Dixons Croxteth Academy
Carr Lane East, Croxteth, Liverpool, L11 4SG
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- DIXONS ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Iain Duggan
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Dixons Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Liverpool Walton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 600
- Pupils on roll
- 436
- URN
- 149530
- Local authority
- Liverpool
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01513326780
About this school
Dixons Croxteth Academy is a secondary academy in Liverpool. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 436 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 74 | 51 |
| Attainment 8 score | 27.9 | 31.6 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.94 -1.30 to -0.58 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 14.9% | 15.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 31.1% | 31.4% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 21.6% | 62.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.4 | 3.0 |
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 Croxteth 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 | — | 36.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 27.9 | 35.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 31.6 | 36 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 23% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 18.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 14% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 344 |
| 2023/24 | 390 |
| 2024/25 | 405 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Dixons Croxteth Academy compares
Dixons Croxteth Academy ranked 26th of 29 secondary schools in Liverpool for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 23% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 2% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 31.6 | 14% | 58% | 436 | — |
| St John Bosco Arts College | 39.4 | 9.7% | 49.3% | 1,086 | 0.3 miles |
| Holly Lodge Girls' College | 47.2 | 10.9% | 54.1% | 1,016 | 1.4 miles |
| St Edward's College | 51.6 | 6.8% | 18.6% | 1,150 | 1.6 miles |
| West Derby School | 42 | 9% | 41.7% | 1,011 | 1.7 miles |
| Dixons Fazakerley Academy | 33.4 | 16.3% | 51.3% | 737 | 1.8 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report6 January 2026
- 14 January 2020
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 58.02%
- English as an additional language
- 13.8%
- Overall absence
- 14.03%
- Persistent absence
- 39.73%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St John Bosco Arts College0.3 miles
Secondary · Croxteth
-
Holly Lodge Girls' College1.4 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
-
St Edward's College1.6 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
-
West Derby School1.7 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
-
Dixons Fazakerley Academy1.8 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
Other schools in Liverpool
Dixons Croxteth Academy ranks 36th 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 Broadgreen Academy Secondary
- Dixons Fazakerley Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Dixons Croxteth Academy teach?
- Dixons Croxteth Academy teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Liverpool.
- Who is the headteacher of Dixons Croxteth Academy?
- The headteacher of Dixons Croxteth Academy is Mr Iain Duggan, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Dixons Croxteth Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Dixons Croxteth 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 Croxteth Academy?
- Dixons Croxteth Academy has 436 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Dixons Croxteth Academy full?
- Dixons Croxteth Academy has capacity for 600 pupils and 436 on roll (73%), 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 Croxteth Academy a faith school?
- No. Dixons Croxteth Academy has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Dixons Croxteth Academy?
- Dixons Croxteth 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 Croxteth Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 27.9 in 2023/24 and 31.6 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 Croxteth Academy rank locally?
- Dixons Croxteth Academy ranked 26th of 29 secondary schools in Liverpool for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 23% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 2% 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 Croxteth Academy's absence rate?
- Dixons Croxteth Academy's overall absence rate is 14% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Dixons Croxteth Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Dixons Croxteth 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.