Admissions
Following updated advice regarding Covid-19, staff in the Admissions and Appeals Office will be working remotely as much as it is possible to do so. If you have any questions please contact us by e-mail to admissions@dixonsaa.com or telephone 01274 089780 and choose the option for Admissions & Appeals.
Year 7 intake in September 2020
The national offer date for school places is Monday 2nd March 2020. Parents who completed the local authorities Common Application/Preference Form will be advised by the local authorities of the school allocated to their child on this date.
For Dixons McMillan, there were 1153 applications on the Supplementary Form for the 134 places available. The breakdown of places by stanine band and by oversubscription criteria is as follows:
| Applied | % | Places | % |
| Oversubscription criteria |
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| Stanine 1 | 89 | 7.72% | 10 | 7.46% |
| Children with an EHCP | 2 |
| Stanine 2 | 118 | 10.23% | 14 | 10.45% |
| Looked-after & former looked-after children | 0 |
| Stanine 3 | 142 | 12.32% | 17 | 12.69% |
| Children with exceptional medical or social need (applications agreed) | 0 |
| Stanine 4 | 179 | 15.52% | 21 | 15.67% |
| Children of staff (up to 3) | 3 |
| Stanine 5 | 191 | 16.57% | 22 | 16.42% |
| Siblings of children in years 7 to 10 | 53 |
| Stanine 6 | 193 | 16.74% | 22 | 16.42% |
| Students at Dixons Music Primary | 1 |
| Stanine 7 | 107 | 9.28% | 13 | 9.70% |
| Random allocation | 74 |
| Stanine 8 | 80 | 6.94% | 9 | 6.72% |
| Twins of children admitted under the criteria above | 1 |
| Stanine 9 | 54 | 4.68% | 6 | 4.48% |
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| 134 |
| Total | 1153 |
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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 2020. You are advised to return the local authority’s Waiting List form (available from the downloads section below) to inform them if you want to stay on the waiting list for this or any other school.
If you have any specific questions about the waiting list or admissions process, please contact us via the details given below.
Mailing list for Year 7 – September 2021
We start to accept details onto a mailing list from when children commence Year 5 at primary school. To register your interest, please send the following information in writing via a letter or e-mail to:
Admissions, c/o Dixons McMillan Academy, Trinity Road, Bradford, BD5 0JD
E-mail: admissions@dixonsma.com
Telephone: 01274 423134 or 01274 423127
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
On receipt of this information, you will receive a confirmation e-mail or letter advising you that the details have been added to the mailing list. Information about the admissions process will then follow at the end of July 2020 (i.e. the end of Year 5).
Details of the admissions arrangements are given in the Admissions & Appeals Policy which can be found in 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.
In-Year admissions
Dixons McMillan Academy is a very popular school and, consequently, a vacancy is only likely to occur if a child leaves the year group which rarely happens.
Should you wish to add your child to the waiting list, please telephone or write to Admissions (via the contact details given above) with the information required (see list above). 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.
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 for children who are in the same ability band as the child who is leaving. The random allocation process will be run and children will be prioritised in accordance with the oversubscription criteria (see Admissions and Appeals Policy 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).
Sixth form
The sixth form at Dixons McMillan Academy will close in Summer 2020. Applicants who wish to study in a Dixons school for sixth form can apply to the new Dixons Sixth Form Academy via their website: www.dixons6a.com
