Bradford Forster Academy

Academy sponsor ledSecondaryAges 11–16MixedChurch of England

Fenby Avenue, Bradford, BD4 8RG

Headteacher · Mr Daniel Styles

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 17 September 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils892Capacity 1,050

OfstedGraded inspectionInspected 11 February 2025

TrustBradford Diocesan Academies Trust

Free school meals47.4%

Inspection on 11 February 2025. Ofsted no longer gives an overall grade.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Year 7 applications close 31 October 2026

For September 2027. Apply through Bradford council, not the school. National offer day is 1 March 2027.

All 113 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered181

Applications258

First choice113

First-choice offers113

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).