Dixons Trinity Chapeltown, Leeds

Ofsted's report card from its 9 September 2026 inspection grades Dixons Trinity Chapeltown on 7 areas: 7 strong standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Strong standard. "From their starting points in Reception to the end of Year 11, pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, achieve highly at the school."

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders prioritise improving pupils' attendance."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "Leaders have meticulously planned an ambitious curriculum that meets the needs and ambitions of the pupils at the school."

Early years - Strong standard. "Leaders are highly knowledgeable about the early years."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "At Dixons Trinity Chapeltown, everyone is welcome."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders, including those responsible for governance, have a detailed understanding of the school's context, strengths and areas for improvement."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders have established a comprehensive and carefully sequenced personal development programme that is tailored to the context of the school."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should build on improvements in the attendance of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities so that their work has a sustained and transformational impact for all pupils".

In its own words: "Our core values of hard work, trust and fairness permeate all that we do. From the moment a student arrives at Dixons Trinity Chapeltown, we ask them to live these values: Hard work We never give up. We remain positive so that we have the strength to persevere with even the hardest work."

In 2026, pupils at Dixons Trinity Chapeltown averaged an Attainment 8 score of 45.8, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.7 in Leeds and 47 across England.

39% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 48% in Leeds and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 46.6.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.52: 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 40.4, against 51.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 11 points.

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

For September 2026 entry, 119 families put Dixons Trinity Chapeltown as their first choice and 554 named it as one of their preferences, for 44 places offered. That is 2.7 first choices for every place. 77 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Dixons Trinity Chapeltown are Co-op Academy Leeds (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 27.9); Adel Beck (0.9 miles); Leeds City Academy (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 36.3); and Trinity Academy Leeds (1.1 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 55.4).

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

Dixons Trinity Chapeltown 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 110 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 95% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 37% to a further education college and 1% to an apprenticeship.

47.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 31% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (43%), Black (22%) and Mixed (12%).

In 2026, 173 pupils (18%) received SEN support and 18 (1.9%) 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.

The nearest railway station is Leeds Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.

16 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Mandela Centre (opposite), 100 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Dixons Trinity Chapeltown 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, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Leeds (229), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Dixons Trinity Chapeltown issued 557 suspensions, 57 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Dixons Trinity Chapeltown are Holy Rosary and St Anne's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy (under 0.1 miles); Hillcrest Academy (0.3 miles); Little London Academy (0.3 miles); and Bankside Primary School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.