Appleton Academy
Academy sponsor led · 1,207 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 35.1
Free schools
Dixons McMillan Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 665of 670 places
- Free school meals
- 38.2%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 139
- Ofsted
- Good, 26 September 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Dixons McMillan Academy has no sixth form. Of the 121 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 13% moved to a sixth form college, 27% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
Spanish is unusually popular at GCSE: 78% of the year group took it, against 19% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 47.3 against 46.1 across England and 40.8 in Bradford, with 51% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 2% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Bradford and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Dixons McMillan Academy | Bradford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 121 | 6,849 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 95% | 88% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 92% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 50% | 33% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 13% | 11% | 13% |
| — further education college | 27% | 39% | 37% |
| — other education | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 2% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 5% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Dixons McMillan Academy | Bradford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 47.3 | 40.8 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 51% | 38% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 70% | 57% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 78% | 42% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.46 | 3.56 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 37% | 36% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 44.6 | 31.7 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 48.9 | 45.9 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 61% | 34% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 137 | 99% | 89% | 19% | 20% | 69% |
| Mathematics | 137 | 99% | 88% | 23% | 22% | 75% |
| English Literature | 136 | 98% | 86% | 26% | 21% | 77% |
| Religious Studies | 131 | 94% | 31% | 27% | 32% | 68% |
| Combined Science | 127 | 91% | 65% | 26% | 9% | 64% |
| Spanish | 108 | 78% | 19% | 10% | 27% | 45% |
| History | 99 | 71% | 41% | 15% | 26% | 48% |
| Geography | 36 | 26% | 41% | 17% | 25% | 64% |
| Biology | 10 | 7% | 23% | 80% | 45% | 80% |
| Physics | 8 | 6% | 23% | 88% | 46% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 8 | 6% | 23% | 100% | 47% | 100% |
| Arabic | 5 | 4% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Computer Science | 3 | 2% | 13% | — | 30% | — |
| Statistics | 2 | 1% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
| Business Studies | 1 | 1% | 18% | — | 20% | — |
| 3D Design | 1 | 1% | 2% | — | 16% | — |
| Art and Design | 1 | 1% | 7% | — | 24% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Urdu | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Photography | 1 | 1% | 6% | — | 19% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art and Design | 49 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 29 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 25 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 13 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 7 | — | — |
| Sports / Movement Science | 1 | — | — |
| Tourism | 1 | — | — |
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 1 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Bradford
Beckfoot Oakbank
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,394 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 35.3
Beckfoot School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,592 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.0
Beckfoot Thornton
Academy sponsor led · 1,243 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.2
Beckfoot Upper Heaton
Academy sponsor led · 679 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.3
Belle Vue Girls' Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 910 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.2
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.