Ripley Street,
Bradford
West Yorkshire
BD5 7RR
01274 776777

School type:
Sponsored Academy
Current admission policy:
Comprehensive
Denomination:
Does not apply
Number of pupils:
1104
Age range:
11-18
Gender:
MIXED
Number of boys:
592
Number of girls:
512

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Description:

The Academy is committed to providing a curriculum that will prepare students for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of adult life and meet the aims of the Academy Value Statement.


Dixon's City Academy assembly

The aims of our curriculum are:

• To maximise student progress in all areas, regardless of ability, disability, gender or race
• To foster successful learners who enjoy learning, make progress and achieve
• To encourage confidence in our students so that they are able to live safe, healthy and fulfilling lives
• To ensure that our students become responsible citizens who make a positive contribution to society
• To equip students with the skills (identified as Dixons skills) needed to participate in the technological, economic, social and cultural life of the country
• To ensure that students develop the essential skills for learning, life and employment by incorporating personal, learning and thinking and functional skills into their curriculum offer
• To encourage students to develop the skills needed for employment by including opportunities for business challenges and applied learning in real contexts
• To ensure students have high aspirations and self-esteem and accept responsibility for their learning
• To offer students the opportunity for moral and spiritual reflection in order to promote positive emotional health and confidence.


Dixon's City Academy computer room

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Key Stage 4 Results 2012

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Number of pupils eligible to take the tests:
165

Percentage of pupils attaining 5+ GCSEs at A*-C (or equivalent) inc. English and Maths

2012
61%
2011
80%
2010
79%
2009
90%

2012

Percentage of pupils attaining 5+ GCSEs at A*-C (or equivalent) inc. English and maths:
61%
Percentage of boys attaining 5+ GCSEs at A*-C (or equivalent) inc. English and maths (if applicable):
54%
Percentage of girls attaining 5+ GCSEs at A*-C (or equivalent) inc. English and maths (if applicable):
68%
Percentage of pupils achieving English Baccalaureate:
27%
Percentage of boys achieving English Baccalaureate: (if applicable):
15%
Percentage of girls achieving English Baccalaureate: (if applicable):
41%

The percentage of pupils getting A*-C GCSE passes in maths, English, two science subjects, a language and either history or geography.

Percentage of pupils achieving 5 A*-C grades in any subject:
96%
Average points score per GCSE pupil:
306.6

The average points score per GCSE pupil, where A* is worth 58 points, A=52, B=46, C=40, D=34, E=28, F=22, G=16

Value added score

English and Maths
1035.6

A statistical measure of how well pupils are helped to progress from their starting point. A score above 1,000 is better than the national average.

NE: The school did not enter any pupils
SUPP: The data is suppressed, as it may contain data that will allow people to identify individual pupils
IA: Tests not undertaken due to Industrial Action

Includes data supplied by Department for Education, or the Welsh Assembly Government 2010-13

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