Bradford Forster Academy
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
F38
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Bradford, BD4 8RG
- Distance
- 0.7km away
Bradford Academy
Lister Avenue, Bradford, BD4 7QS
Local ranking28th of 35 secondary schools in Bradford
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
All-through
Phase
1891
Capacity
2-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 29 April 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 29 April 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 35.2 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 27.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 46.5% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 226
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 82.0%
- Continued in education
- 78.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 78.0%
- Higher education
- 34.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 30.0%
- Not sustained
- 18.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Applied General Avg Points
- 29.9
- 16-18 Cohort
- 111
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1682
- Boys
- 846 (55%)
- Girls
- 703 (45%)
- Capacity
- 1891 (82% full)
- SEND
- 20.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 54.9%
- EAL
- 23.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.4%
- SEN Support
- 14.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 13.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 119.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,129/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 13.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 37.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- All-through
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 40.2%
- Asian Pakistani: 31.4%
- White Other: 6.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 5.7%
- Black African: 3.9%
- Asian Other: 2.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.2%
- Mixed Other: 1.8%
40.2%
White British
31.4%
Asian Pakistani
6.4%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Lister Avenue
Bradford, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 135367
- UKPRN
- 10021055
- Establishment No.
- 6906
- Trust
- BRADFORD ACADEMY TRUST
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