Bourne Community College
Park Road, Southbourne, Emsworth, PO10 8PJ
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- Bourne Community Trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Aparna Sharma
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
- Constituency
- Chichester
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 900
- Pupils on roll
- 692
- URN
- 126069
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01243375691
About this school
Bourne Community College is a foundation secondary school in Emsworth. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 692 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 164 | 133 | 147 |
| Attainment 8 score | 42.2 | 45.7 | 39.1 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.29 -0.51 to -0.07 | +0.15 -0.09 to +0.40 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 37% | 39.1% | 32.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 57% | 66.2% | 59.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 9% | 26.3% | 27.2% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.4 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Bourne Community College has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | West Sussex average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 42.2 | 37.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 45.7 | 37.2 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 39.1 | 36 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 756 |
| 2023/24 | 730 |
| 2024/25 | 729 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bourne Community College compares
Bourne Community College ranked 34th of 38 secondary schools in West Sussex for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 36% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 39.1 | 8.6% | 22.6% | 692 | — |
| Warblington School | 36.4 | 11.2% | 32.3% | 810 | 2.4 miles |
| Havant Academy | 32.7 | 10.7% | 61.4% | 505 | 3.0 miles |
| Park Community School | 28.3 | 15.5% | 62.9% | 1,006 | 4.0 miles |
| The Hayling College | 38.3 | 9.3% | 28.2% | 516 | 4.6 miles |
| Oaklands Catholic School | 52.3 | 5.5% | 17.2% | 1,419 | 4.8 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
-
Graded inspection report6 January 2026
- 2 November 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 22.63%
- English as an additional language
- 2.2%
- Overall absence
- 8.63%
- Persistent absence
- 26.44%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Warblington School2.4 miles
Secondary · Havant
-
Havant Academy3.0 miles
Secondary · Havant
-
Park Community School4.0 miles
Secondary · Havant
-
The Hayling College4.6 miles
Secondary · Hayling Island
-
Oaklands Catholic School4.8 miles
Secondary · Waterlooville
Other schools in Emsworth
- Emsworth Primary School Primary
- Southbourne Infant School Primary
- Southbourne Junior School Primary
- St James Church of England Controlled Primary School Primary
- Thorney Island Community Primary School Primary
- Westbourne Primary School Primary
- Glenwood School Special schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Bourne Community College teach?
- Bourne Community College teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Emsworth.
- Who is the headteacher of Bourne Community College?
- The headteacher of Bourne Community College is Mrs Aparna Sharma, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Bourne Community College last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bourne Community College, 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 Community College?
- Bourne Community College has 692 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Bourne Community College full?
- Bourne Community College has capacity for 900 pupils and 692 on roll (77%), 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 Community College a faith school?
- No. Bourne Community College has no designated religious character.
- Is Bourne Community College a selective school?
- No. Bourne Community College is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Bourne Community College?
- Bourne Community College is part of Bourne Community Trust. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Bourne Community College have?
- The schools register lists Bourne Community College's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Bourne Community College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 42.2 in 2022/23 and 39.1 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 Community College rank locally?
- Bourne Community College ranked 34th of 38 secondary schools in West Sussex for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 36% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% 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 Community College's absence rate?
- Bourne Community College's overall absence rate is 8.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Bourne Community College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bourne Community College'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 30 June 2026.