# Dixons Brooklands Academy

Dixons 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.

Secondary school. Code E148965. [Manchester](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 11 to 19
- Pupils: 913
- Council: Manchester
- URN: 148965

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Graded 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
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sacred-heart-catholic-primary-school-e105536): 730 m. Primary. School remains Good, July 2023. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Bowersgate School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bowersgate-school-e152533): 780 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Sandilands Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sandilands-primary-school-e105469): 780 m. Primary. School remains Good, March 2023. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Baguley Hall Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/baguley-hall-primary-school-e105485): 1.1 km. Primary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Button Lane Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/button-lane-primary-school-e131938): 1.2 km. Primary. Good (overall), July 2023. 49% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Rack House Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rack-house-primary-school-e105448): 1.4 km. Primary. Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met. 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/148965)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/148965)

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