Dixons City Academy

State-Funded School

dixons-city-academy-bradford-yorkshire-and-the-humber

Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

BradfordLocal Authority

Bradford EastConstituency

BD5 7RRPostcode

9.6

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Dixons City Academy is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–16, located in Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 892 pupils. Dixons City Academy is part of DIXONS ACADEMIES TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 49.5
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 50.3%
EBacc average point score: 4.52

Ethnicity

White

10%

Asian

72%

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

892

Total Pupils

57%Boys

43%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

32%

England average

27%

First language not English

26%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 16
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 892
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: DIXONS ACADEMIES TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 16 October 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
20 Dec 2018	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.