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Dixons Cottingley Academy

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy

Cottingley New Road, Bingley BD16 1TZ · dixonsco.com · 01274 089900

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Nov 2022
GCSEs, 2024/25
46.7
average Attainment 8 score. Bradford 40.8, England 46
Demand for places
0.5
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
861
96% of 900 places
Local authority
Bradford
Sixth form
No
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
38%
First language not English
25.4%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Dixons Academies Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 90 families put the school first and 172 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 77 (Places 178)77September 2023: 70 (Places 178)70September 2024: 79 (Places 173)79September 2025: 103 (Places 180)103September 2026: 90 (Places 172)90Places 172
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026172900.5100%
September 2025Sept 20251801030.696%
September 2024Sept 2024173790.5100%
September 2023Sept 2023178700.4100%
September 2022Sept 2022178770.4100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 46.7, and 46.8% 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 D (20 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 37.0 (England 46.3)37.02018/19: 32.2 (England 46.7)32.22021/22: 44.6 (England 48.8)44.62022/23: 45.1 (England 46.3)45.12023/24: 50.1 (England 45.9)50.12024/25: 46.7 (England 46.0)46.7England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
●46.746.0
●46.8%45.4%
▼62.0%64.8%
▲87.1%40.5%
●4.214.09

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 137576)

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form39.7+10.4
Sixth form college15.1+2.9
Further education33.5−3.1
Apprenticeship1.1+0.3
Employment1.1−0.5
Not in a lasting destination5−9.6
Activity not captured4.5+0.4

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

15/1616/1717/1818/192015/16: 21.2 (England 30.5)D2016/17: 14.1 (England 31.1)E+2017/18: 22.3 (England 32.1)D+2018/19: 20.0 (England 32.9)DEngland 32.9
2018/19TrendAverage gradeProgress
6 studentsD (20)Average -0.61
6 studentsD (20)Average -0.61
25 studentsMerit (24.7)Average -0.12
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2017/1810D+ (22.3)-0.33
2016/1731E+ (14.1)-0.68
2015/1643D (21.2)+0.18

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/19
Left in 2018/19Since 2016/17
University72+8
Other education4−10
Apprenticeship8+4
Employment8+1
Not in a lasting destination40
Activity not captured4−3

Ofsted

Dixons Cottingley Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 15 November 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
15 Nov 2022
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood

Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, May 2016

Earlier inspections

Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 137576), which Ofsted links to this one.

Before September 2019

  • May 2016Inadequate
    Outcomes for pupilsInadequate
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentInadequate
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareInadequate
    Leadership and managementInadequate
    16 to 19 study programmesInadequate
    SafeguardingEffective

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 137576)

  • Feb 2014Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 137576)

What parents said

77% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (30 replies, to 4 September 2023).

Recommend
77%
Replies
30
4% · 4 Sept 2023
Child is happy at school▼77% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe●90% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved●86% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲86% agreeEngland 82%
Child does well●86% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼60% agreeEngland 82%
Told how child is doing▼67% agreeEngland 84%
Good range of subjects▼70% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities▼83% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼63% agreeEngland 78%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼59% agreeEngland 76%

based on the 73% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼40% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 43% who had a child bullied

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