Bourne Community College
Secondary · Foundation school · Ages 11–16 · Emsworth, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From West Sussex County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bourne Community College is a secondary school in Emsworth, West Sussex for ages 11–16 (foundation school). West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Bourne Community College catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 33% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 39.1 (England 46).
- Year 7 2026 had 119 first-choice applications for 137 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 18 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, as at 13 of the 36 other West Sussex secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- 88 of the 238 applications (37%) for Year 7 2026 came from families living outside West Sussex, and 41 offers went to them.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other West Sussex schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Park Road, Southbourne, Emsworth, PO10 8PJ
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 692 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 6 January 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and safe in this inviting community school.”
- “Pupils enjoy the many opportunities they have to enrich their learning and to widen their experiences.”
- “Pupils recognise how trips to Auschwitz and Ghana support their understanding of the history and culture of other countries.”
To improve
- “Sometimes, the barriers to success for disadvantaged pupils are not addressed as successfully.”
- “As a result, some disadvantaged pupils do not attend school as often as they should, and in turn do not achieve positive outcomes.”
- “However, sometimes teaching activities are not well matched to pupils’ needs, and as a result, some pupils do not achieve as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 February 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 33% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 39.1 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 119 first-preference applications, 137 offers in total, 119 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in West Sussex.
- Bishop Luffa School, Chichester 5.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Chichester High School 6.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Academy, Selsey 9.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Regis School 10.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ormiston Six Villages Academy 10.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Philip Howard Catholic School 11.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Felpham Community College 12.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Midhurst Rother College 12.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published