Dixons City Academy, Bradford

In its own words: "Like all Dixons academies, our mission is to challenge educational and social disadvantage in the North. At Dixons City Academy, our purpose is excellence. We focus on being the best version of ourselves to change our world for the better. We will consistently be in the top 1% of schools nationally."

In 2026, pupils at Dixons City Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 52.5, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 42.6 in Bradford and 47 across England.

57% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 40% in Bradford and 47% in England.

That is up from 49.5 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.33: pupils made above 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 47.7, against 54.7 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 7 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 20 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Spanish and Combined Science.

For September 2026 entry, 369 families put Dixons City Academy as their first choice and 1317 named it as one of their preferences, for 171 places offered. That is 2.2 first choices for every place. 232 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Dixons City Academy are Dixons Trinity Academy (0.4 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 52.5); Dixons McMillan Academy (0.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 52.2); Bronte Girls' Academy (0.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.9); and Co-op Academy Grange (0.9 miles, Inadequate, Attainment 8 30.1).

Dixons City Academy's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Dixons City 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.

38 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Dixons City Academy (as of September 2025): 79% would recommend the school, 76% say their child is happy there and 47% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school has high expectations for their child (87%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (47%).

Of the 175 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 91% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 23% to a further education college and 1% to an apprenticeship.

25.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (72%), Mixed (7%) and Black (6%).

Dixons City Academy had 44 teachers in 2026, one for every 21 pupils: fewer teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Bradford Interchange Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

24 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Manchester Road Lidl, 140 metres away.

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

In August 2026, police recorded 989 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and drug offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Bradford (404), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Dixons City Academy issued 298 suspensions, 33 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Dixons City Academy are Newby Primary School (0.1 miles); St Stephen's CofE Primary School (0.2 miles); St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy (0.2 miles); and Bowling Park Primary School (0.4 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.