Dixons Unity Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jul 2 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Leeds
Unique reference
146363
Address
Whingate Road, LS12 3DS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
913 (73% of total capacity)
Boys
50.9%
Girls
49.1%
First language not English
28.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
50.9%
Persistent absence
43.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
24.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 42.5%
Unclassified 21.2%
African 7.9%
Pakistani 7.8%
Other White 7.6%
Mixed 5.3%
Other 3.2%
Gypsy/Roma 1.6%
Other Black 1.2%
Caribbean 0.9%
Indian 0.3%
Other Asian 0.3%
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
-0.82
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 72%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 20%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 30.9
Local authority average 45.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.93
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award13
Health StudiesTechnical Award37
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award17
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award46
Speech & DramaTechnical Award11
ArabicGCSE2
Art & DesignGCSE1
BiologyGCSE11
English LanguageGCSE141
English LiteratureGCSE139
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Dixons Unity Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
199
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
125
2nd preference
112
3rd preference
33
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
125
2nd preference
12
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes23.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
188
95
93
Year 8
198
92
106
Year 9
184
93
91
Year 10
188
100
88
Year 11
155
85
70
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
84.9%
86.5%
Further education
51.0%
33.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
6.0%
36.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
21.0%
14.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
3.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
11.0%
6.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
3.0%
1.3%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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