Farnham Academy, Bradford

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care.

In 2025, 76% of Year 6 pupils at Farnham Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 76% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 74% and 73% in Bradford and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 44% in reading and 46% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 40 families put Farnham Academy as their first choice and 127 named it as one of their preferences, for 45 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Farnham Academy are Horton Grange Primary School (0.1 miles, Outstanding, 58% reading, 62% maths); Copthorne Primary School (0.3 miles, Outstanding, 84% reading, 93% maths); St Oswald's Church of England Primary Academy (0.4 miles, Requires improvement, 56% reading, 67% maths); and Co-op Academy Princeville (0.4 miles, Good, 53% reading, 60% maths).

Farnham Academy's 2025 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Farnham Academy is one of 18 schools run by Impact Education Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

83.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (80%) and Mixed (5%).

The nearest railway station is Bradford Interchange Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Horton Grange Rd Woodhead Road, 210 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Farnham Academy stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 680 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, criminal damage and arson and other theft. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Bradford (404), as is usual near a town centre.

Farnham Academy recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.

The secondary schools closest to Farnham Academy are Dixons Kings Academy (0.4 miles), Dixons McMillan Academy (0.6 miles), Dixons Trinity Academy (0.8 miles) and Co-op Academy Grange (0.8 miles).