Dixons Unity Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D46
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Leeds, LS12 3DS
- Distance
- 1.5km away
The Farnley Academy
Chapel Lane, Farnley, Leeds, LS12 5EU
Local ranking14th of 45 secondary schools in Leeds
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1210
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 19 September 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 46.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 44.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 67.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 294
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
- 775 (52%)
- Girls
- 717 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1210 (123% 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
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- 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
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- 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
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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