Dixons Brooklands Academy, Manchester

In its own words: "Our students and staff are committed to three core values that underpin everything we do: Work Hard We never give up; we do what it takes for as long as it takes. We are industrious and curious. Have Integrity We always do the right thing because it is the right thing to do."

In 2026, pupils at Dixons Brooklands Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 39.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.3 in Manchester and 47 across England.

34% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 47% in Manchester and 47% in England.

That is up from 36.1 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.64: pupils made well below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 34.8, against 46.7 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 11.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Art and Design and Spanish.

For September 2026 entry, 79 families put Dixons Brooklands Academy as their first choice and 234 named it as one of their preferences, for 129 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Dixons Brooklands Academy are Sale High School (0.9 miles); Dixons Newall Green Academy (1.3 miles); Sale Grammar School (1.3 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 75.5); and Saint Paul's Catholic High School (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 38.4).

Dixons Brooklands Academy's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 2 schools.

Dixons Brooklands Academy is one of 21 schools run by Dixons Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.7 in 2024/25.

208 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Dixons Brooklands Academy (as of September 2025): 35% would recommend the school, 48% say their child is happy there and 24% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school has high expectations for their child (58%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (24%).

Of the 192 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 70% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 54% to a further education college, 4% to an apprenticeship and 4% into work.

52.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Moor Road (Manchester Metrolink), about 130 metres away (roughly a 2-minute walk).

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Brooklands Academy, 120 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Dixons Brooklands Academy stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Dixons Brooklands Academy issued 1236 suspensions, 123.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Dixons Brooklands Academy are Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles), Sandilands Primary School (0.5 miles), Baguley Hall Primary School (0.7 miles) and Button Lane Primary School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.