School Chooser

Bourne Westfield Primary Academy

Primary · ages 3-11MixedAcademy683 pupilsNurseryBourneLincolnshire
School Chooser Score
69
Above
similar schools
Likely range 53 to 81, so it could be “in line”
Out of 100. Better than 87% of the 50 schools most like it. Slipping year on year.
OfstedNo overall gradeLast Ofsted inspection, May 2025
Reached the expected level at 1168%England 63%
Attendance96.3%England 94.8%
Pupils from low-income families14%Far fewer than most schools
PlacesFull683 pupils, 682 places
Pupils per teacher23.0School workforce census

Bourne Westfield Primary Academy is a converter academy in Bourne for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 683 pupils, 1 more than it has places for. About 14 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. We give it 69 out of 100. That puts it above schools like it, ahead of 87% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was inspected 2025, no overall grade.

Westbourne Park, Bourne, PE10 9QS01778 424152bournewestfield.lincs.sch.ukMiss Kate Atkinson headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

Ofsted's last full inspection was on 13 May 2025, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.

Not judged Between September 2024 and November 2025, Ofsted graded each area but stopped giving one overall word.

TeachingOfsted calls this “quality of education”
Good
BehaviourOfsted calls this “behaviour and attitudes”
Good
WellbeingOfsted calls this “personal development”
Outstanding
LeadershipOfsted calls this “leadership and management”
Good
Early years
Outstanding
Safeguarding
Effective
Yes

Results

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

90 children took the tests. Here is how they did against every state primary in England.

Reached the expected level at 1168%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level6%
England 8%
Official name: Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Reading score105.0
England 105.6
Official name: Reading average scaled score
Maths score104.0
England 104.6
Official name: Maths average scaled score
Trend
Reached the expected level at 11
2017 to 2025
2017: 69%69%20172018: 66%66%20182019: 78%78%20192023: 66%66%20232024: 70%70%20242025: 68%68%2025
Since 2017: -1%Declining overall
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure202520242023201920182017LincolnshireEngland
Pupils tested909186929390
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths68%70%66%78%66%69%59%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths6%7%14%23%10%10%6%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score105.0106.0106.0106.0105.0104.0104.5105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score104.0105.0105.0107.0106.0105.0103.5104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score106.0108.0107.0109.0106.0106.0103.9105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard80%78%81%80%77%79%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard76%78%76%87%83%84%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)82%85%81%90%86%82%
Reading progressReading progress score+0.8+0.9-1.0-0.7
Maths progressMaths progress score+0.7+1.6+0.7+0.2
Expected level: low-income pupilsExpected standard, disadvantaged50%47%37%58%40%56%
Expected level: other pupilsExpected standard, non-disadvantaged71%76%75%81%69%70%

There are no progress figures for 2025. That year group missed their Year 2 tests during Covid, so there was no starting point to measure from. Progress figures come back with the December 2026 results. Tests were cancelled altogether in 2020 and 2021.

Does every child do well here?

A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. 1 of the 4 gaps is smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.

At the end of primary school, 2025

Reached the expected level at 11Low-income pupils vs other pupils
50%71%
Gap 21 ptsEngland 21 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Boys vs girls
62%73%
Gap 11 ptsEngland 5 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Pupils learning English vs all pupils
86%68%
Gap 18 ptsEngland 4 pts
Reached the higher level at 11Low-income pupils vs all pupils
8%6%
Gap 2 ptsEngland 5 pts
First groupSecond groupEngland, each group

Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published.

Nearly full629 pupils for 630 places, 2024/25
100% full

Fewer than one place in twenty is empty, so in most years more families apply than there are places. Living close by, or already having a child here, makes a real difference. Pupil numbers have stayed about the same since 2021/22.

How places were given out for September 2026. More children applied than there were places. The last place went to a child chosen by how close to the school they lived, but the council didn't publish how far away that was.

EntryPlacesGot a placeHow far the last child livedSource
2026 Primary9090LA
2025 Primary9090LA
2024 Primary9090LA
2023 Primary9090LA
2022 Primary9090LA
2021 Primary9090LA
2020 Primary9090LA
2019 Primary9090LA

Who goes here

Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.

Pupils on roll683Census January 2026
Places682100% full
Pupils from low-income families13%14% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English5%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support17%117 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan5%33 pupils with a plan
Average class size30.622 classes, January 2026; England 25.4
Classes with more than 30 pupils14%Infant classes are capped at 30 by law; England 10%
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)14%£134,850 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls338 / 345
White British pupils84%

Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 29.7 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 29.8 (England 27.3).

