Dixons City Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Nov 27 2018 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Bradford
Unique reference
130909
Address
Ripley Street, BD5 7RR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
919 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
58.9%
Girls
41.1%
First language not English
32.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
24.9%
Persistent absence
26.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.2%
Pupil ethnicities
Pakistani 60.6%
White British 10.2%
Mixed 5.6%
African 5.4%
Indian 4.2%
Other White 4%
Bangladeshi 2.5%
Other 2.4%
Other Asian 2.3%
Unclassified 1.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Caribbean 0.3%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.39
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.26
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 93%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 57%
Local authority average 36%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 54.5
Local authority average 41
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.04
Local authority average 3.48
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award42
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)2
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE31
BiologyGCSE32
ChemistryGCSE32
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE20
Design & TechnologyGCSE65
English LanguageGCSE169
English LiteratureGCSE169
GeographyGCSE114
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Dixons City Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
175
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
402
2nd preference
329
3rd preference
314
From another Local Authority
13
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
146
2nd preference
16
3rd preference
10
To another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes25.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
181
109
72
Year 8
185
102
83
Year 9
191
120
71
Year 10
186
112
74
Year 11
176
98
78
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
94.0%
84.7%
86.5%
Further education
23.0%
35.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
51.0%
37.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
19.0%
10.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
0.0%
3.3%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
7.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.9%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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