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Forest Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Bury Road, Brandon IP27 0FP · forest.suffolk.sch.uk · 01842 810309
On the mapSearch near IP27 0FP
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Mar 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 54%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Suffolk 59%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 389
- 93% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 20.2%
- First language not English
- 12.9%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Forest Academy
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 32 families put the school first and 32 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 32 | 32 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 33 | 31 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 42 | 41 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 52 | 48 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 67 | 1.1▲ | 90% |
Results
In 2024/25, 54% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 4% the higher standard. Across Suffolk it was 59%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼54% | 62% | ||
| ▼4% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Forest Academy on 10 March 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 10 Mar 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2021Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Dec 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective May 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
84% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (50 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 84%
- Positive
- 76%
- Replies
- 50
- 12% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 84% who raised concerns
based on 15 parents (30%) whose child was bullied
based on 18 parents (36%) with SEND