Bradford Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
F39
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- All-through
- Location
- Bradford, BD4 7QS
- Distance
- 0.7km away
Bradford Forster Academy
Fenby Avenue, Bradford, BD4 8RG
Local ranking29th of 35 secondary schools in Bradford
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1050
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 11 February 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 11 February 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
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership & management
- Requires improvement
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 37.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 33.2% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 50.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 193
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 82.0%
- Continued in education
- 78.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 969
- Boys
- 447 (50%)
- Girls
- 445 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1050 (85% full)
- SEND
- 27.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 48.1%
- EAL
- 27.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.0%
- SEN Support
- 23.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 55.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,866/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
- 10.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 30.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 55.0%
- White Other: 14.5%
- Black African: 10.8%
- Asian Pakistani: 6.6%
- Mixed Other: 2.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.6%
- Other: 1.4%
55.0%
White British
14.5%
White Other
10.8%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Fenby Avenue
Bradford, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 140429
- UKPRN
- 10053383
- Establishment No.
- 4021
- Trust
- BRADFORD DIOCESAN ACADEMIES TRUST
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