Admissions

Year 7 intake in September 2025

The national offer date for Year 7 school places is Monday 3 March 2025.  Parents who completed the local authorities Common Application / Preference Form (CAF / CPF) will be advised by the local authorities of the school allocated to their child on this date.

For Dixons City, there were 825 children who completed the fair-banding assessment, and a further 537 preferences on the CAF / CPF for the 160 places available.  The breakdown of places by stanine band and by oversubscription criteria is as follows:

* 1 additional place has been allocated above the admission number of 180, due to the Academy being named for a looked-after child who has not completed the assessment.  This allocation is, consequently, outside of the banding arrangements.

** One of the children who was allocated a PA place, has also qualified under a higher oversubscription criterion.

There were 551 children who sat the assessment, and a further 537 children for whom the Academy was listed as a preference, remaining on the waiting list after the last place allocated.

Regrettably, because of the high number of applications it has not been possible to offer every child, who wants one, a place.  We automatically keep every child's name on the waiting list until the end of December 2025, but you should also return the local authority’s Year 7 Waiting List Form to inform them if you want your child to stay on the waiting list for this academy or any other school.  A copy of the form is available from the Downloads section below.

If you have not yet completed a local authority Common Application Form (CAF) you should complete the Late Year 7 Application Form available in the Downloads section below.  

If you completed a CAF but did not make 5 preferences, then you can complete the Year 7 Additional Preference form, and add additional schools up to a total of 5.  A copy of the form is available in the Downloads section below.

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

e-mail:           admissions@dixonsca.com

telephone:    01274 089780 – option 

Lines are open between 8.30am and 10.30am and from 2.30pm until 4.30pm.  If you are calling outside of these times or, our lines are busy, please leave a voicemail and we will return your call.

In-year admissions (Years 7 to 11)

The funding agreement for the academy dictates how many students it is funded for in total. The Academy plans its operations such as staffing, timetabling, and provision of resources based on the funding received; this equates to the following provision:

There are 180 places in each of the year groups 7 to 11.

If a child is refused a place, this is because admission of another child would prejudice the provision of efficient education or the efficient use of resources.

Where vacancies occur, places are not offered based on the length of time children have been on the list but are filled in coordination with the local authorities and in line with the oversubscription criteria. It is, therefore, possible that a child may be added to the list who qualifies more highly within the criteria than children already on the list because each time a child is added, the list will be ranked again in line with the published oversubscription criteria. Looked-after children, previously looked-after children, and those allocated a place at the Academy in accordance with a Fair Access Protocol take precedence over those on a waiting list.

Applications should be made on Bradford local authority’s ‘In Year Common Application Form’ (ICAF) which is available from the website. Once completed, the form needs to be returned directly to the local authority. On receipt of an ICAF the local authority will then respond to advise if a place is available or not.

Should you have any questions about the admissions process, please e-mail: admissions@dixonsca.com or telephone: 01274 089780 – option 7.

Mailing list for Year 7 – September 2026

The academy starts to accept details onto a mailing list from when children commence Year 5 at primary school. Please complete this form to register your interest.

Entry onto the mailing list is not a guarantee of a place. We will simply use the information provided for the mailing list to inform you when the supplementary form is available to complete in July 2025.

Details of our current admissions arrangements can be found in the Admissions & Appeals Policy 2025-26 (available from the Downloads section below). Please note that the Policy relates only to the admission year stated on the document and is subject to change in future years.