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Academy sponsor led · Buckinghamshire

E-Act Bourne End Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 707Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 146518URN

New Road, Bourne End, SL8 5BW · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Sep 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.6per place
1.5 below Buckinghamshire median (3.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in BuckinghamshireSelective

228 applications for 146 places · 32nd of 36 in Buckinghamshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
33.9of 90
35th of 36 in Buckinghamshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 27 September 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth form provisionGood

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
1.6applications per place, Year 7
1.5 below Buckinghamshire median (3.1) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

228 applications · 146 places offered · 52 named it first

  1. 2026 1.6; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
  2. 2025 2.4; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
  3. 2024 2.8; Buckinghamshire median median 3.0
  4. 2023 1.9; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
  5. 2022 0.9; Buckinghamshire median median 3.0
  6. 2021 1.0; Buckinghamshire median median 4.0
  7. 2020 1.0; Buckinghamshire median median 3.4
  8. 2019 1.1; Buckinghamshire median median 3.3
  9. 2018 1.0; Buckinghamshire median median 3.6; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.2; Buckinghamshire median median 3.2; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.4; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.3; Buckinghamshire median median 2.9; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.3; Buckinghamshire median median 2.9; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Buckinghamshire median in 0 of 8 years.
  • This school
  • Buckinghamshire median

Dashed bars: as Bourne End Academy (URN 140678), The Wye Valley School (URN 110508), the previous school.

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 20261462281.6520.36
Sep 20251433422.4980.69
Sep 20241444082.81410.98
Sep 20231422761.91100.77
Sep 20222332200.9790.34
Sep 20211901801.0530.28
Sep 20201991981.0540.27
Sep 20192322621.1820.35
Sep 2018 *2372431.0700.30
Sep 2017 *2172511.2750.35
Sep 2016 *1582211.4590.37
Sep 2015 *1672101.3590.35
Sep 2014 *1652101.3490.30

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

122 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)33.935th of 36 in Buckinghamshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths25%33rd of 36 in Buckinghamshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths44%
  • This school
  • Buckinghamshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.18
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)12233.925%44%–
2024/2511338.022%52%–
2023/2414337.526%49%−0.18
2022/2314243.948%66%+0.11

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
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
146518 · 825/4013
Trust
E-Act
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
830 pupils · 707 on roll
Free school meals
32.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 September 2018
Replaced
Bourne End Academy (URN 140678); The Wye Valley School (URN 110508)
Address
New Road, Bourne End, SL8 5BW
Local authority
Buckinghamshire

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