Charles Read AcademyBourne Grammar School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Charles Read Academy and Bourne Grammar School are secondary schools.

  • Charles Read Academy scores 59 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Bourne Grammar School scores 76 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Bourne Grammar School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Charles Read Academy was judged the expected standard and Bourne Grammar School was judged Good.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 37.6 for Charles Read Academy and 68.6 for Bourne Grammar School.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at Charles Read Academy (46.0 in 2021-22, 37.6 in 2024-25) and has fallen at Bourne Grammar School (71.8 in 2021-22, 68.6 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Charles Read Academy versus Bourne Grammar School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure GranthamCharles Read AcademyBourneBourne Grammar SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC59/100B76/100Stronger figure
Local ranking22nd of 54 in Lincolnshire 6th of 54 in Lincolnshire Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: ExpectedOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-16 11-18
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll267 1,740
Capacity275 1,700
LocationGrantham, NG33 4NT Bourne, PE10 9JE
GCSE results
Attainment 837.6 68.6 Stronger figure46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths30.4% 92.1% Stronger figure45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths54.3% 97.5% Stronger figure64.8%
Entering EBacc13.0% 87.0% Stronger figure40.5%
EBacc average point score3.23 6.62 Stronger figure4.09
Cohort46 239
A-level results
A-level entriesNot reported265
A-level average pointsNot reported39.4 35.0
A-level average gradeNot reportedB
Best 3 A-levels pointsNot reported39.1 35.8
AAB+ incl. facilitating subjectsNot reported23.0% 17.5%
Pupils
Pupils in the census267 1,740
Free school meals (ever 6)42.3% 6.9%
English as an additional language4.5% 7.9%
SEN support36.7% 11.0%
SEN with an EHC plan8.6% 0.5%
Attendance
Overall absence10.9% 4.7% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence28.3% 10.0% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

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