Dixons McMillan Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 27 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Bradford
Unique reference
141002
Address
Trinity Road, BD5 0JD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
660 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
56.8%
Girls
43.2%
First language not English
27.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
30.2%
Persistent absence
29.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.9%
Pupil ethnicities
Pakistani 77.1%
Indian 4.1%
Mixed 3.9%
Other 3.5%
Bangladeshi 3%
African 2.3%
Other White 1.7%
Unclassified 1.7%
White British 1.4%
Other Asian 1.2%
Other Black 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.14
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.26
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 83%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 55%
Local authority average 36%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.7
Local authority average 41
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.48
Local authority average 3.48
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE3
Art & DesignGCSE11
BiologyGCSE16
ChemistryGCSE15
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE23
Design & TechnologyGCSE20
English LanguageGCSE119
English LiteratureGCSE118
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE16
GeographyGCSE57
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Dixons McMillan Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
128
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
136
2nd preference
316
3rd preference
331
From another Local Authority
10
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
87
2nd preference
26
3rd preference
14
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes25.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
136
65
71
Year 8
141
84
57
Year 9
134
78
56
Year 10
134
89
45
Year 11
115
59
56
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
84.7%
86.5%
Further education
26.0%
35.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
43.0%
37.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
23.0%
10.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
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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