Bourne Academy is a mixed secondary academy in Bourne, Lincolnshire County Council, teaching 1,573 pupils aged 11 to 18. Its last Ofsted inspection in May 2022 found the school remains Good. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 47.2 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 4 September 2025 to 17 July 2026.

Ofsted inspection

The latest published Ofsted judgement for Bourne Academy.

Latest inspection
Good Ungraded inspection
Outcome: School remains Good. Ungraded (short) inspections confirm whether standards are maintained since the last full graded inspection — they don’t assign new category grades.
Ungraded inspection · Inspected 5 May 2022 · Published 23 Jun 2022
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Term dates & holidays 2025–2026

Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Bourne Academy.

Bourne Academy term dates calendar 2025–2026
Official term-dates calendar · 2025–2026 · source

Interactive Calendar

September 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 2–3 Staff Training Days
  • 4 Start of Autumn Term (Years 7, 10, 11 & 12 return)
  • 4–30 Autumn Term
  • 5 All Year Groups Return
October 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–24 Autumn Term
  • 27–31 Autumn Half Term Holiday
November 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 3–30 2nd Autumn Term
December 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–19 2nd Autumn Term
  • 22–31 Christmas Holiday
  • 25 Christmas Day Bank Holiday
  • 26 Boxing Day Bank Holiday
January 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–2 Christmas Holiday
  • 1 New Year's Day Bank Holiday
  • 5–31 Spring Term (3rd Term)
February 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
  • 1–13 Spring Term (3rd Term)
  • 16–20 Spring Half Term Holiday
  • 23–28 Spring Term (4th Term)
March 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–31 Spring Term (4th Term)
April 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1–2 Spring Term (4th Term)
  • 3–17 Easter Holiday
  • 3 Good Friday Bank Holiday
  • 6 Easter Monday Bank Holiday
  • 20–30 Summer Term (5th Term)
May 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–22 Summer Term (5th Term)
  • 4 Early May Bank Holiday
  • 4 Early May Bank Holiday
  • 25–29 Summer Half Term Holiday / Spring Bank Holiday
  • 25 Spring Bank Holiday
June 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1–30 Summer Term (6th Term)
July 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–17 Summer Term (6th Term)
  • 18–31 Summer Holiday
August 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–31 Summer Holiday
  • 31 Summer Bank Holiday
September 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1 Summer Holiday

Key dates (2025–2026)

  • Staff Training Days Sep 2-3, 2025 Inset Day
  • Start of Autumn Term (Years 7, 10, 11 & 12 return) Sep 4, 2025 Term
  • All Year Groups Return Sep 5, 2025 Event
  • Autumn Term Sep 4 - Oct 24, 2025 Term
  • Autumn Half Term Holiday Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
  • 2nd Autumn Term Nov 3 - Dec 19, 2025 Term
  • Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Term (3rd Term) Jan 5 - Feb 13, 2026 Term
  • Spring Half Term Holiday Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Term (4th Term) Feb 23 - Apr 2, 2026 Term
  • Easter Holiday Apr 3-17, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Term (5th Term) Apr 20 - May 22, 2026 Term
  • Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Half Term Holiday / Spring Bank Holiday May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Term (6th Term) Jun 1 - Jul 17, 2026 Term
  • Summer Holiday Jul 18 - Sep 1, 2026 Holiday
  • New Year's Day Bank Holiday Jan 1, 2026 Holiday
  • Good Friday Bank Holiday Apr 3, 2026 Holiday
  • Easter Monday Bank Holiday Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
  • Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
  • Christmas Day Bank Holiday Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
  • Boxing Day Bank Holiday Dec 26, 2025 Holiday

Exam results & performance

DfE performance tables Official results, 2024–2025 GOV.UK ↗
47.2 Attainment 8 England 46.1 Top 34%
37.4% Grade 5+ English & maths England 45.4%
34.36 A level average score England 35
22.3% Persistent absence England 17.8%

The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Bourne Academy with Lincolnshire County Council and England.

Key stage 4 (GCSE) 47.2 Attainment 8 score

Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.

This school Lincolnshire County Council England

Attainment 8 score · Average across 8 GCSEs, out of 90 47.2
Lincolnshire County Council 45.1 England 46.1 +1.1 vs England
Grade 5+ in English & maths · A strong pass 37.4%
Lincolnshire County Council 41.9% England 45.4% -8 vs England
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils 41.2
Lincolnshire County Council 33.8 England 34.9 +6.3 vs England
Disadvantage gap · Attainment 8 points; smaller is better 7.9
Lincolnshire County Council 15.4 England 15.5 -7.6 vs England
Disadvantaged pupils in the year group · Context for the scores above 23.8%
Lincolnshire County Council 26.5% England 28.2%
Pupils in the year group · Small cohorts swing wildly 235
16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 34.36 A level average point score

Results for students finishing post-16 study.

This school Lincolnshire County Council England

A level average point score · Per entry, 50 = A* 34.36
Lincolnshire County Council 34.44 England 35 -0.6 vs England
A level students · Small cohorts swing wildly 95
Attendance 22.3% Persistently absent pupils

Absence across the whole school year.

This school Lincolnshire County Council England

Persistently absent pupils · Missed 10%+ of sessions; lower is better 22.3%
Lincolnshire County Council 17.7% England 17.8% +4.5 vs England
Overall absence · Lower is better 7.4%
Lincolnshire County Council 6.6% England 6.8% +0.6 vs England
What pupils do after GCSEs 94% In education, apprenticeship or work

Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.

This school Lincolnshire County Council England

In education, apprenticeship or work 94%
Lincolnshire County Council 92% England 92% +2 vs England
Same, for disadvantaged pupils 88%
Lincolnshire County Council 84% England 83% +5 vs England
What students do after 16 to 18 study 89% In education, apprenticeship or work

Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.

This school Lincolnshire County Council England

In education, apprenticeship or work 89%
Lincolnshire County Council 82% England 79% +10 vs England
Went to higher education 53%
Lincolnshire County Council 39% England 37% +16 vs England
About this data source & caveats

Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.

We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.

Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Bourne Academy. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.

Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Location & catchment area

Indicative catchment Other secondary schools

Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Bourne Academy than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.