Dixons Allerton Academy
All-through schoolDixons Allerton Academy is a all-through school in Bradford, for pupils aged 3 to 19. It had 1,775 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Requires improvement (overall), May 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 8 May 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 55% of pupils at Dixons Allerton Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Bradford and 62% in England.
2% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Dixons Allerton Academy was 41.9, against 41.4 in Bradford and 46.2 in England.
39% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Bradford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 55% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 2% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102 | 104 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Bradford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 41.9 | 41.4 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 39% | 38.8% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 57% | 57.2% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 249 | – | – |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- St Matthew's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)660 m
- Ley Top Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met, requires significant improvement. 40% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)770 m
- Crossley Hall AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, May 2023. 33% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)810 m
- Beckfoot Allerton Primary School and NurseryPrimary. Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade. 42% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)880 m
- The Academy At St. JamesPrimary. Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met. 49% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Bradford Girls' Grammar SchoolSecondary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 46.8 (2025/26, provisional)1.1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Bradford
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).