Dixons Fazakerley Academy, Liverpool

In its own words: "At Dixons Fazakerley Academy, we have many minds but one mission: we ensured all students succeeded at university, or a real alternative, thrived in a rewarding career and had a purposeful and happy life. Our core values of respect, integrity and determination permeate all that we do."

In 2026, pupils at Dixons Fazakerley Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 35.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 42.8 in Liverpool and 47 across England.

25% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 38% in Liverpool and 47% in England.

That is up from 33.4 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -1.08: 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 30.6, against 41.9 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 11.3 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 21 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Statistics, Combined Science and History.

For September 2026 entry, 64 families put Dixons Fazakerley Academy as their first choice and 144 named it as one of their preferences, for 176 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 Fazakerley Academy are Archbishop Beck Catholic College (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 39.9); St John Bosco Arts College (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 40.1); Kirkby High School (1.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 34.8); and Dixons Croxteth Academy (1.8 miles, Attainment 8 35).

Dixons Fazakerley Academy's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Dixons Fazakerley 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 170 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 75% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 59% to a further education college, 4% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

49.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 177 pupils (24%) received SEN support and 34 (4.6%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

Dixons Fazakerley Academy had 37 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 Fazakerley Rail Station, about 740 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Sherwoods Lane (adjacent), 120 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Dixons Fazakerley Academy stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 147 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and other crime. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Liverpool (342).

In 2024/25, Dixons Fazakerley Academy issued 1635 suspensions, 204.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 12 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Dixons Fazakerley Academy are Fazakerley Primary School (0.2 miles), Holy Name Catholic Primary School (0.3 miles), Barlows Primary School (0.6 miles) and Aintree Davenhill Primary School (1.1 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.