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Academy sponsor led · Bradford

Dixons Allerton Academy

  • 3–19Ages
  • 1,775Pupils
  • All-throughPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 135866URN

Rhodesway, Bradford, BD8 0DH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · May 2024 Previous framework

Requires improvement
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.5per place
close to Bradford median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Bradford

607 applications for 239 places · 13th of 35 in Bradford
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
41.9of 90
17th of 35 in Bradford
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement · 8 May 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
Personal developmentRequires improvement
Leadership and managementRequires improvement
Early years provisionGood
Sixth form provisionGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.5applications per place, Year 7
close to Bradford median (2.4) 0.3 above England median (2.2)

607 applications · 239 places offered · 173 named it first

  1. 2026 2.5; Bradford median median 2.4
  2. 2025 2.6; Bradford median median 2.4
  3. 2024 2.9; Bradford median median 2.5
  4. 2023 3.0; Bradford median median 2.3
  5. 2022 3.3; Bradford median median 2.5
  6. 2021 3.4; Bradford median median 2.5
  7. 2020 3.8; Bradford median median 2.3
  8. 2019 3.1; Bradford median median 2.4
  9. 2018 2.8; Bradford median median 2.7
  10. 2017 3.0; Bradford median median 3.0
  11. 2016 3.4; Bradford median median 4.3
  12. 2015 2.9; Bradford median median 4.1
  13. 2014 3.2; Bradford median median 3.9
  • This school
  • Bradford median

Reception entry, September 2026: 2.2 per place (131 applications for 59 places).

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262396072.51730.72
Sep 20252356002.61870.80
Sep 20242396862.92010.84
Sep 20232467493.02180.89
Sep 20222427983.32140.88
Sep 20212428293.42691.11
Sep 20202449253.82771.14
Sep 20192447643.11960.80
Sep 20182396592.81880.79
Sep 20172387093.02050.86
Sep 20162357963.42310.98
Sep 20152407042.92210.92
Sep 20142397573.22250.94

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

249 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)41.917th of 35 in Bradford
Grade 5 or above in English and maths39%20th of 35 in Bradford
Grade 4 or above in English and maths57%
  • This school
  • Bradford median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.22
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)24941.939%57%–
2024/2524041.738%60%–
2023/2424243.444%63%−0.22
2022/2324142.836%56%−0.06

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
All-through
URN · DfE number
135866 · 380/6908
Trust
Dixons Academies Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,885 pupils · 1,775 on roll
Free school meals
36.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 September 2009
Replaced
Rhodesway School (URN 107364)
Address
Rhodesway, Bradford, BD8 0DH
Local authority
Bradford

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources