Dixons Unity Academy
Whingate Road, Leeds, LS12 3DS
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- DIXONS ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr James Inman
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Dixons Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Leeds West and Pudsey
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,000
- Pupils on roll
- 907
- URN
- 146363
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01135125530
About this school
Dixons Unity Academy is a secondary academy in Leeds. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 907 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 142 | 146 | 174 |
| Attainment 8 score | 30.9 | 33.2 | 36.0 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.82 -1.07 to -0.57 | -0.54 -0.79 to -0.29 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 20% | 22.6% | 23.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 35% | 37% | 46.6% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 72% | 72.6% | 82.2% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Dixons Unity Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Leeds average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 30.9 | 39.4 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 33.2 | 39.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 36 | 39.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 19.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 18.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 12.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 886 |
| 2023/24 | 913 |
| 2024/25 | 932 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Dixons Unity Academy compares
Dixons Unity Academy ranked 37th of 42 secondary schools in Leeds for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 29% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 36 | 12.8% | 55.7% | 907 | — |
| The Farnley Academy | 49.1 | 8.7% | 33.2% | 1,492 | 1.0 miles |
| Crawshaw Academy | 45.2 | 9.1% | 24.8% | 1,052 | 2.0 miles |
| Pudsey Grammar School | 44 | 10.1% | 25.3% | 1,358 | 2.3 miles |
| Leeds West Academy | 41.7 | 13.1% | 41.8% | 1,432 | 2.3 miles |
| Leeds City Academy | 38.3 | 10.4% | 57.9% | 1,009 | 2.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 55.69%
- English as an additional language
- 29.9%
- Overall absence
- 12.81%
- Persistent absence
- 33.37%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Farnley Academy1.0 miles
Secondary · Leeds
-
Crawshaw Academy2.0 miles
Secondary · Pudsey
-
Pudsey Grammar School2.3 miles
Secondary · Pudsey
-
Leeds West Academy2.3 miles
Secondary · Leeds
-
Leeds City Academy2.5 miles
Secondary · Leeds
Other schools in Leeds
Dixons Unity Academy ranks 28th of the 33 ranked secondary schools in Leeds.
- Abbey Grange Church of England Academy Secondary
- Allerton Grange School Secondary
- Allerton High School Secondary
- Benton Park School Secondary
- Bishop Young Church of England Academy Secondary
- Bruntcliffe Academy Secondary
- Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School Secondary
- Co-op Academy Leeds Secondary
- Cockburn John Charles Academy Secondary
- Cockburn Laurence Calvert Academy Secondary
- Cockburn School Secondary
- Corpus Christi Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Dixons Unity Academy teach?
- Dixons Unity Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Leeds.
- Who is the headteacher of Dixons Unity Academy?
- The headteacher of Dixons Unity Academy is Mr James Inman, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Dixons Unity Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Dixons Unity Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Dixons Unity Academy?
- Dixons Unity Academy has 907 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Dixons Unity Academy full?
- Dixons Unity Academy has capacity for 1,000 pupils and 907 on roll (91%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Dixons Unity Academy a faith school?
- No. Dixons Unity Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Dixons Unity Academy a selective school?
- No. Dixons Unity Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Dixons Unity Academy?
- Dixons Unity Academy is part of DIXONS ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Dixons Unity Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 30.9 in 2022/23 and 36 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Dixons Unity Academy rank locally?
- Dixons Unity Academy ranked 37th of 42 secondary schools in Leeds for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 29% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Dixons Unity Academy's absence rate?
- Dixons Unity Academy's overall absence rate is 12.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Dixons Unity Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Dixons Unity Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 10 July 2026.