Dixons McMillan Academy
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–16 · Bradford
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.568 miles
Published by Bradford Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2014–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Dixons McMillan Academy is a secondary school in Bradford for ages 11–16 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 26 September 2023. Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2014 to 2026 entry.
Dixons McMillan 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 | 0.568 mi |
| 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
- The last Year 7 place in 2026 went to a child 0.568 miles away, the 3rd shortest of 12 Bradford secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- That distance was nearer the school than in 2025, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- Year 7 in 2026 drew 164 first-choice applications for 130 offers; 100 went to first-choice families, and 64 first-choice families (39%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 51% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 47.3 (England 46).
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
- Trinity Road, Bradford, BD5 0JD
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 665 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 26 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils value the support and guidance that they receive at Dixons McMillan.”
- “Positive relationships are fostered, and this makes a real difference to pupils.”
- “They know that staff work hard to support them and to get to know them.”
To improve
- “Attendance for some pupils, including those with SEND, is not high enough.”
- “Too many pupils are persistently absent from school.”
- “However, there are not enough opportunities for pupils to participate in extra-curricular activities beyond the academic.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 November 2023 (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) | 51% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 47.3 | 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: 164 first-preference applications, 130 offers in total, 100 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 0.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Dixons City Academy 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bronte Girls' Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Grange 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Dixons Kings Academy 1.0 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Valley Academy 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Carlton Bolling 1.5 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published