Academy converter · Cambridgeshire

Bourn CofE Primary Academy

4–11Ages
193Pupils
PrimaryPhase
Church of EnglandReligious character
137626URN

Riddy Lane, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2SP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Sep 2023 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.7per place

close to Cambridgeshire median (1.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Cambridgeshire

34 applications for 20 places · 86th of 162 in Cambridgeshire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

63%met the expected standard

Cambridgeshire 62% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 26 September 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

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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, Reception

close to Cambridgeshire median (1.8) 0.5 below England median (2.2)

34 applications · 20 places offered · 19 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

2026 1.7; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2025 1.7; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2024 2.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2023 1.8; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2022 2.2; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2021 2.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
2020 1.9; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2019 2.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
2018 2.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.8
2017 2.1; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
2016 2.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
2015 2.1; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9
2014 1.7; Cambridgeshire median median 1.9

This school
Cambridgeshire median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	20	34	1.7	19	0.95
Sep 2025	23	40	1.7	23	1.00
Sep 2024	24	55	2.3	24	1.00
Sep 2023	25	44	1.8	25	1.00
Sep 2022	27	59	2.2	25	0.93
Sep 2021	30	71	2.4	36	1.20
Sep 2020	26	49	1.9	26	1.00
Sep 2019	28	66	2.4	34	1.21
Sep 2018	28	67	2.4	34	1.21
Sep 2017	28	59	2.1	30	1.07
Sep 2016	28	67	2.4	28	1.00
Sep 2015	27	57	2.1	26	0.96
Sep 2014	29	48	1.7	29	1.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 78% · Writing 66% · Maths 84% → all three 63% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard63%83rd of 195 in Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire 62% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard78%

Cambridgeshire 78% England 78%

Higher standard66%

Cambridgeshire 34% England 33%

Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard66%

Cambridgeshire 70% England 75%

Greater depth9%

Cambridgeshire 10% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard84%

Cambridgeshire 76% England 77%

Higher standard41%

Cambridgeshire 26% England 24%

Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)

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Cambridgeshire median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	63%	9%	108	108
2023/24	78%	16%	110	107
2022/23	74%	30%	110	107

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

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

Bourn CofE Primary AcademyThis school
This school

Good2023

1.7applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
The Vine Inter-Church Primary School
2.9 km · Cambridgeshire

Remains Good2023

1.9applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
Monkfield Park Primary School
3.0 km · Cambridgeshire

Remains Good2024

2.5applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
Jeavons Wood Primary School
3.2 km · Cambridgeshire

2026

1.9applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
Caldecote Primary School
3.6 km · Cambridgeshire

Remains Good2022

1.7applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
Barnabas Oley CofE Primary School
5.1 km · Cambridgeshire

Standards maintained2025

2.3applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
The Newton Community Primary School
5.7 km · Cambridgeshire

Good2023

2.3applications per place 33%met the SATs standard
Hardwick and Cambourne Community Primary School
6.1 km · Cambridgeshire

2026

1.8applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
Meridian Primary School
6.4 km · Cambridgeshire

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.5applications per place 58%met the SATs standard

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School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 137626 · 873/3002
Trust: Bourn Church of England Primary Academy
Religious character: Church of England
Capacity: 154 pupils · 193 on roll
Free school meals: 13.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 November 2011
Replaced: Bourn CofE Primary School (URN 110782)
Address: Riddy Lane, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2SP
Local authority: Cambridgeshire · South Cambridgeshire

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources