Dixons Cottingley Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Bingley, Bradford
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Bradford Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Dixons Cottingley Academy is a secondary school in Bingley, Bradford for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 15 November 2022. Bradford has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2018 to 2026 entry.
Dixons Cottingley 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Year 7 2026 had 90 first-choice applications for 172 offers (0.5 first choices per offer), the 2nd lowest of 32 Bradford secondary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, and 82 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, as at 19 of the 31 other Bradford secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- 2024/25: 47% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 2nd 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
- Cottingley New Road, Bingley, BD16 1TZ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Bradford
- Pupils on roll
- 861 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 15 November 2022
Strengths
- “Leaders have high aspirations for pupils.”
- “Pupils receive a strong academic curriculum.”
- “Leaders sustain a focus on rapid and ongoing improvement.”
To improve
- “However, in some cases, pupils feel that the rules are too strict.”
- “Some of these pupils do not feel confident to raise this with teachers.”
- “However, there is variance in how well teachers use this information to adapt their teaching and fill gaps in learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 January 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) | 47% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.7 | 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: 90 first-preference applications, 172 offers in total, 90 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.
- Belle Vue Girls' Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Beckfoot Upper Heaton 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Beckfoot School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Titus Salt School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bradford Girls' Grammar School 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bingley Grammar School 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Lister Park 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published