Dixons City Academy

Dixons City Academy continues to maintain the high standards established in its previous outstanding inspection. The school fosters a positive learning environment where students, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), thrive academically and socially. With a strong commitment to its core values of respect, integrity, and determination, the staff and students engage actively in a variety of educational programs and extracurricular activities, enhancing their overall school experience. The principal and leadership team have effectively supported the ongoing development of the school, ensuring that pupils are well-prepared for their next steps after graduation.

Strengths

• High expectations for all pupils and strong educational outcomes.
• Exceptional support for pupils with SEND, fostering their academic growth.
• Calm and purposeful atmosphere that promotes focused learning.
• Wide variety of clubs, trips, and leadership opportunities for pupils.
• Strong subject knowledge among teachers, enhancing student understanding.
• Effective identification and support for pupils needing extra help.
• Excellent behaviour standards among pupils.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Dixons City Academy attended 91.0% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 26.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 13.9% of pupils at Dixons City Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Dixons City Academy had 20.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 23.9% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 12.3% of pupils at Dixons City Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 3.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Dixons City Academy received £8,419 and spent £8,276 for each of its 910 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £567,000 (£623 per pupil).

Across all 21 schools of Dixons Academies Trust, income was £8,572 and spending £8,488 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Bradford · Bradford local authority: places and applications

Dixons City Academy is part of Dixons Academies Trust, which runs 21 schools. The nearest others:

• Dixons Sixth Form, Bradford Bradford
• Dixons Trinity Academy Bradford
• Dixons Music Primary Bradford
• Dixons McMillan Academy Bradford
• Dixons Kings Academy Bradford
• Dixons Manningham Academy Bradford
• Dixons Marchbank Primary Bradford
• Dixons Allerton Academy Bradford
• Dixons Cottingley Academy Bingley
• Dixons Unity Academy Leeds

What is Dixons City Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Dixons City Academy is Outstanding, from an inspection in November 2024.

When was Dixons City Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Dixons City Academy was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does Dixons City Academy have?

Dixons City Academy has 892 pupils on roll.

What age range does Dixons City Academy cover?

Dixons City Academy for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Dixons City Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 52.5, and 57% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Dixons City Academy?

Dixons City Academy is at Ripley Street, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD5 7RR.