Bourne Westfield Primary Academy, Bourne
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
Estimated admission likelihood based on school density and oversubscription data
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 1 year agoOverall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Early Years
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Bourne Westfield excels at giving children the best possible start, with outstanding early years teaching and a strong reading programme that helps all children catch up quickly if needed. The school is exceptional at enriching pupils' lives through cultural experiences, artistic work, and sporting opportunities - ensuring every child, including the most disadvantaged, benefits. Pupils thrive in a warm, well-ordered environment where they learn the importance of hard work, respect, and equality.
Key Strengths
- Outstanding early years provision with clear curriculum and skilled adult support helping children develop rich knowledge bases
- Reading is a top priority with strong phonics programme and well-designed curriculum enabling pupils to appreciate complex texts
- Exemplary personal development programme including cultural experiences like gallery visits, artist work, performing, and sporting representation for all pupils
- Well-designed curriculum with logical progression and cumulative knowledge building, particularly strong in English and mathematics
- Good behaviour supported by clear 'Westy Way' expectations and consistent behaviour policy that pupils understand and value
Areas for Improvement
- Minor inconsistencies in how well some subjects help pupils know and remember key learning - not all pupils retain what they have learned as well as they should
- Early stage SEND initiatives (willow room and learning base 2) lack established methods to measure their impact over time
- School does not use all available information to evaluate impact of some recently introduced initiatives
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective with leaders putting pupils' interests first and creating an open and positive safeguarding culture.
Extracurricular Activities
Gallery visits, working with professional artists, performing to audiences, sporting activities, breakfast club
Bourne Westfield Primary Academy is a good school where pupils are expected to achieve highly and do so. The school provides exemplary personal development opportunities and has outstanding early years provision.
At a Glance
13.5%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
188 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 80%. Maths has remained stable at around 76%. Writing has remained stable at around 82%.
Class Sizes
30.9
Avg class size
29.9
Infant (KS1)
30.0
KS2
22
Total classes
3 classes with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
100%
Over capacity
683 pupils
682 capacity
1 places over capacity
Area Demand Pressure - Bourne
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Bourne
Admissions Demand - Lincolnshire
Places available
8,932
Applications
6,589
Got 1st preference
95.7%
Got preferred school
99.1%
Primary admissions across Lincolnshire (2025/26)
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Pupil Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
3.69944%
Overall absence
6.06061%
Persistent absence
561
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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