Secondary admissions
Year 7 intake in September 2023
The Admissions & Appeals policy containing the admissions arrangements has now been published; a copy of the policy can be found in the Downloads section at the bottom of this page. Further information about the application process will appear on this page in August.
Year 7 intake in September 2022
Offers of places will be advised to parents via the local authorities on 1 March 2022.
This year there were 785 applications for the 245 places available; the breakdown of how places were allocated is as follows:
| Students at Dixons Allerton moving from Year 6 | 46 |
| Children with an EHCP | 3 |
| Siblings of students at Dixons Allerton | 84 |
| Distance (the furthest admission by distance criteria was 1.219 miles) | 112 |
| Total | 245 |
Any child not offered a place will automatically remain on the waiting list until the end of December 2022. You should also complete the local authority (Council) waiting list form (available from the Downloads section below).
If you did not complete a common application form, you should complete the Late year 7 application form (available from the Downloads section below). If you completed the common application form but did not make 5 preferences, you are entitled to add additional preferences up to 5 preferences in total; to make additional preferences you should complete the Year 7 Additional preference form (available from the Downloads section below).
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Information about applying
As of September 2020, the Academy no longer admits children by fair-banding. Consequently, children who are applying for this Academy are not required to sit the non-verbal reasoning assessment and it is no longer necessary to complete a Dixons supplementary form (SIF) to apply to this Academy.
Applications to the Academy should be made via the local authority/council CAF (Common Application Form). You will need to name the Academy as one of your school preferences on that form.
If you are applying for a place at Dixons Allerton Academy under the 'Exceptional medical or social need' or 'Children of staff' oversubscription criteria, please follow the instructions in the Admissions Guidance document which is available from the Downloads section at the bottom of this page.
The Academy receives many more applications than there are places available. Places will be filled in line with the oversubscription criteria stated in the Admissions and Appeals Policy (available from the Downloads section below). Below is a chart showing the number of applications there were last year and how many places were allocated in each criteria:
Number who named the Academy as a preference | 837 |
Number of places available | 245 |
Number who remained on the waiting list on 1 March (national offer day) | 437 |
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Number of places awarded to each oversubscription criteria in order of priority |
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Students at Dixons Allerton moving from Year 6 | 46 |
Children with an EHCP | 3 |
Looked-after & former looked-after children | 1 |
Children with exceptional medical or social need (applications agreed) | 0 |
Children of staff (up to 4) | 1 |
Siblings of students at Dixons Allerton | 115 |
Distance (the furthest admission by distance criteria was 0.879 miles) | 79 |
Twins of children admitted under the above categories | 0 |
| 245 |
More information about the secondary school application process is available here from September:
Further information about the Academy can be found on this website or by contacting the Academy via: e-mail: admin@dixonsaa.com telephone: 01274 770230
Open Event
Subject to restrictions, an open event is planned to take place on Tuesday 14 September. Arrival is from 5.00pm and the event will close at 7pm. Presentations will take place at 5.15pm and 6.15pm.
Please check the Academy website before attending to find out whether the open event is taking place or not.
Year 7 intake in September 2023
As of September 2020, the Academy no longer admits children by fair-banding, therefore, parents do not need to register early to receive information about the supplementary form (SIF). Applications to the Academy are made via the local authorities Common Application/Preference forms which will be available via the local authorities’ websites in September 2022.
Please note that applications to the Academy are prioritised in line with the oversubscription criteria (outlined in the Admissions Policy below) which includes a distance rule. The furthest admission by distance in September 2020 was 0.783 miles and in September 2021 it was 0.879 miles.
In-Year Applications
Dixons Allerton Academy is an oversubscribed school and, consequently, a vacancy is only likely to occur if a child leaves the year group which rarely happens.
To apply, 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 www.bradford.gov.uk/education-... or you can request for a form to be sent to you by e-mailing: schooladmissions@bradford.gov.uk or by telephoning 01274 439200.
If a vacancy does occur, we will look at the waiting list and children will be prioritised in accordance with the oversubscription criteria (see In-Year Guidance document in the Downloads section below). We send this list to the local authority and they then allocate the place in the order of the waiting list and in line with parental preference (as specified on the ICAF).
Should you have any questions about the admissions process, please e-mail: admissions@dixonsaa.com or telephone: 01274 770230
Applying for entry into Post 16 (sixth form)
The Academy publishes specific criteria in relation to minimum academic entrance requirements for progression from Year 11 to the Post 16 provision. Please see the Post 16 section of the website for further information: https://www.dixonsaa.com/about.
