Dixons Unity Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D44
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Leeds, LS12 3DS
- Distance
- 1.5km away
The Farnley Academy
Chapel Lane, Farnley, Leeds, LS12 5EU
Local ranking10th of 44 secondary schools in Leeds
Ofsted: Outstanding
Secondary
Phase
1210
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 49.1 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 50.9% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 71.3% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 78.8% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.5 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 293
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Continued in education
- 81.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1501
- Boys
- 778 (52%)
- Girls
- 723 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1210 (124% full)
- SEND
- 17.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 33.2%
- EAL
- 11.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.8%
- SEN Support
- 16.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 87.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,750/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 22.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 72.0%
- Black African: 7.4%
- White Other: 4.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.0%
- Asian Pakistani: 2.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.8%
- Asian Indian: 1.4%
72.0%
White British
7.4%
Black African
4.5%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Chapel Lane
Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 137577
- UKPRN
- 10036057
- Establishment No.
- 4026
- Trust
- THE GORSE ACADEMIES TRUST
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