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Dixons McMillan Academy

Our academy closes for Half Term on Thursday 12 February 2026 at the usual time.

Bradford Literature Festival 2025

Posted 4th July 2025

We are incredibly fortunate that the internationally-renowned Bradford Literature Festival is just on our doorstep as a school, and like last year all students in Years 7, 8, and 9 have attended day-long workshops. It was a brilliant event, and a key part of our literacy strategy for students to see the importance of literature and Bradford's key role in literary history.

  • On Tuesday, Year 8 students went to St George's Hall, and attended the Shaking up Shakespeare event
  • On Wednesday, Year 9 students went to the University of Bradford and attended an event on The Gothic
  • On Thursday, Year 7 students went to the newly refurbished Bradford Live and attended an event looking at performance poetry and the power of poems to communicate our identities

Students (and staff) had a great time! A big thank you against to the Festival organisers for inviting us once more.