Secondary school

Dixons Kings Academy

  • Free School
  • ages 11–16
  • Mixed
  • Bradford
  • BD7 2AN
  • No sixth form
Ofsted Outstanding · inspected Jan 2017

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 654 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 20%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 18%18%2016/17: top 15%2017/18: top 10%10% · 2017/182018/19: top 12%2021/22: top 15%2022/23: top 22%2023/24: top 19%2024/25: top 20%No exams

Against Yorkshire and The Humber

Attainment 852.7 · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.39/10 Top 20%
Grade 5+ English and maths54.5% · Yorkshire and The Humber 42.7%8/10 Above−15.8 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score4.84 · Yorkshire and The Humber 3.939/10 Top 20%
Progress 8 · 2023/24+0.54 · Yorkshire and The Humber −0.079/10 Top 20%−10.5 pts since 18/19
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 55.8 · 164 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 49.82016/17: 53.6 · 160 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.82017/18: 57.6 · 173 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.42018/19: 56 · 162 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.552021/22: 57.5 · 168 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 47.22022/23: 52.3 · 167 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 44.72023/24: 53.4 · 169 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 44.92024/25: 52.7 · 167 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.357.652.3No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 58% · 160 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 40%2017/18: 61% · 173 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 39%2018/19: 66% · 162 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 39%2021/22: 71% · 168 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 47%2022/23: 59% · 167 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 40%2023/24: 56.8% · 169 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 42.3%2024/25: 54.5% · 167 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 42.7%71%54.5%No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in32.9%
113 of 344 who put it first2014 · 62.1%2026 · 32.8%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st344113
2nd26619
3rd22311

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2013–2024

  1. 2013Requires improvement
  2. 2014Requires improvement
  3. 2017Outstanding
  4. 2024Remains Outstanding

4 strong areas

  • Outcomes for pupils
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management
  • Personal development, behaviour and welfare
  • Quality of teaching, learning and assessment

0 weak areas

4 areas graded

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026818
Free school meals (past 6 years)30.5%
First language not English26.8%
SEN support10.3%
EHC plan2.5%
Absence (sessions missed)7.9%
Persistently absent pupils20.4%

Girls 45.4%Boys 54.6%

102.2% full · 800 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher23.4
Pupils per adult16.5
  • Classroom teachers 32
  • Leadership 3
  • Teaching assistants 9.9
  • Other support 20.2

Teachers 35 FTE · Whole workforce 65.1 · 74 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£8,656
Spend per pupil£7,749
Staff spend per pupil£5,551
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£759,000in-year balance

Grants £8,456 · self-generated £258 · premises £372 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: DIXONS ACADEMIES TRUST (17 academies) · trust reserve £8,721,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

169 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained89.3%
  • Education87%
  • Apprenticeship2.4%
  • Employment0%
  • Not sustained6.5%
  • Unknown4.1%