Dixons Allerton Academy

Dixons Allerton Academy is currently rated as requiring improvement overall, reflecting challenges in several key areas such as the quality of education, behaviour, personal development, and leadership. While the early years and sixth-form provisions are performing well, attendance levels, particularly among secondary students, are significantly low and have hampered some pupils' learning experiences. Concerns around behaviour persist, with some students struggling to meet the school's high expectations, contributing to repeated suspensions and instances of disruptive conduct.

Strengths

• Strong early years provision that effectively prepares pupils for secondary education.
• High ambition among staff to support all students, regardless of challenges.
• Effective systems for sharing reading progress among staff.
• Secure identification of SEND pupils and coordinated support from various teams.
• Well-planned PSHCE curriculum addressing important issues.

Areas for Improvement

• Low overall attendance with a significant number of pupils persistently absent.
• Inconsistent behaviour management leading to high suspension rates.
• Variable impact of PSHCE curriculum with some pupils holding negative views about differences.
• Insufficient tracking of pupils' prior knowledge leading to gaps in learning.
• Quality assurance systems lacking focus on the impact of provisions.

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 Allerton Academy attended 87.8% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 41.3% 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, 19.4% of pupils at Dixons Allerton 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 Allerton Academy had 17.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.8% 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, 14.1% of pupils at Dixons Allerton Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 4.0% 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 Allerton Academy received £7,770 and spent £7,901 for each of its 1,854 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,155,000 (£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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Dixons Allerton Academy is part of Dixons Academies Trust, which runs 21 schools. The nearest others:

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

What is Dixons Allerton Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Dixons Allerton Academy is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in June 2025.

When was Dixons Allerton Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Dixons Allerton Academy was last inspected in June 2025.

How many pupils does Dixons Allerton Academy have?

Dixons Allerton Academy has 1,775 pupils on roll.

What age range does Dixons Allerton Academy cover?

Dixons Allerton Academy for pupils aged 3 to 19.

What are Dixons Allerton Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 41.9, and 39% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

What are Dixons Allerton Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 55% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Dixons Allerton Academy?

Dixons Allerton Academy is at Rhodesway, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD8 0DH.