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Bourne Primary School

Primary school in Eastbourne, East Sussex. Requires improvement (Jun 2024).

Latest graded inspection

Inspected 4 June 2024, report published 10 September 2024, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.

Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.

Grades for each area
AreaGrade
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early yearsGood
Safeguarding effectiveYes

These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.

Next inspection: around December 2026

The last inspection was in June 2024. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. That’s within the next six months.

An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2029 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.

Nearby primary schools

  1. 0.5 milesRoselands Infants' School

    Primary, Eastbourne, East Sussex

    Good (Oct 2023)

  2. 0.7 milesSt Thomas A Becket Catholic Primary School

    Primary, Eastbourne, East Sussex

    Good (Feb 2022)

  3. 0.7 milesStafford Junior School

    Primary, Eastbourne, East Sussex

    Good (Jul 2024)

  4. 0.9 milesSt Andrew's Church of England Infants School

    Primary, Eastbourne, East Sussex

    Not inspected yet

  5. 1.4 milesTollgate Community Junior School

    Primary, Eastbourne, East Sussex

    School remains Good (Jun 2023)

Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.