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Dixons City Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Ripley Street, Bradford BD5 7RR · dixonsca.com · 01274 089850
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Oct 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 49.5
- average Attainment 8 score. Bradford 40.8, England 46
- Demand for places
- 2.2
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 892
- 99% of 900 places
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 31.7%
- First language not English
- 25.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 369 families put the school first and 171 places were offered; 37% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 171 | 369 | 2.2▲ | 37% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 174 | 361 | 2.1▲ | 38% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 175 | 402 | 2.3▲ | 36% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 180 | 383 | 2.1▲ | 37% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 178 | 376 | 2.1▲ | 36% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 49.5, and 50.3% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Bradford it was 40.8, and across England 46.
In 2018/19 the average A level result was grade C (30.7 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲49.5 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲50.3% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲67.0% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲85.5% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.52 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 44 | −9.4 |
| Sixth form college | 22.9 | +5.7 |
| Further education | 22.9 | +3.4 |
| Other education | 1.1 | +0.5 |
| Apprenticeship | 1.1 | — |
| Not in a lasting destination | 2.3 | −3.4 |
| Activity not captured | 5.7 | +2.8 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2018/19 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 124 students | C (30.7) | Average -0.05 | |
| 125 students | C (30.7) | Average -0.05 | |
| 58 students | Dist- (30.9) | Above average +0.18 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 106 | C+ (32.5) | +0.28 |
| 2016/17 | 148 | C- (26.3) | -0.11 |
| 2015/16 | 127 | D+ (24.5) | -0.12 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2019/20 | Since 2016/17 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 77 | +7 |
| Further and other education | 4 | 0 |
| Further education | 2 | +1 |
| Other education | 1 | −3 |
| Apprenticeship | 2 | −1 |
| Employment | 4 | −6 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 9 | +1 |
| Activity not captured | 4 | −1 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 16 October 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Dixons City Academy was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 15 Oct 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Nov 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Nov 2018Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding 16 to 19 study programmes Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Jan 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective May 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Nov 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding 16 to 19 study programmes Good
What parents said
79% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (38 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 79%
- Replies
- 38
- 4% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 79% who raised concerns
based on the 53% who had a child bullied