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Dixons Unity Academy

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy

Whingate Road, Leeds LS12 3DS · dixonsua.com · 0113 512 5530

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Jul 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
36
average Attainment 8 score. Leeds 45.5, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Leeds Council
Demand for places
0.7
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
907
91% of 1,000 places
Local authority
Leeds
Sixth form
No
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
51.7%
First language not English
32.9%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Dixons Academies Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Leeds Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 142 families put the school first and 195 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: 119 (Places 199)119September 2023: 139 (Places 200)139September 2024: 125 (Places 199)125September 2025: 112 (Places 196)112September 2026: 142 (Places 195)142Places 195
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261951420.7100%
September 2025Sept 20251961120.6100%
September 2024Sept 20241991250.6100%
September 2023Sept 20232001390.7100%
September 2022Sept 20221991190.6100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 36, and 23.6% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Leeds it was 45.5, and across England 46.

In 2015/16 the average A level result was grade D (19.3 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: 33.3 (England 46.3)33.32021/22: 32.9 (England 48.8)32.92022/23: 30.9 (England 46.3)30.92023/24: 33.2 (England 45.9)33.22024/25: 36.0 (England 46.0)36.0England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼3646
▼23.6%45.4%
▼46.6%64.8%
▲82.2%40.5%
▼3.464.09

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 139054)

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form6.8+1.8
Sixth form college18.5+1.2
Further education41.1−12.1
Other education0.7—
Apprenticeship1.40
Employment0.7−4.3
Not in a lasting destination19.9+10.5
Activity not captured11+2.4

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

2015/16StudentsAverage gradeProgress
A level32D (19.3) +0.02
All academic32D (19.3) +0.02
Applied general27— +0.35
90%finished their course

Published for the predecessor school (URN 139054)

Where sixth-form leavers went

Left in 2015/16

University44
Further education8
Apprenticeship19
Employment11
Not in a lasting destination15
Activity not captured4

Published for the predecessor school (URN 139054)

Ofsted

Dixons Unity Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 2 July 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
2 Jul 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood

Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Mar 2023

Earlier inspections

Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 139054), which Ofsted links to this one.

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Mar 2024Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Dec 2023Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Mar 2023Inadequate
    Quality of educationInadequate
    Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
    Personal developmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementInadequate
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Nov 2016Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 139054)

  • Feb 2015Inadequate
    Outcomes for pupilsInadequate
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 139054)

What parents said

88% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (25 replies, to 7 April 2025).

Recommend
88%
Replies
25
3% · 7 Apr 2025
Child is happy at school▲92% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▲96% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved●84% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲92% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▲92% agreeEngland 88%
Told what child will learn▼80% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▲92% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects●92% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities●92% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▲92% agreeEngland 80%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲86% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 88% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲63% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 32% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲81% agreeEngland 68%

based on 11 parents (44%) with SEND

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