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 July.

Year 7 intake in September 2022

Offers of places will be advised to parents via the local authorities on 1 March 2022.

Places were allocated according to ability band and by prioritising children in the order of the oversubscription criteria. 986 children sat the assessment and the breakdown by criteria is as follows:

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

If you wish to apply for a child to start Year 7 in September 2022, please click here to access the online supplementary form (available from 30 July 2021). On completion of the form you will receive an e-mail to advise you it has been submitted.

Alternatively, if you wish to download a supplementary form this can be found in the Downloads section at the bottom of the page. Paper forms can also be requested by e-mailing: admissions@dixonsca.com or by telephoning 01274 089780 - option 7 for Admissions & Appeals.

The deadline for submission of completed supplementary forms is 3.30pm on Monday 20 September 2021.

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.

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: info@dixonsma.com telephone: 01274 424350 – option 3

Open Event

Subject to restrictions, an open event is planned to take place on Thursday 9 September. Presentations will take place at 5.30pm and 7pm; please attend promptly at either time.

Please check the Academy website before attending to find out whether the open event is taking place or not.

Mailing list for Year 7 – September 2023

Dixons 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:

Address: Admissions

c/o Lewis Building

Dixons City Academy

Ripley Street

BRADFORD

BD5 7RR

E-mail: admissions@dixonsca.com

Telephone: 01274 089780 - option 7 for Admissions & Appeals

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 in writing advising you that the details have been added to the mailing list. Information about the admissions process will then follow in July 2022 (i.e. at the end of Year 5).

Details of our current admissions arrangements are given in the Admissions & Appeals Policy (see 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 (Years 7 to 11)

Dixons City Academy is a heavily oversubscribed school and a vacancy is only likely to occur if we drop below the admission number, which very rarely happens.

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 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 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.

Sixth form

The sixth form at Dixons McMillan Academy closed 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