Dixons Brooklands Academy

Moor Road, Wythenshawe, Manchester, M23 9BP

Local ranking29th of 31 secondary schools in Manchester

Ofsted: Requires improvement

Secondary

Phase

1050

Capacity

11-19

Age range

Mixed

Gender

Continues from Manchester Health Academy (URN 135875) since 31 December 2021. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.

Ofsted Inspection

Inspected 26 November 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full

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Safeguarding standards Met

Quality of education: Requires improvement
Behaviour & attitudes: Requires improvement
Personal development: Good
Leadership & management: Requires improvement

Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate

Year:

GCSE Results

2024-25

Average Attainment 8: 36.1 nat46.0
Grade 5+ Eng & Maths: 18.9% nat45.4%
Grade 4+ Eng & Maths: 40.3% nat64.8%
Entering EBacc: 58.2% nat40.5%
EBacc APS: 3.2 nat4.1
Cohort Size: 201

Destinations

After GCSE 2024-25

Sustained education/employment: 89.0%
Continued in education: 82.0%
Apprenticeships: 4.0%
Employment: 3.0%
Not sustained: 6.0%

Pupil Demographics

2024-25

Total Pupils: 999
Boys: 463 (51%)
Girls: 450 (49%)
Capacity: 1050 (87% full)
SEND: 20.5%
FSM Eligible: 56.4%
EAL: 15.9%
SEN with EHC Plan: 3.8%
SEN Support: 16.7%
Pupil:Teacher Ratio: 19.0:1
Teachers (FTE): 52.8
Budget per Pupil: £8,863/yr

Attendance & Absence

2024-25

Overall Absence Rate: 16.6% nat6.2%
Persistent Absence: 40.7% nat15.8%

Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.

School Information

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Secondary
Religious Character: Does not apply
Nursery: No Nursery Classes
Sixth Form: Does not have a sixth form
Boarders: No boarders
Admissions: Non-selective

Pupil Ethnicity

2024-25

White British: 69.0%
White Other: 5.1%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 4.9%
Asian Indian: 3.3%
Black African: 3.0%
Other: 3.0%
Mixed White & Black African: 2.5%
Mixed Other: 2.3%

69.0%

White British

5.1%

White Other

4.9%

Mixed White & Black Caribbean

Historical Trends

GCSE Performance

Pupil Demographics

Attendance & Absence

Ethnicity Over Time

Contact & Location

01616720380

info@dixonsbk.com

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Moor Road

Manchester, North West

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Administrative

URN: 148965
UKPRN: 10089997
Establishment No.: 4017
Trust: DIXONS ACADEMIES TRUST

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