81490.92
Sep 20171352571.91230.91
Sep 20161473052.11571.07
Sep 20151543852.51821.18
Sep 20141473632.51751.19

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

119 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)40.536th of 40 in West Sussex
Grade 5 or above in English and maths40%29th of 40 in West Sussex
Grade 4 or above in English and maths61%
  • This school
  • West Sussex median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.15
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)11940.540%61%–
2024/2514739.133%59%–
2023/2413345.739%66%+0.15
2022/2316442.237%57%−0.29

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Foundation school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
126069 · 938/4028
Trust
Bourne Community Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
900 pupils · 692 on roll
Free school meals
21.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Address
Park Road, Southbourne, Emsworth, PO10 8PJ
Local authority
West Sussex · Chichester

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources