Dixons City Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Bradford
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Bradford Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2014–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Dixons City Academy is a secondary school in Bradford for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 16 October 2024. Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2014 to 2026 entry.
Dixons City Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 4 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 369 first-choice applications for 171 offers, 2.2 first choices per offer, the 2nd highest of 32 Bradford secondary schools.
- For Year 7 in 2026, 137 offers went to first-choice families, so 232 first-choice families (63%) were not offered a place; 34 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 50% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Bradford.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bradford schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Ripley Street, Bradford, BD5 7RR
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 892 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 31.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 16 October 2024
Strengths
- “Dixons City Academy is realising its aspiration to offer pupils an exceptional education.”
- “The staff and pupils love learning.”
- “The school has high expectations for all pupils.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 November 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 50% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 49.5 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 369 first-preference applications, 171 offers in total, 137 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Bradford.
- Dixons Trinity Academy 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Dixons McMillan Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Bronte Girls' Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Grange 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bradford Forster Academy 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Dixons Kings Academy 1.5 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford 1.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Carlton Bolling 1.7 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published