Dixons Allerton Academy: admissions history

How many families applied, how many places there were, and how far the last place went - every year we hold.

For September 2026 entry, 173 families put Dixons Allerton Academy as their first choice and 607 named it as one of their preferences, for 239 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places, so in 2026 a family who put it first could expect an offer unless the school's other criteria ruled them out.

First-choice demand has fallen from 269 in 2021 to 173 in 2026, while places went from 242 to 239.

Bradford published that the last place offered for 2027 entry went to a family 0.778 miles away. The cut-off moves every year with the number of applications.

Across Bradford, 78% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 94% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2025, families in Bradford lodged 756 appeals against secondary school offers; 583 reached a hearing and 78 succeeded (13.4% of those heard).

Applications and offers by year

Entry year	Places offered	First choices	Named at all	First choices per place	First choices not offered
2026	239	173	607	0.7	1
2025	235	187	600	0.8	9
2024	239	201	686	0.8	17
2023	246	218	749	0.9	24
2022	242	214	798	0.9	32
2021	242	269	829	1.1	66
2020	244	277	925	1.1	81
2019	244	196	764	0.8	54
2018	239	188	659	0.8	47
2017	238	205	709	0.9	44
2016	235	231	796	1.0	63
2015	240	221	704	0.9	45
2014	239	225	757	0.9	43

Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school-level file). "Places offered" is the number of offers made on national offer day, which can differ from the school's published admission number.

Last distance offered

Entry year	Last place offered	Published by
2027	0.78 miles	Bradford
2026	1.95 miles	Bradford

Figures as each council published them, in the unit it used. The cut-off is not a boundary: it moves every year with the number of applications.

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