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Dixons City Academy, Bradford

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Dixons City Academy details

Address:

Dixons City Academy
Ripley Street, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD5 7RR

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Exam data

Authority:

Bradford

Type:

City Technology College

Admissions:

Comprehensive

Gender of entry:

Mixed

Age range:

11-19

Number of students:

1,061

Gender of sixth form:

Mixed

Last inspection:

February 2001.

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General information

Background: Opened in 1990 as the first specialist school in Yorshire, Dixons remained the only city technology college in the county until September 2005, when it became a city academy. The college occupies a seven-and-a-half-acre site and is entirely purpose-built. More than 75 per cent of pupils stay on to the sixth form. Around 250 student recieve instrumental tuition. Dixons City Academy is also a major centre for teacher training and has established links with a range of universities. Former headteacher John Lewis received a knighthood in the Queen's 2004 birthday honours list for services to education. Charter mark (1995); Schools Curriculum Award (2000); Investor in People status (1994); DfES achievement award (2002); Leading edge status (2004); training school status (2003).

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