Dixons Kings Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Apr 18 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Bradford
Unique reference
137277
Address
Northside Road, BD7 2AN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
839 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
56.1%
Girls
43.9%
First language not English
36.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
27.3%
Persistent absence
28.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.5%
Pupil ethnicities
Pakistani 79.7%
Indian 3.7%
Other 3.7%
Mixed 3.5%
Other Asian 2.7%
Unclassified 2%
White British 1.3%
Bangladeshi 1%
African 1%
Other White 0.7%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.48
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.26
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 84%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 59%
Local authority average 36%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 52.3
Local authority average 41
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.89
Local authority average 3.48
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award36
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award17
Speech & DramaTechnical Award7
ArabicGCSE2
BiologyGCSE28
Business Studies:SingleGCSE83
ChemistryGCSE27
Classical CivilisationGCSE8
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE23
English LanguageGCSE166
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Dixons Kings Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
157
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
359
2nd preference
288
3rd preference
227
From another Local Authority
7
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
114
2nd preference
21
3rd preference
8
To another Local Authority
2
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 classes22.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
160
81
79
Year 8
167
93
74
Year 9
175
108
67
Year 10
168
92
76
Year 11
169
97
72
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
84.2%
85.6%
Further education
18.0%
36.1%
35.4%
School sixth form
48.0%
34.9%
36.6%
Sixth form college
21.0%
12.6%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
3.6%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.9%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
7.1%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
2.2%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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