Admissions and appeals

Year 7 intake in September 2026

The national offer date for Year 7 school places was Monday 2 March 2026.  Parents who completed the local authorities Common Application / Preference Form (CAF / CPF) were advised by the local authorities of the school allocated to their child on this date.

If you are interested in applying for a place at this Academy and you have not yet completed a local authority Common Application Form (CAF) you should complete the Late Year 7 Application Form available in the Downloads section below and list the Academy as a preference. 

If you completed a CAF but did not make 5 preferences, and would like to apply for a place at the Academy, then you can complete the Year 7 Additional Preference form, and add additional schools up to a total of 5.  A copy of the form is available in the Downloads section below.

If you have already made 5 preferences, but would like to apply for a place at the Academy, you can complete the waiting list form (available in the Downloads section below) and tick the Academy on that form.

Further information about the Academy, can be found on this website or by contacting the Academy via:

e-mail:  info@dixonsco.com

telephone:  01274 089900

In-Year Applications

The funding agreement for the Academy dictates how many students it will be funded for in total. The Academy plans its operations such as staffing, timetabling, and provision of resources based on the funding received; this equates to the following provision:

• There are 180 places in each of years 7 to 11.

If a child is refused a place, this is because admission of another child would prejudice the provision of efficient education or the efficient use of resources.

Where vacancies occur, places are not offered based on the length of time children have been on the list but are filled in coordination with the local authorities and in line with the oversubscription criteria.  It is, therefore, possible that a child may be added to the list who qualifies more highly within the criteria than children already on the list because each time a child is added, the list will be ranked again in line with the published oversubscription criteria.  Looked-after children, previously looked-after children, and those allocated a place at the Academy in accordance with a Fair Access Protocol take precedence over those on a waiting list. 

Applications should be made on Bradford local authority’s ‘In Year Common Application Form’ (ICAF) which is available from the website.  The form needs to be submitted directly to the local authority.  On receipt of the form, the local authority will process this and then write to you with the outcome.

If you need a paper form, or have questions about the admissions process, please contact the Council’s Admissions Team via:

Email: schooladmissions@bradford.gov.uk

Telephone: 01274 439200

Appeals

Year 7 appeals - September 2026

Year 7 places will be offered, via the local authorities, on 2 March 2026.  Children who cannot be offered a place, due to there being more applications than there are places, will automatically remain on a waiting list until 31 December 2026.

Timeline for appeals

• Allocation letters/emails sent to parents:  Monday 2 March 2026
• Deadline for parents to submit appeal:  Monday 13 April 2026
• Appeals received by deadline date will be heard within 40 school days where possible:  Tuesday 16 June 2026
• Last appeal date in summer term: Week beginning 13 July 2026

For late applications, appeals will be heard within 40 school days from the deadline for lodging appeals where possible, or within 30 school days of being lodged.

In-Year appeals

Before you can make an appeal, you must first have completed and submitted a recent In-Year Application Form to Bradford local authority.  Details of how to do this can be found on the Admissions page under the heading In-Year admissions.

Once you have received a letter advising you that a place cannot be offered, you can then proceed to make an appeal for the academy.

The academy can only proceed to the appeals stage if the year group is full.  Places are not ‘reserved’ for those whose appeals are upheld, so any upheld appeal will result in an additional child in the year group.

Appeals made during the academic year (in-year) will be heard within 30 school days, or as soon as reasonably practicable.

Appeal forms and information

Bradford local authority processes the applications & appeals for this Academy.  Details of the appeals process and the appeal form can be found here.

If you need to speak to someone about the appeal process, you can contact the local authority via:

Telephone:  01274 439200

E-mail:  schoolappeals@bradford.gov.uk