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Dixons Trinity Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Free school
Trinity Road, Bradford BD5 0BE · dixonsta.com · 01274 089860
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 51.4
- average Attainment 8 score. Bradford 40.8, England 46
- Last distance offered
- 0.56 mi
- 0.90 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Bradford Council
- Demand for places
- 1.4
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 671
- 1 over 670 places · 100%
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 36.4%
- First language not English
- 28.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 0.56 mi (898 m) from the school. Source: Bradford Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 176 families put the school first and 126 places were offered; 58% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 126 | 176 | 1.4▲ | 58% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 130 | 167 | 1.3▲ | 66% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 133 | 202 | 1.5▲ | 57% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 127 | 227 | 1.8▲ | 44% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 132 | 264 | 2▲ | 42% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.56 mi0.90 km | |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 51.4, and 49.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲51.4 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲49.6% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲68.9% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲78.5% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.48 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 50.9 | +11.2 |
| Sixth form college | 13.8 | −17.2 |
| Further education | 26.7 | +9.5 |
| Employment | 0.9 | −3.4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 2.6 | −1.7 |
| Activity not captured | 5.2 | +4.3 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Dixons Trinity Academy on 21 January 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 21 Jan 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jan 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jan 2014Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
What parents said
65% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (55 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 65%
- Replies
- 55
- 8% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 85% who raised concerns
based on the 58% who had a child bullied