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Dixons Fazakerley Academy

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy

Sherwoods Lane, Fazakerley, Liverpool L10 1LB · dixonsfa.com · 0151 332 6790

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Overview

Ofsted
Requires improvement
2019 framework · inspected Apr 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
33.4
average Attainment 8 score. Liverpool 42.1, England 46
Demand for places
0.4
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
737
73% of 1,012 places
Local authority
Liverpool
Sixth form
No
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
49.9%
First language not English
22.7%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Dixons Academies Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 64 families put the school first and 176 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: 85 (Places 182)85September 2023: 61 (Places 185)61September 2024: 57 (Places 148)57September 2025: 57 (Places 137)57September 2026: 64 (Places 176)64Places 176
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026176640.4100%
September 2025Sept 2025137570.498%
September 2024Sept 2024148570.4100%
September 2023Sept 2023185610.3100%
September 2022Sept 2022182850.599%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 33.4, and 20% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Liverpool it was 42.1, and across England 46.

In 2017/18 the average A level result was grade E+ (14.4 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: 34.7 (England 46.3)34.72017/18: 42.0 (England 46.5)42.02018/19: 38.0 (England 46.7)38.02021/22: 33.1 (England 48.8)33.12022/23: 30.2 (England 46.3)30.22023/24: 33.7 (England 45.9)33.72024/25: 33.4 (England 46.0)33.4England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼33.446.0
▼20.0%45.4%
▼44.8%64.8%
▲58.6%40.5%
▼2.924.09

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 104692)

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form9.4−8.8
Sixth form college6.5−0.4
Further education58.8+9.7
Other education0.6−0.7
Apprenticeship3.5+2.9
Employment1.8−0.7
Not in a lasting destination11.2−7.7
Activity not captured8.2+5.7

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

15/1616/1717/182015/16: 19.8 (England 30.5)D2016/17: 22.5 (England 31.1)D+2017/18: 14.4 (England 32.1)E+England 32.1
2017/18TrendAverage gradeProgress
36 studentsE+ (14.4)Well below average -0.93
36 studentsD- (15.8)Well below average -0.84
0%AAB or better
81.1%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2016/1747D+ (22.5)-0.45
2015/1662D (19.8)-0.40

Published for the predecessor school (URN 104692)

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/19
Left in 2018/19Since 2016/17
Further education15−5
Apprenticeship30+1
Employment20−1
Not in a lasting destination35+31

Published for the predecessor school (URN 104692)

Ofsted

Dixons Fazakerley Academy was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 24 April 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Requires improvement
Inspected
24 Apr 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
Personal developmentRequires improvement
Leadership and managementRequires improvement

Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Oct 2019

Earlier inspections

Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 104692), which Ofsted links to this one.

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Mar 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Oct 2019Inadequate
    Quality of educationInadequate
    Behaviour and attitudesInadequate
    Personal developmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementInadequate
    SafeguardingEffective

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 104692)

Before September 2019

  • Apr 2017Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 104692)

  • May 2013Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 104692)

What parents said

47% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (170 replies, to 7 April 2025).

Recommend
47%
Replies
170
20% · 7 Apr 2025
Child is happy at school▼50% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼60% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼60% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼61% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼55% agreeEngland 88%
Told what child will learn▼54% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼60% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼65% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▼71% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼47% agreeEngland 80%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼49% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 88% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼31% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 58% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼48% agreeEngland 68%

based on 75 parents (44%) with SEND

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