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Bradford Forster Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Fenby Avenue, Bradford BD4 8RG · bradfordforsteracademy.co.uk · 01274 302400
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 32.7
- average Attainment 8 score. Bradford 40.8, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.6
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 892
- 85% of 1,050 places
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Sixth form
- No
- Free school meals
- 47.4%
- First language not English
- 28.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 113 families put the school first and 181 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 181 | 113 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 186 | 112 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 187 | 147 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 208 | 171 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 203 | 199 | 1 | 91% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 32.7, and 23.7% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Bradford it was 40.8, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼32.7 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼23.7% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼41.9% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼38.4% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼2.93 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 3.7 | −2.9 |
| Sixth form college | 22.5 | −3.9 |
| Further education | 57.2 | +10.5 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.7 | +0.7 |
| Employment | 2.1 | −0.9 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.4 | −3.2 |
| Activity not captured | 5.3 | +0.2 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Bradford Forster Academy on 11 February 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 11 Feb 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Mar 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
- Dec 2024Monitoring visitEffective action
- Jun 2024Monitoring visitEffective action
- Jan 2024Monitoring visitEffective action
Mar 2023Inadequate
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Inadequate Personal development Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Mar 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
41% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (90 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 41%
- Replies
- 90
- 9% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 91% who raised concerns
based on the 62% who had a child bullied
based on 23 parents (26%) with SEND