Bradford Forster Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Inadequate
Mar 22 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not applicable
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Bradford
Unique reference
140429
Address
Fenby Avenue, BD4 8RG

Pupils

Number of Pupils
974 (92% of total capacity)
Boys
49.7%
Girls
50.3%
First language not English
23.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
45.1%
Persistent absence
28.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
24.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 55.3%
Other White 14.1%
African 8.1%
Pakistani 7%
Mixed 6.7%
Unclassified 2.4%
Other 1.7%
Indian 0.9%
Other Asian 0.9%
Other Black 0.8%
Gypsy/Roma 0.7%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Caribbean 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.8
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.26
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 25%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 28%
Local authority average 36%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 32
Local authority average 41
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.73
Local authority average 3.48
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award36
TourismTechnical Award1
Art & DesignTechnical Award13
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award16
Health StudiesTechnical Award53
Speech & DramaTechnical Award9
TourismTechnical Award11
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE26
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE1
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Bradford Forster Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
187
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
147
2nd preference
65
3rd preference
46
From another Local Authority
6
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
147
2nd preference
10
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
193
90
103
Year 8
194
99
95
Year 9
198
92
106
Year 10
201
108
93
Year 11
188
95
93
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
84.7%
86.5%
Further education
53.0%
35.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
6.0%
37.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
26.0%
10.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
3.3%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
7.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.9%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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