Bourne Community College

Park Road, Southbourne, Chichester, Hampshire, PO10 8PJ

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About this school

Bourne Community College is a Foundation school serving secondary age pupils, located in Chichester, Hampshire. The school has 729 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 2 November 2021). Last inspected 6 January 2026. The Headteacher is Aparna Sharma. The school is administered by West Sussex local authority. It belongs to Bourne Community Trust.

School details

Headteacher

Aparna Sharma

Trust

Bourne Community Trust

Local authority

West Sussex

Gender

Mixed

URN

126069

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Bourne Community College are handled by the school or the local authority (West Sussex). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

Source: Department for Education school performance data. Check this school on GOV.UK →

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