Bourne Abbey Church of England Primary Academy, Bourne

Ofsted's report card from its 28 April 2026 inspection grades Bourne Abbey Church of England Primary Academy on 7 areas: 7 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils' responses in lessons and work in books shows that they learn the curriculum well."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders have successfully promoted the importance of regular school attendance."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have designed an ambitious curriculum that aligns well with the national curriculum."

Early years - Expected standard. "Leaders have built an effective early years provision that caters well for the needs of children in Nursery and in the Reception Year."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders have recently developed their approach to identifying the needs of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Recently, leaders have successfully guided the school through some turbulent times."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders are ambitious for pupils' personal development, including developing pupils into capable activists who improve the world."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that teachers routinely support pupils to revisit prior learning in the wider curriculum so that pupils remember key knowledge over time"; "Leaders should continue to provide training for staff so that pupils who are at the early stages of speech, language and communication development are given the precise support that they need so they can access the curriculum and achieve well"; "Trustees should continue to improve the way that they gather information about the quality of provision at the school and hold leaders to account when improvements are needed".

The school runs after-school care.

In 2025, 79% of Year 6 pupils at Bourne Abbey Church of England Primary Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 86% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 72% and 71% in Lincolnshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (75% in reading, 89% in maths).

For September 2026 entry, 66 families put Bourne Abbey Church of England Primary Academy as their first choice and 149 named it as one of their preferences, for 76 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Bourne Abbey Church of England Primary Academy are Bourne Elsea Park Church of England Primary Academy (0.6 miles, Good, 83% reading, 87% maths); Bourne Westfield Primary Academy (0.8 miles, Outstanding, 80% reading, 76% maths); Thurlby Community Primary Academy (1.9 miles, Good, 87% reading, 81% maths); and The Morton Church of England (Controlled) Primary School (2.4 miles, Good, 83% reading, 87% maths).

Bourne Abbey Church of England Primary Academy's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Bourne Abbey Church of England Primary Academy is one of 20 schools run by Infinity Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 60% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

In 2026, 41 pupils (6%) received SEN support and 26 (3.8%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Bourne Abbey Church of England Primary Academy.

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Nowells Lane (opposite), 80 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 140 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Lincolnshire (33), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Bourne Abbey Church of England Primary Academy issued 5 suspensions, 0.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The secondary schools closest to Bourne Abbey Church of England Primary Academy are Bourne Grammar School (0.3 miles) and Bourne Academy (0.5 miles).