Bourne Primary School
Primary schoolBourne Primary School is a primary school in Eastbourne, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 414 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Requires improvement (overall), June 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 4 June 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 33% of pupils at Bourne Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 61% in East Sussex and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | East Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 33% | 61% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100 | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Anderida Learning CentreSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file340 m
- Roselands Infants' SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), October 2023810 m
- St Thomas A Becket Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), February 2022, before the school changed1.1 km
- Stafford Junior SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), July 2024. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- Eastbourne CollegeIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file1.4 km
- St Andrew's Church of England Infants SchoolPrimary. No outcome in Ofsted's file1.5 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Eastbourne
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).