Dixons McMillan Academy, Bradford

In its own words: "As part of Dixons Academies Trust, our mission is to establish and sustain a high-performing, non-faith school which values diversity and maximises student achievement in order to challenge social and educational disadvantage in the North. At Dixons McMillan, we live by the mantra every day that we are a school where everyone feels welcome, and everyone succeeds."

In 2026, pupils at Dixons McMillan Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 52.2, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 42.6 in Bradford and 47 across England.

53% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 40% in Bradford and 47% in England.

That is up from 47.3 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.16: pupils made 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 51.6, against 52.5 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 0.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 18 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and Spanish.

For September 2026 entry, 164 families put Dixons McMillan Academy as their first choice and 957 named it as one of their preferences, for 130 places offered. That is 1.3 first choices for every place. 64 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Dixons McMillan Academy are Dixons Trinity Academy (0.1 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 52.5); Dixons City Academy (0.5 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 52.5); Bronte Girls' Academy (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.9); and The Home Study Project Co Pakistan Community and Neighbourhood Assoc (0.9 miles).

Dixons McMillan Academy's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

Dixons McMillan 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 114 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 93% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 25% to a further education college and 1% into work.

38.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 93 pupils (14%) received SEN support and 20 (3%) 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 McMillan Academy had 31 teachers in 2026, one for every 22 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 1090 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).

14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Trinity Green Campus, 90 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Dixons McMillan 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 1254 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 McMillan Academy issued 157 suspensions, 23.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Dixons McMillan Academy are All Saints CofE Primary School (0.1 miles); Dixons Music Primary (0.1 miles); Copthorne Primary School (0.3 miles); and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy (0.4 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.