Dixons Allerton Academy
All-through · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–19 · Bradford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.778 miles
Published by Bradford Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Year 7 2026: 1.950 mi
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Dixons Allerton Academy is an all-through school in Bradford for ages 3–19 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 8 May 2024. Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception and Year 7 2014 to 2026 entry.
Dixons Allerton 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 |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.778 mi |
| Year 7 2026 | 1.950 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 15 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.778 miles away, about the same as in 2025 and further than in 2015; the distance swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 69 first-choice applications for 59 offers; 59 offers went to first-choice families, and 10 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 1.950 miles from the school.
- At A level in 2024/25 the average grade was C (England B-), and progress from GCSE to A level was average.
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
- Rhodesway, Bradford, BD8 0DH
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- 3–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 1,775 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 8 May 2024
Strengths
- “Adults working in school have high ambition for all pupils.”
- “There is a clear, shared commitment to ensure that all pupils can be successful, irrespective of the challenges they may face.”
- “The primary phase of school, including very strong early years provision, prepares pupils well for the secondary phase.”
To improve
- “However, many pupils do not attend school regularly.”
- “These pupils can struggle to access the new learning that is being taught.”
- “The school does not identify and address gaps in their learning quickly enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 June 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 55% | 62% |
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 38% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 41.7 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 69 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 59 offers to first-preference applicants.
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 173 first-preference applications, 239 offers in total, 172 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 special, independent and other schools
Straight-line distance, in Bradford.
- Prism Independent School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- Chellow Heights Special School 1.2 mi Good
- High Park School 1.2 mi Standards maintained
- Jaamiatul Imaam Muhammad Zakaria 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Islamic Tarbiyyah Preparatory School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Bradford Grammar School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Al Mumin Primary and Secondary School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- Co-op Academy Southfield 2.2 mi School remains Good