Dixons Kings Academy
Secondary · Free schools · Mixed · Bradford
Northside Road, Bradford, BD7 2AN
76
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding
No graded inspection
Application demand
35%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
92.1%
20.4% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
818
Capacity used
Over capacity102%
800 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
35%
1st preference success rate
126 of 355 families who put it first got an offer
150
Places offered
1195
Total applications
8.0
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 355 | 126 | ● 35% |
| 2nd preference | 289 | 16 | ● 6% |
| 3rd preference | 243 | 3 | ● 1% |
| Later preferences (4th–5th) | 308 | 5 | ● 2% |
| Total | 1195 | 150 | 13% |
1st preference success by year
Bradford lets families list 5 preferences. 4 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Simon Gayle
- Address
- Northside Road, Bradford, BD7 2AN
- Phone
- 01274089910
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Ward / constituency
- Great Horton · Bradford South
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 137277
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 31% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 37% | — | — |
| SEN support | 10% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: DIXONS ACADEMIES TRUST
818 pupils · 800 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
18 April 2024
Ungraded inspection
School remains Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 868 pupils
Attendance
92.1%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.9%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
20.4%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.9%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.7%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 53.4 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.54 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 57% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 74% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.97 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 52.7 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 54.5% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 71.9% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 87.4% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.84 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 167 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 168 | 23% | 49% | 69% | |
| English Literature | 167 | 26% | 65% | 82% | |
| Mathematics | 164 | 28% | 61% | 76% | |
| Religious Studies | 160 | 56% | 84% | 90% | |
| Spanish | 148 | 14% | 47% | 65% | |
| Combined Science | 136 | 20% | 49% | 66% | |
| Geography | 85 | 24% | 48% | 61% | |
| Business | 84 | 15% | 52% | 69% | |
| History | 74 | 23% | 49% | 61% | |
| Art and Design | 40 | 15% | 73% | 90% | |
| Biology | 30 | 50% | 87% | 97% | |
| Physics | 29 | 62% | 100% | 100% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Bradford council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.