School Summary

The Forest Academy


Boys: 184
Girls: 167
Total Pupils: 351
Opened: 01-05-2013
Ofsted: Outstanding
Principal: Katie Pierce
The Forest Academy
Thornton Road
Barnsley
South Yorkshire
S70 3NG
Telephone: 01226284719
Website: https://www.theforest-academy.co.uk

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LastChangedDate: 28-06-2023
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SchoolCapacity: 253
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SchoolSponsors (name): Wellspring Academy Trust
SchoolWebsite: www.theforest-academy.co.uk
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UPRN: 2007005897
URN: 139136
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reviews: [{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"a year ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"The school has a poor safeguarding team and on multiple occasions could have acted to safe guard children over many years but failed to do so also my child has been coming out of school unzipped shoelaces untied has been bitten by another child which was played down as an accident then today he has told his teacher who is supposed to be first aid trained failed to send my child home after he told them his tummy hurt and felt sick they checked his temp by hand did not inform us as parents who would of been happy to pick him up and keep him at home due to having a long school run but my child ended up being sick on the journey home and has got scarlett's fever there is also alot more as my other child has told us he is not getting the support in class he should be I would avoid this school especially if your child has extra needs or your family needs support","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"The school has a poor safeguarding team and on multiple occasions could have acted to safe guard children over many years but failed to do so also my child has been coming out of school unzipped shoelaces untied has been bitten by another child which was played down as an accident then today he has told his teacher who is supposed to be first aid trained failed to send my child home after he told them his tummy hurt and felt sick they checked his temp by hand did not inform us as parents who would of been happy to pick him up and keep him at home due to having a long school run but my child ended up being sick on the journey home and has got scarlett's fever there is also alot more as my other child has told us he is not getting the support in class he should be I would avoid this school especially if your child has extra needs or your family needs support","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Aj Terry","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/112701276275422183837\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocJcIL3TZYeCbJ5A367LGDjl5imTSUO-MxY9Pz4KC8VR=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2022-02-02T16:26:29Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"3 years ago","rating":5,"text":{"text":"cool","languageCode":"en-US"},"originalText":{"text":"Super","languageCode":"pl"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Piotr Durka","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/118096519799593814493\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjWmpr0TFFJ95X6yZavAKszqjALVboFK6SLLMy2VB_Q7_Nc=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo-ba2"},"publishTime":"2020-02-26T14:48:50Z"}]