Primary admissions

Reception intake for September 2024

Reception places will be offered, via the local authorities, on 16 April 2024. Families who completed the local authorities Common Application / Preference Form (CAF / CPF) will be advised by their local authority of the school allocated to their child on this date.

For Dixons Allerton, there were 136 applications for the 60 places available. The breakdown of places by oversubscription criteria is as follows:

Number who named the Academy as a preference	136
Number of places available	60
Number who remained on the waiting list on 16 April (national offer day)	0
Number of places awarded to each oversubscription criteria in order of priority:
Children with an EHCP	1
Looked-after & former looked-after children	0
Children with exceptional medical or social need (applications agreed)	0
Children of staff (up to 2)	2
Siblings of children at Dixons Allerton*	30
Distance	23
Siblings of children in the same admission year	0
	56

* Siblings are children with brothers / sisters who are currently attending the Academy and who will still be attending the Academy in September, and who live at the same address.

For this year, all children who required a place were allocated one.

If you have not yet completed a local authority Common Application Form (CAF) you should complete the Reception Late Application Form (available in the Downloads section below).

If you completed a CAF but you did not make 5 preferences, and you wish to add Dixons Allerton as a preference, then you can complete the Reception additional preference form (also available in the Downloads section below).

If you completed a CAF and made 5 preferences, but you now wish to Dixons Allerton as a preference, then you can complete the Reception waiting list form (available in the Downloads section below) and tick Dixons Allerton on that form.

If you have any specific questions about the waiting list or admissions process, please contact the Admissions Office via:

e-mail: admissions@dixonsaa.com

telephone: 01274 089890 – option 2

Exceptional medical or social need and Children of staff criteria

If you are applying for a place at the Academy under the 'Exceptional medical or social need' or 'Children of staff' oversubscription criteria, please follow the instructions in the Admissions guidance document, which can be found in the Downloads section below.

Open Event

The Reception open evening will take place on Wednesday 8^th November 2023. The evening will start at 4pm and end at 5pm.

Further information about the Academy can be found on this website or by contacting the Academy via:
e-mail: admin@dixonsaa.com

telephone: 01274 089890

In-year admissions (Reception to year 6)

Dixons Allerton Academy is a very popular school and, consequently, a vacancy is only likely to occur if a child leaves the year group, which does not happen very often.

Where vacancies do occur, places are decided by applying our oversubscription criteria (see In-Year Guidance document below).

Should you wish to add your child to the waiting list, please telephone or write to Admissions (via the contact details given below) with the information required (see list below). You may also wish to include the reasons for applying. A written confirmation will be sent to you to confirm that we have added the details to our waiting list.

Information required:

• Child’s full name, date of birth, present school and home address

• Name of parent / carer

• Address of parent / carer if different to the child’s address

• Contact telephone number

E-mail: admissions@dixonsaa.com

Telephone: 01274 089890 – option 2

You will also need to complete an In-Year Common Application Form (ICAF) for the local authority in order to be eligible for a place if a vacancy occurs. The ICAF and more information about the process is available from the council website or you can request for a form to be sent to you by e-mailing: schooladmissions@bradford.gov.uk or by telephoning 01274 439200.

Reception intake in September 2025

The admissions & appeals policy for the academic year 2025-2026 can be found below. Further details about the process to apply to start in September 2025 will appear on this page in Summer.

Nursery admissions

If you are interested in applying for your child to attend our Nursery provision, please fill out the application form. Click here for Application Form.