Dixons Cottingley Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
C63
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Bingley, BD16 1TZ
- Distance
- 1.4km away
Beckfoot School
Wagon Lane, Bingley, BD16 1EE
Local ranking4th of 35 secondary schools in Bradford
Ofsted: Outstanding
Secondary
Phase
1610
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 18 March 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form provision
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 53.0 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 57.7% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 77.9% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 89.7% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.9 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 272
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 89.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Higher education
- 62.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 18.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C+
Avg A-Level Grade
34.2
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
34.3
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
141
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 19.2% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 30.1
- 16-18 Cohort
- 258
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1605
- Boys
- 803 (50%)
- Girls
- 802 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1610 (100% full)
- SEND
- 26.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 16.6%
- EAL
- 13.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.3%
- SEN Support
- 22.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 88.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,686/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 17.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 68.3%
- Asian Pakistani: 16.6%
- White Other: 3.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.8%
- Mixed Other: 1.6%
- Asian Indian: 1.4%
- Asian Other: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.9%
68.3%
White British
16.6%
Asian Pakistani
3.4%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Wagon Lane
Bingley, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 139975
- UKPRN
- 10042613
- Establishment No.
- 4064
- Trust
- BECKFOOT TRUST
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