Bourn CofE Primary Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Cambridgeshire·CB23 2SP
Composite score
51.4
Compare Bourn CofE Primary Academy with another school
#6,779
National rank
#717
In East of England
#68
In Cambridgeshire
Top 46%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
63%
% achieving higher RWM
9%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

Legacy framework · Read full report ↗

Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
19 first choices, 20 places
First choices per place
0.95
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
34
any preference, for 20 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.05
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9320221.0020231.0020241.0020250.952026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Bourn CofE Primary Academy first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
200
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
12.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
9.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
8.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,405
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

Location

School overview

Bourn CofE Primary Academy is a primary school serving Cambridgeshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. It has 200 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Bourn CofE Primary Academy 'Good'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 63% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 15.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 9% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Bourn CofE Primary Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 19 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.0%. There are about 22.7 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 12% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

Compare Bourn CofE Primary Academy with another school