Farnham Academy
General Information
- Address: Stratford Road, Bradford, BD7 3HU – View on map
- Phone: 01274573297
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Samantha Keenan
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 40 families put it first for 45 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 122
- % eligible for free school meals: 30.8%
- Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (similar to the Bradford average)
- English as an additional language: 84% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 17.3% a year (Bradford 16%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 20% moved to another school, 80% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Bradford: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 17 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 7 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 3 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Bradford, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 6.1%
- Persistently absent pupils: 18.2%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 10.9%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 5.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 20 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 20 pupils
- Physical disability: 3 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 2 pupils
- Vision impairment: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 14 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 4 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 69% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 9 percentage points above the Bradford average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 58% against an expected 69%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 58%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 76% · Writing 74% · Maths 76% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 64%
- Average test scores: reading 103, maths 103
- Based on: 58 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 51st of 158 junior and primary schools in the area
- =44St Anne's Catholic Primary School70%
- =44St Philip's CofE Primary School70%
- =51Farnham Academy69%
- =51St Cuthbert and the First Martyrs' Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy69%
- =51St Luke's CofE Primary School69%
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35th of 127 primary schools in Bradford for Ofsted rating
- #33Eldwick Primary SchoolGood
- #34Farfield Primary and Nursery SchoolGood
- #35Farnham AcademyGood
- #36Foxhill Primary SchoolGood
- #37Girlington Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,376 (2024-25)
153rd of 156 primary schools in Bradford for spending per pupil
- #151Marshfield Primary£5,525
- #152Shibden Head Primary Academy£5,433
- #153Farnham Academy£5,376
- #154Grove House Academy£5,366
- #155Hollingwood Academy£5,225
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