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Dixons Brooklands Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–19 · Sponsored academy
Moor Road, Wythenshawe, Manchester M23 9BP · dixonsbk.com · 0161 672 0380
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 36.1
- average Attainment 8 score. Manchester 44.8, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Manchester Council
- Demand for places
- 0.6
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 913
- 87% of 1,050 places
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 52.4%
- First language not English
- 15.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Manchester Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 79 families put the school first and 129 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 129 | 79 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 169 | 80 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 202 | 147 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 213 | 116 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 224 | 180 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 36.1, and 18.9% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Manchester it was 44.8, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼36.1 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼18.9% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼40.3% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲58.2% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.23 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 135875)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 2.1 | −1.9 |
| Sixth form college | 14.1 | −2.5 |
| Further education | 53.6 | +5.9 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.6 | −0.4 |
| Employment | 3.6 | −0.9 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 14.6 | −2.5 |
| Activity not captured | 8.3 | +3.3 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
| 2016/17 | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applied general | 16 | — | -0.03 |
| Earlier years: Applied general | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015/16 | 7 | — | -0.02 |
Published for the predecessor school (URN 135875)
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2019/20 | Since 2016/17 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 15 | −3 |
| Employment | 54 | +22 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 31 | +17 |
Published for the predecessor school (URN 135875)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Dixons Brooklands Academy on 26 November 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 26 Nov 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Mar 2020
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 135875), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- Feb 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
Mar 2020Inadequate
Quality of education Inadequate Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Sixth form Inadequate Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 135875)
Before September 2019
Apr 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 135875)
Nov 2013Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 135875)
What parents said
35% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (208 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 35%
- Replies
- 208
- 21% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 86% who raised concerns
based on the 51% who had a child bullied
based on 67 parents (32%) with SEND