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Dixons Brooklands Academy

  • 11–19Ages
  • 913Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 148965URN

Moor Road, Wythenshawe, Manchester, M23 9BP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2024 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.8per place
0.7 below Manchester median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Manchester

234 applications for 129 places · 30th of 32 in Manchester
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
39.9of 90
26th of 31 in Manchester
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 26 November 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementRequires improvement

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
1.8applications per place, Year 7
0.7 below Manchester median (2.5) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

234 applications · 129 places offered · 79 named it first

  1. 2026 1.8; Manchester median median 2.5
  2. 2025 1.6; Manchester median median 2.6
  3. 2024 1.7; Manchester median median 2.6
  4. 2023 1.3; Manchester median median 2.6
  5. 2022 1.4; Manchester median median 2.1
  6. 2021 1.4; Manchester median median 2.1; as the previous school
  7. 2020 1.8; Manchester median median 2.4; as the previous school
  8. 2019 1.8; Manchester median median 2.3; as the previous school
  9. 2018 1.6; Manchester median median 2.1; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.6; Manchester median median 2.1; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.4; Manchester median median 2.0; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.6; Manchester median median 1.8; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.6; Manchester median median 1.7; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Manchester median in 0 of 5 years.
  • This school
  • Manchester median

Dashed bars: as Manchester Health Academy (URN 135875), Brookway High School and Sports College (URN 105570), the previous school.

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, 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 20261292341.8790.61
Sep 20251692661.6800.47
Sep 20242023371.71470.73
Sep 20232132821.31160.54
Sep 20222243201.41800.80
Sep 2021 *2062961.41540.75
Sep 2020 *2063741.82151.04
Sep 2019 *2093681.81850.89
Sep 2018 *2083291.61820.88
Sep 2017 *2053171.61660.81
Sep 2016 *1812471.41210.67
Sep 2015 *1151891.6900.78
Sep 2014 *1171881.6810.69

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

179 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)39.926th of 31 in Manchester
Grade 5 or above in English and maths34%28th of 31 in Manchester
Grade 4 or above in English and maths47%
  • This school
  • Manchester median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.64
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)17939.934%47%–
2024/2520136.119%40%–
2023/2419235.725%38%−0.64
2022/2319339.926%49%−0.44

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
Secondary
URN · DfE number
148965 · 352/4017
Trust
Dixons Academies Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,050 pupils · 913 on roll
Free school meals
52.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 January 2022
Replaced
Manchester Health Academy (URN 135875); Brookway High School and Sports College (URN 105570)
Address
Moor Road, Wythenshawe, Manchester, M23 9BP
Local authority
Manchester

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