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (53), emotional and mental health (45), Moderate learning difficulty (32), Specific learning difficulty (10), Autistic spectrum disorder (3), Other difficulty or disability (3).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll683693701685660679
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals13%13%13%13%12%13%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language5%6%6%6%5%5%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support14%15%14%12%9%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans4%3%2%2%2%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 96.3% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance96.3%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school6.1%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Suspensions per 100 pupils7.12024/25, no permanent exclusions
Missed without permission0.7%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212018/19England
Sessions missedOverall absence3.7%4.3%4.3%5.5%1.9%2.9%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence3.0%3.6%3.6%5.0%1.6%2.3%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence0.7%0.6%0.7%0.5%0.3%0.6%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence6.1%7.8%7.3%9.4%1.8%3.8%12.8%
SuspensionsSuspension rate7.15.03.93.61.2
Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions00000

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers29.0full-time equivalent, 35 people
Pupils per teacher23.0Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers94%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants28.0full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£48,976
Teachers who left in the year7%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher0.92024/25

Money

From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.

Spend per pupil£5,606England £7,128. Total £3.8m
Income per pupil£6,655England £7,587. Total £4.5m
Spent on teachers per pupil£2,193England £3,405
Money in reserve27%A lot put by: £1.2m, £1,792 per pupil. England 9%
Money in against money out+£703kit took in more than it spent this year
Where the money goes£5,606spent per pupil

Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m6212 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate63 per 1,000 people31% lower than the England average
Typical house price£262,000South Kesteven
Nearest bus stop220 mWestbourne Park, 6 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Bourne Elsea Park Church of England Primary AcademyAcademy0.8 miles273Good 202273Compare
Bourne Abbey Church of England Primary AcademyAcademy0.8 miles686Report card 202663Compare
The Edenham Church of England SchoolAcademy1.9 miles110Not inspected57Compare
Thurlby Community Primary AcademyAcademy2.0 miles213Good 202464Compare
The Morton Church of England (Controlled) Primary SchoolAcademy2.5 miles233Not inspected80Compare
Baston CE Primary SchoolChurch of England4.1 miles188No overall grade 202464Compare
Bythams Primary SchoolCouncil4.6 miles58Requires improvement 20244Compare

Compared with schools like it

Our score compares Bourne Westfield Primary Academy with the 47 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 47 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.

Beats87%of schools with a similar mix of pupils
In the top quarter of its group. Its score of 69 is 14 points above the typical school in the group.
0Lowest of the group 5 · middle 55 · highest 87100

How the score was worked out

The score is out of 100. A 69 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 69% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 53 to 81. That range is wide enough that the school could sit in the next band, so take the band as a rough guide rather than a verdict. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.

What we looked atHow much it countsAgainst schools like itEffect on the scoreBased on
Results over three years25%in line
+0.03
2025, 2024 and 2023 results; 90 pupils
Ofsted inspection20%above
+0.12
Ofsted grade, 1.3 years old
Progress pupils make20%in line
+0.06
DfE progress measure; 90 pupils
Direction of travel over five years10%below
-0.05
results and attendance falling year on year
Attendance and behaviour10%above
+0.10
2024/25; 561 pupils
Results, allowing for the mix of pupils10%below
-0.04
Attainment relative to schools with a similar intake; 90 pupils
What parents say0%no data

Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.

Questions parents ask

Is Bourne Westfield Primary Academy a good school?

Yes, going by the figures. Bourne Westfield Primary Academy scores 69 out of 100. That is above schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 87% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 53 to 81, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much. Its results have been slipping over the last five years.

What is Bourne Westfield Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted rated Bourne Westfield Primary Academy not judged at its last full inspection on 13 May 2025.

How good are Bourne Westfield Primary Academy's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 68% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 6% went further and reached the higher level.

How many pupils does Bourne Westfield Primary Academy have?

683 pupils aged 3 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 682 places, so it is 100% full.

Is Bourne Westfield Primary Academy oversubscribed?

Often. Fewer than one place in twenty was empty in 2024/25, so popular year groups fill up.

What is attendance like at Bourne Westfield Primary Academy?

Pupils were in school 96.3% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 6% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

How big are the classes at Bourne Westfield Primary Academy?

The average class had 30.6 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. 14% of classes had more than 30 pupils.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Westbourne Park, Bourne, PE10 9QS
Telephone
01778 424152
Website
www.bournewestfield.lincs.sch.uk
Headteacher
Miss Kate Atkinson
Type of school
Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11, with nursery
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Multi-academy trust
Keystone Academy Trust (7 schools)
Local authority
Lincolnshire
Ward
Bourne West
Constituency
Grantham and Bourne
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
1 November 2011 (academy converter)
URN
137599 · LAESTAB 9252072 · UKPRN 10035680
Formerly
Bourne Westfield Primary School

Where these figures come from