E-Act Bourne End Academy, Bourne End

From the headteacher's welcome: "Hello, and a very warm welcome to all of our new Year 7 students at Bourne End Academy. I’m so excited to welcome you, and I hope you’re feeling excited about starting this new chapter. I know moving to secondary school can feel like a big step."

In 2026, pupils at E-Act Bourne End Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 33.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 55 in Buckinghamshire and 47 across England.

25% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 61% in Buckinghamshire and 47% in England.

That is down from 38 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.18: pupils made below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 30.8, against 35.8 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 5 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 16 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Statistics and History.

For September 2026 entry, 52 families put E-Act Bourne End Academy as their first choice and 228 named it as one of their preferences, for 146 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 secondary schools to E-Act Bourne End Academy are Great Marlow School (2.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 49.2); Beaconsfield High School (3.1 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 74.5); The Beaconsfield School (3.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 48.7); and Sir William Borlase's Grammar School (3.3 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 76.7).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than E-Act Bourne End Academy.

E-Act Bourne End Academy is one of 37 schools run by E-Act, an academy trust.

Of the 143 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 79% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 45% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 4% into work.

Of the 60 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 45% went on to university or other higher education, 3% to apprenticeships and 27% into work. 13% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

In 2026, 169 pupils (23.9%) received SEN support and 41 (5.8%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

E-Act Bourne End Academy has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs and autism: 18 places, 12 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Bourne End Rail Station, about 530 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bourne End Academy (outside), 70 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood E-Act Bourne End Academy stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 21 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Buckinghamshire (44).

In 2024/25, E-Act Bourne End Academy issued 281 suspensions, 37.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 6 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to E-Act Bourne End Academy are St Paul's Church of England Combined School, Wooburn (0.5 miles); Claytons Primary School (0.5 miles); Juniper Hill School (1 mile); and Wooburn Green Primary School (1.3 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.