Dixons Broadgreen Academy
Queens Drive, Liverpool, L13 5UQ
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- DIXONS ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Adam Samy
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Dixons Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Liverpool West Derby
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,409
- Pupils on roll
- 1,159
- URN
- 148792
- Local authority
- Liverpool
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01513326770
About this school
Dixons Broadgreen Academy is a secondary academy in Liverpool. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,159 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 185 | 180 | 167 |
| Attainment 8 score | 35.0 | 35.7 | 34.4 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.86 -1.07 to -0.64 | -0.57 -0.80 to -0.34 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 27% | 27.8% | 21% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 45% | 42.2% | 43.1% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 39% | 79.4% | 77.2% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
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 Broadgreen 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 | Liverpool average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 35 | 36.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 35.7 | 35.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 34.4 | 36 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 19% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 14.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 12.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,237 |
| 2023/24 | 1,214 |
| 2024/25 | 1,230 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Dixons Broadgreen Academy compares
Dixons Broadgreen Academy ranked 24th of 29 secondary schools in Liverpool for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 26% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 34.4 | 12.1% | 52.7% | 1,159 | — |
| Childwall Sports & Science Academy | 36.2 | 9.5% | 49.7% | 1,049 | 0.9 miles |
| St Edward's College | 51.6 | 6.8% | 18.6% | 1,150 | 1.0 miles |
| Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School | 40.9 | 7.6% | 36% | 1,338 | 1.0 miles |
| King David High School | 54.3 | 7.4% | 12.5% | 744 | 1.1 miles |
| Broughton Hall Catholic High School | 39.2 | 11.8% | 39.1% | 1,175 | 1.1 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)
- 52.71%
- English as an additional language
- 38.9%
- Overall absence
- 12.12%
- Persistent absence
- 30.83%
Location
Nearby schools
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Childwall Sports & Science Academy0.9 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
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St Edward's College1.0 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
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Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School1.0 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
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King David High School1.1 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
-
Broughton Hall Catholic High School1.1 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
Other schools in Liverpool
Dixons Broadgreen Academy ranks 34th of the 40 ranked secondary schools in Liverpool.
- Alsop High School Secondary
- Archbishop Beck Catholic College Secondary
- Archbishop Blanch CofE High School Secondary
- Bellerive FCJ Catholic College Secondary
- Broughton Hall Catholic High School Secondary
- Calderstones School Secondary
- Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School Secondary
- Chesterfield High School Secondary
- Childwall Sports & Science Academy Secondary
- Deyes High School Secondary
- Dixons Croxteth Academy Secondary
- Dixons Fazakerley Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Dixons Broadgreen Academy teach?
- Dixons Broadgreen Academy teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Liverpool.
- Who is the headteacher of Dixons Broadgreen Academy?
- The headteacher of Dixons Broadgreen Academy is Mr Adam Samy, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Dixons Broadgreen Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Dixons Broadgreen 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 Broadgreen Academy?
- Dixons Broadgreen Academy has 1,159 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Dixons Broadgreen Academy full?
- Dixons Broadgreen Academy has capacity for 1,409 pupils and 1,159 on roll (82%), 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 Broadgreen Academy a faith school?
- No. Dixons Broadgreen Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Dixons Broadgreen Academy a selective school?
- No. Dixons Broadgreen Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Dixons Broadgreen Academy?
- Dixons Broadgreen 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 Broadgreen Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 35 in 2022/23 and 34.4 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 Broadgreen Academy rank locally?
- Dixons Broadgreen Academy ranked 24th of 29 secondary schools in Liverpool for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 26% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% 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 Broadgreen Academy's absence rate?
- Dixons Broadgreen Academy's overall absence rate is 12.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Dixons Broadgreen Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Dixons Broadgreen 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.