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Dixons Kings Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Free school
Northside Road, Bradford BD7 2AN · dixonska.com · 01274 089910
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Outstanding
- Ungraded inspection · Apr 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 52.7
- average Attainment 8 score. Bradford 40.8, England 46
- Demand for places
- 2.3
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 818
- 18 over 800 places · 102%
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 30.6%
- First language not English
- 24.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 344 families put the school first and 151 places were offered; 33% 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 | 151 | 344 | 2.3▲ | 33% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 150 | 355 | 2.4▲ | 35% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 157 | 359 | 2.3▲ | 32% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 159 | 306 | 1.9▲ | 38% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 156 | 288 | 1.8▲ | 38% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 52.7, and 54.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Bradford it was 40.8, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲52.7 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲54.5% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲71.9% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲87.4% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.84 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 44.4 | −3.8 |
| Sixth form college | 18.3 | −3.1 |
| Further education | 24.3 | +5.8 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.4 | 0 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.5 | 0 |
| Activity not captured | 4.1 | +1.7 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 18 April 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Dixons Kings Academy was: School remains Outstanding.
- Outcome
- Remains Outstanding
- Inspected
- 17 Apr 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jan 2017
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jan 2017Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Dec 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement