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Primary · IP27 · Suffolk

Forest Academy

Bury Road, Brandon, IP27 0FP

FOREST ACADEMY is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

Good

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedGood
Attendance96%
Attainment54% met expected standard (KS2)
AdmissionsNot published from capacity data
Pupils389

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Good

Latest visit (May 2026): renewed Ofsted format (no single overall grade) — curriculum and teaching, achievement, attendance and behaviour, leadership and governance and early years expected standard; inclusion and personal development and wellbeing strong standard. See the full Ofsted report.

Inspection history

Improved from Requires improvement (30 Nov 2017).

  1. Previous gradedRequires improvement

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

View on Ofsted

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in IP27. Where we have them, council (West Suffolk) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
389
Free school meals
20.2%
2% below district average (22.2%)

Also: England 24.7%

SEN
23.1%
0.6% above district average (22.5%)

Also: England 18.2%

EAL
14.3%
3.3% above district average (11%)
Attendance
96%
1.2% above district average (94.8%)

Also: England 94.8%

Persistent absence
7.5%
Attainment
54% met expected standard (KS2)

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the IP27 average; the darker bar is this school.

Trends over time

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2193.7%
  • 2021/2290.5%
  • 2022/2393.6%
  • 2023/2493.8%
  • 2024/2593.7%

KS2 attainment

Share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (all pupils).

  • 2022/2360%
  • 2023/2454%
  • 2024/2554%

Admissions

Demand signal
Not published from capacity data
Published capacity (GIAS)
315
Pupils on roll
389

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Suffolk page.

SEN support

SEN %
23.1%
On-site provision
None listed in GIAS

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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