Dixons Cottingley Academy, Bingley

In its own words: "Our mission is to provide an exceptional education for all of our students so that they leave the academy with excellent results and all the tools needed to live happy, successful and purposeful lives."

In 2026, pupils at Dixons Cottingley Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 44.5, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 42.6 in Bradford and 47 across England.

41% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 40% in Bradford and 47% in England.

That is down from 46.7 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.65: pupils made well 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 40.1, against 48.8 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 8.7 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 19 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Statistics and Combined Science.

For September 2026 entry, 90 families put Dixons Cottingley Academy as their first choice and 391 named it as one of their preferences, for 172 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 Cottingley Academy are Belle Vue Girls' Academy (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.4); Beckfoot Upper Heaton (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 36.4); Beckfoot School (0.9 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 51.5); and Titus Salt School (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 40.8).

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

Dixons Cottingley 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.

Of the 179 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 88% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 34% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

38% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 25.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 128 pupils (14.9%) received SEN support and 12 (1.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a moderate learning difficulty.

The nearest railway station is Saltaire Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.

18 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Nab Wood Grammar School, 90 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 67 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, criminal damage and arson and vehicle crime. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Bradford (404).

In 2024/25, Dixons Cottingley Academy issued 266 suspensions, 30.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Dixons Cottingley Academy are Cottingley Village Primary School (0.2 miles); Beckfoot Heaton Primary (1 mile); Saltaire Primary School (1 mile); and St Walburga's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy (1.1 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.