Bourne Primary School
Cedar Avenue, Ruislip, HA4 6UJ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Michelle Green
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Uxbridge and South Ruislip
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 250
- Pupils on roll
- 203
- URN
- 102368
- Local authority
- Hillingdon
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01895462359
About this school
Bourne Primary School is a community primary school in Ruislip. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 203 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 24 | 29 | 29 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 79% | 62% | 83% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 13% | 0% | 21% |
| Expected standard in reading | 88% | 66% | 86% |
| Expected standard in maths | 88% | 79% | 93% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 96% | 72% | 90% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 102.0 | 109.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 105.0 | 110.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +3.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.20 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Bourne Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Hillingdon average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 79% | 60.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 62% | 60.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 83% | 63.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 218 |
| 2023/24 | 230 |
| 2024/25 | 220 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bourne Primary School compares
Bourne Primary School ranked 4th of 55 primary schools in Hillingdon for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 91% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 83% | 5.7% | 18% | 203 | — |
| Deanesfield Primary School | 87% | 4.6% | 16.1% | 684 | 0.6 miles |
| Willow Tree Primary School | 66% | 6.6% | 43.8% | 462 | 0.7 miles |
| St Swithun Wells Catholic Primary School | 72% | 3.4% | 4.5% | 231 | 0.8 miles |
| Earlsmead Primary School | 55% | 5.7% | 30.3% | 344 | 1.0 miles |
| Field End Infant School | — | 6.7% | 19.1% | 265 | 1.1 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 17.95%
- English as an additional language
- 64.5%
- Overall absence
- 5.66%
- Persistent absence
- 16%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Deanesfield Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Ruislip
-
Willow Tree Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Northolt
-
St Swithun Wells Catholic Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Ruislip
-
Earlsmead Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Harrow
-
Field End Infant School1.1 miles
Primary · Ruislip
Other schools in Ruislip
Bourne Primary School ranks 3rd of the 11 ranked primary schools in Ruislip.
- Bishop Winnington-Ingram CofE Primary School Primary
- Deanesfield Primary School Primary
- Field End Infant School Primary
- Field End Junior School Primary
- Lady Bankes Primary School Primary
- Newnham Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Newnham Junior School Primary
- Ruislip Gardens Primary School Primary
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Swithun Wells Catholic Primary School Primary
- Warrender Primary School Primary
- Whiteheath Infant & Nursery School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Bourne Primary School teach?
- Bourne Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Ruislip.
- Who is the headteacher of Bourne Primary School?
- The headteacher of Bourne Primary School is Ms Michelle Green, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Bourne Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bourne Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Bourne Primary School?
- Bourne Primary School has 203 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Bourne Primary School full?
- Bourne Primary School has capacity for 250 pupils and 203 on roll (81%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Bourne Primary School a faith school?
- No. Bourne Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Bourne Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Bourne Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Bourne Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 79% in 2022/23 and 83% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Bourne Primary School rank locally?
- Bourne Primary School ranked 4th of 55 primary schools in Hillingdon for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 91% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Bourne Primary School's absence rate?
- Bourne Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Bourne Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bourne Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.