Dixons Brooklands Academy
Secondary schoolDixons Brooklands Academy is a secondary school in Manchester, for pupils aged 11 to 19. It had 913 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 26 November 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- 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 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Dixons Brooklands Academy was 39.9, against 45.6 in Manchester and 46.2 in England.
33.5% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 39.9 | 45.6 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 33.5% | 44.9% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 46.9% | 62.3% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 179 | – | – |
- 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- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, July 2023. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)730 m
- Bowersgate SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file780 m
- Sandilands Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, March 2023. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)780 m
- Baguley Hall Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Button Lane Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), July 2023. 49% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- Rack House Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met. 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Manchester
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).