Dixons Manningham Academy

Dixons Manningham Academy continues to maintain a good standard of education, demonstrating high expectations from leaders and staff for both academic and social development of pupils. The school has established a positive and respectful environment where students feel safe and are encouraged to uphold values of integrity, achievement, and unity. Although pupils generally perform well and achieve positively due to well-structured routines and effective teaching approaches, there are concerns regarding persistent absenteeism, particularly among students with special educational needs.

Strengths

• High expectations for academic and social development.
• Calm and purposeful atmosphere with clear routines.
• Strong focus on developing pupils' understanding of equality and difference.
• Well-organized curriculum that is effectively sequenced and taught.
• Successful implementation of phonics leading to fluent reading among students.
• Inclusive culture allowing all pupils to participate fully in school life.
• Strong professional development support for staff.

Areas for Improvement

• Leaders have not yet defined how pupils will learn to be 'experts' in their subjects.
• Persistent absenteeism is a significant concern, impacting learning.

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 Manningham Academy attended 94.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 18.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

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, 0.2% of pupils at Dixons Manningham Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). 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 Manningham Academy had 19.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 21.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

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, 17.4% of pupils at Dixons Manningham Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

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 primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Dixons Manningham Academy received £6,930 and spent £7,161 for each of its 414 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £258,000 (£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 Manningham Academy is part of Dixons Academies Trust, which runs 21 schools. The nearest others:

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

What is Dixons Manningham Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Dixons Manningham Academy is Good, from an inspection in July 2023.

When was Dixons Manningham Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Dixons Manningham Academy was last inspected in July 2023.

How many pupils does Dixons Manningham Academy have?

Dixons Manningham Academy has 368 pupils on roll.

What age range does Dixons Manningham Academy cover?

Dixons Manningham Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Dixons Manningham Academy?

Dixons Manningham Academy is at Wood Street, Manningham, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD8 8HY.