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Dixons Manningham Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Wood Street, Manningham, Bradford BD8 8HY · dixonsmn.com · 01274 089930
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · May 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 64%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Bradford 60%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 368
- 82% of 450 places
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 32.6%
- First language not English
- 69%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 36 families put the school first and 39 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 39 | 36 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 47 | 46 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 54 | 48 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 45 | 38 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 54 | 45 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 64% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 5% 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 | |||
| ●64% | 62% | ||
| ▼5% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 26 May 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Dixons Manningham Academy was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 25 May 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Dec 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 107301), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Dec 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Dec 2013Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107301)
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (16 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 16
- 4% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 81% who raised concerns
based on the 25% who had a child bullied