Dixons Trinity Academy, Bradford

In its own words: "At Dixons Trinity Academy, we have many minds but one mission: to get students to and through university so that they thrive in a top job and have a great life. Our core values of hard work, trust and fairness permeate all that we do."

In 2026, pupils at Dixons Trinity 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.

54% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 40% in Bradford and 47% in England.

That is up from 51.4 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.72: 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 47.9, against 55.7 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 7.8 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 17 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Religious Studies and Spanish.

For September 2026 entry, 176 families put Dixons Trinity Academy as their first choice and 1194 named it as one of their preferences, for 126 places offered. That is 1.4 first choices for every place. 74 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Dixons Trinity Academy are Dixons McMillan Academy (0.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 52.2); Dixons City Academy (0.4 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 52.5); Bronte Girls' Academy (0.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.9); and The Home Study Project Co Pakistan Community and Neighbourhood Assoc (0.9 miles).

Dixons Trinity Academy's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

Dixons Trinity 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.

55 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Dixons Trinity Academy (as of September 2025): 66% would recommend the school, 75% say their child is happy there and 48% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school has high expectations for their child (84%); the weakest, that the school supports their child's wider development (42%).

Of the 116 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 91% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 27% to a further education college and 1% into work.

36.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 28.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (78%), Black (6%) and other ethnic groups (5%).

The nearest railway station is Bradford Interchange Rail Station, about 950 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).

16 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Luke's Hospital (at), 130 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Dixons Trinity 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 1248 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 Trinity Academy issued 114 suspensions, 16.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Dixons Trinity Academy are Dixons Music Primary (under 0.1 miles); All Saints CofE Primary School (0.2 miles); St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy (0.2 miles); and Copthorne Primary School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.