Secondary school

E-Act Bourne End Academy

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 11–18
  • Mixed
  • Buckinghamshire
  • SL8 5BW
  • Sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Sep 2022

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 2,833 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 87%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 80%80%2016/17: top 79%2017/18: top 80%2018/19: top 95%2021/22: top 67%2022/23: top 61%61% · 2022/232023/24: top 87%2024/25: top 87%No exams

A-level results

#385 of 394 South East sixth forms, state and independent, 2024/25

Independent and selective (grammar) schools choose their pupils, so high results partly reflect who gets in, not only teaching. Some independent schools don't publish results.

Against South East

Attainment 838 · South East 462/10 Well below South East−17.7 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths22.1% · South East 44.8%1/10 Well below South East−48.2 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score3.27 · South East 4.032/10 Well below South East−12.4 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.18 · South East +0.014/10 Below+20.6 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry20.28 · South East 33.471/10 Well below South East
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 45.1 · 120 pupils · South East 50.92016/17: 40.8 · 99 pupils · South East 46.72017/18: 40.1 · 98 pupils · South East 46.72018/19: 35.3 · 112 pupils · South East 47.12021/22: 45.1 · 130 pupils · South East 49.12022/23: 43.9 · 142 pupils · South East 46.52023/24: 37.5 · 143 pupils · South East 46.22024/25: 38 · 113 pupils · South East 4645.135.3No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 18% · 99 pupils · South East 43%2017/18: 26% · 98 pupils · South East 43.5%2018/19: 18% · 112 pupils · South East 43%2021/22: 54% · 130 pupils · South East 51%2022/23: 48% · 142 pupils · South East 45%2023/24: 25.9% · 143 pupils · South East 45.9%2024/25: 22.1% · 113 pupils · South East 44.8%54%18%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 24.55 · 17 pupils · South East 28.942016/17: 22.25 · 25 pupils · South East 29.962017/18: 26.03 · 21 pupils · South East 30.252018/19: 26.06 · 19 pupils · South East 31.762021/22: 25.71 · 30 pupils · South East 36.42022/23: 28.06 · 29 pupils · South East 32.822023/24: 14.59 · 44 pupils · South East 32.832024/25: 20.28 · 34 pupils · South East 33.4728.0614.59No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
52 of 52 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st5252
2nd5122
3rd5421

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2007–2022

  1. 2007Goodas predecessor
  2. 2010Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2013Inadequateas predecessor
  4. 2016Requires improvementas predecessor
  5. 2022Good

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Sixth form provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026707
Free school meals (past 6 years)32.5%
First language not English13.9%
SEN support20.6%
EHC plan7.9%
Absence (sessions missed)12.9%
Persistently absent pupils37.9%

Girls 52%Boys 48%

85.2% full · 830 places · 62 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher19.2
Pupils per adult11.8
  • Classroom teachers 31.8
  • Leadership 5
  • Teaching assistants 10.4
  • Other support 15.8

Teachers 36.8 FTE · Whole workforce 63 · 66 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£9,472
Spend per pupil£7,917
Staff spend per pupil£6,330
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£1,163,000in-year balance

Grants £9,402 · self-generated £70 · premises £425 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: E-ACT (38 academies) · trust reserve £25,862,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

143 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained85.3%
  • Education79%
  • Apprenticeship2.8%
  • Employment3.5%
  • Not sustained7%
  • Unknown7.7%

After sixth form (16–18)

60 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained78.3%
  • Education48.3%
  • Higher education45%
  • Apprenticeship3.3%
  • Employment26.7%
  • Not sustained11.7%
  • Unknown10%