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Dixons Music Primary
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Free school
Trinity Road, Bradford BD5 0BE · dixonsmp.com · 01274 089870
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Outstanding
- Ungraded inspection · Jun 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 63%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Bradford 60%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.46 mi
- 0.74 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Bradford Council
- Demand for places
- 1.3
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 420
- At capacity · 420 places
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 21.9%
- First language not English
- 8.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 0.46 mi (737 m) from the school. Source: Bradford Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 73 families put the school first and 56 places were offered; 71% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 56 | 73 | 1.3▲ | 71% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 59 | 74 | 1.3▲ | 80% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 100 | 1.7▲ | 58% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 59 | 102 | 1.7▲ | 51% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 59 | 98 | 1.7▲ | 54% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.46 mi0.74 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 63% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 8% the higher standard. Across Bradford it was 60%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ●63% | 62% | ||
| ●8% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 22 June 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Dixons Music Primary was: School remains Outstanding.
- Outcome
- Remains Outstanding
- Inspected
- 21 Jun 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jun 2016
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2016Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective May 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
86% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (22 replies, to 2 April 2023).
- Recommend
- 86%
- Replies
- 22
- 5% · 2 Apr 2023
based on the 77% who raised concerns
based on the 41% who had a child bullied