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The Forest Academy

The Forest Academy
Thornton Road
Kendray
Barnsley
South Yorkshire
England
S703NG

📞 phone: 01226 284719

👩‍🏫 principal: Mrs Katie Pierce

🌍 web: www.theforest-academy.co.uk


351 pupils mixed gender
253 pupils capacity: 139% full

184 boys 52%

167 girls 48%

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Primary — Academy sponsor led

Trust school
Supported by a multi-academy trust
URN
139136
Education phase
Primary
Establishment type
Academy sponsor led
Establishment #
2023
Open date
1. May 2013
Reason open
New Provision
OSGB coordinates
Easting: 436109, Northing: 405151
GPS coordinates
Latitude: 53.542, Longitude: -1.4566
Accepting pupils
3—11 years old
Boarders
No boarders
Census date
20. January 2022
Ofsted last inspection
3. February 2023
Region › Const. › Ward
Yorkshire and the Humber › Barnsley East › Stairfoot
Free school meals %
37.40
Trust
WELLSPRING ACADEMY TRUST
Learning provider ref #
10039860

School governors

  • Mr Michael Sanderson, Chair of Local Governing Body
    (24. November 2020—24. November 2024)
  • Mr Father Paul Cartwright, Local Governor
    (1. September 2020—1. September 2024)
  • Ken Mosley, Local Governor
    (9. March 2021—9. March 2025)
  • Sam Bailey, Local Governor
    (5. July 2017—None)
  • Christine Parkes, Local Governor
    (15. June 2021—21. June 2022)
  • Ms Karen Froggatt, Local Governor
    (4. September 2017—20. May 2022)
  • Helen Handley, Local Governor
    (8. May 2019—15. February 2023)
  • Ella Copping, Local Governor
    (13. February 2020—13. February 2024)
  • Richard Whitfield, Local Governor
    (2. July 2020—2. July 2024)
  • Tom Oates, Local Governor
    (26. January 2021—18. October 2022)
  • Mitch Stringer, Local Governor
    (29. April 2021—14. March 2023)
  • Craig Aubrey, Local Governor
    (3. May 2022—3. May 2026)
  • Lindsay Groom, Local Governor
    (3. May 2022—3. May 2026)
  • Natalie Hardman, Local Governor
    (1. September 2022—None)
  • Scott David McHale, Local Governor
    (18. October 2022—18. October 2026)
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Schools nearby

  1. Kendray Primary School, S703NG
  2. Kendray Junior School, S703NG
  3. The Forest Academy, S703NG (351 pupils)
  4. 0.1 miles Kendray Infant School, S703LZ
  5. 0.4 miles Worsbrough Bank End Primary School, S704AZ (237 pupils)
  6. 0.4 miles St Joseph's RC Junior and Infant School, S703QY
  7. 0.4 miles Barnsley Academy, S703DL (899 pupils)
  8. 0.4 miles Worsbrough Bank End Primary School, S704AZ (224 pupils)
  9. 0.5 miles Hunningley Primary School, S703DT (381 pupils)
  10. 0.5 miles Hunningley Primary Academy, S703DT (382 pupils)
  11. 0.6 miles Worsbrough Bridge RC Primary School, S704AB
  12. 0.7 miles Doncaster Road Primary School, S701TS (243 pupils)
  13. 0.7 miles Lobwood Primary School, S705EP
  14. 0.7 miles The Edmunds Primary School, S705EP
  15. 0.7 miles Grasmere School, S703PZ
  16. 0.7 miles The Mill Academy, S705EP (246 pupils)
  17. 0.7 miles Oakwell Rise Primary Academy, S701TS (216 pupils)
  18. 0.8 miles Worsbrough Common Primary School, S704EB (442 pupils)
  19. 0.8 miles The Elmhirst School, S712BB
  20. 0.8 miles Worsborough Common Junior School, S704EB
  21. 0.8 miles Worsborough Common Infant School, S704EB
  22. 0.8 miles Worsbrough Common Primary School, S704EB (440 pupils)
  23. 0.9 miles Worsbrough Dale Nursery School, S705NU
  24. 0.9 miles Ward Green Primary School, S705HJ
  25. 0.9 miles Ward Green Primary School, S705HJ (431 pupils)

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