Dixons Unity Academy, Leeds

In its own words: "At Dixons Unity Academy, we have many minds but one mission: all students succeed at university or a real alternative; they live happy and purposeful lives. Our values of integrity, resilience and respect permeate everything that we do."

In 2026, pupils at Dixons Unity Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 40.3, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.7 in Leeds and 47 across England.

30% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 48% in Leeds and 47% in England.

That is up from 36 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.54: 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 35.2, against 45.7 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 10.5 points.

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

For September 2026 entry, 142 families put Dixons Unity Academy as their first choice and 352 named it as one of their preferences, for 195 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 Unity Academy are The Farnley Academy (1 mile, Outstanding, Attainment 8 46.7); Crawshaw Academy (2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.6); Pudsey Grammar School (2.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.4); and Leeds West Academy (2.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 39.9).

Dixons Unity Academy's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Dixons Unity 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 146 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 67% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 41% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

51.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 32.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (24%), Black (13%) and Asian (7%).

In 2026, 249 pupils (27.5%) received SEN support and 12 (1.3%) 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 Unity Academy had 30 teachers in 2026, one for every 31 pupils: fewer teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Bramley Rail Station, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line.

19 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Heights Bank, 190 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Dixons Unity 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 488 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and burglary. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Leeds (229), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Dixons Unity Academy issued 636 suspensions, 68.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Dixons Unity Academy are Whingate Primary School (0.2 miles), Christ Church Upper Armley Church of England Primary School (0.5 miles), Ryecroft Academy (0.5 miles) and Greenhill Primary School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.