Appleton Academy
Academy sponsor led · 1,207 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 35.1
Academy sponsor led
Dixons City Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 892of 900 places
- Free school meals
- 31.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 179
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained, 16 October 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Dixons City Technology College (URN 107462).
What the data says
Dixons City Academy has no sixth form. Of the 169 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 15% moved to a sixth form college, 24% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
Spanish is unusually popular at GCSE: 85% of the year group took it, against 19% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 49.5 against 46.1 across England and 40.8 in Bradford, with 50% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 2% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Bradford and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Dixons City Academy | Bradford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 169 | 6,849 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 96% | 88% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 96% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 56% | 33% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 15% | 11% | 13% |
| — further education college | 24% | 39% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 2% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 5% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Dixons City Academy | Bradford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 49.5 | 40.8 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 50% | 38% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 67% | 57% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 86% | 42% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.52 | 3.56 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 30% | 36% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 43.8 | 31.7 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 51.9 | 45.9 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 45% | 34% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 179 | 100% | 89% | 20% | 20% | 72% |
| Mathematics | 177 | 99% | 88% | 24% | 22% | 73% |
| English Literature | 177 | 99% | 86% | 31% | 21% | 74% |
| Religious Studies | 173 | 97% | 31% | 36% | 32% | 69% |
| Spanish | 152 | 85% | 19% | 12% | 27% | 51% |
| Combined Science | 147 | 82% | 65% | 16% | 9% | 61% |
| Geography | 100 | 56% | 41% | 22% | 25% | 56% |
| History | 75 | 42% | 41% | 16% | 26% | 52% |
| Design and Technology | 75 | 42% | 11% | 23% | 23% | 79% |
| Biology | 32 | 18% | 23% | 41% | 45% | 94% |
| Fine Art | 31 | 17% | 9% | 13% | 28% | 77% |
| Chemistry | 30 | 17% | 23% | 53% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 30 | 17% | 23% | 67% | 46% | 100% |
| Computer Science | 26 | 15% | 13% | 35% | 30% | 69% |
| Drama | 15 | 8% | 7% | 20% | 27% | 73% |
| Music | 10 | 6% | 5% | 40% | 33% | 90% |
| Arabic | 4 | 2% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| 3D Design | 1 | 1% | 2% | — | 16% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 51 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 47 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 41 | — | — |
| Personal Health | 1 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Bradford
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Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,394 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 35.3
Beckfoot School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,592 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.0
Beckfoot Thornton
Academy sponsor led · 1,243 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.2
Beckfoot Upper Heaton
Academy sponsor led · 679 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.3
Belle Vue Girls' Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 910 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.2
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.