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Find our more below about some of our distinctive features and about how our staff work to challenge social and educational disadvantage in the North.

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We are a values driven Academy. Every conversation and action is informed by our focus on our core values of resilience, integrity and courtesy

​Dixons McMillan is part of Dixons Academies Charitable Trust Ltd, a school trust serving communities in Bradford, Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester.

Dixons Academies Trust has three levels of governance to hold the Executive team, principals and senior leadership to account.

See here for our most recent Ofsted Report

Please see here for the policies and other documents which schools are legally required to hold at both trust and academy level.

You can view our most recent set of exam results on the Department for Education's school performance tables which gives details of our current Progress 8 and Attainment 8 score.

See here for our academy improvement plan, which takes the form of our 2-5 year plan.

Our leaders are empowered to lead their academies, and they do so primarily in the best interests of their students and the staff in their teams.

Dixons Academies Trust takes privacy seriously in terms of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to keep information and data safe

We use an app at Dixons McMillan which enables families to access attendance details and behaviour information for their child whilst they are at school.

All our staff work every single day to maximise the progress of every student and safeguard the wellbeing of every child.

Students in Years 7 to 9 wear a simple uniform which helps to uphold a sense of belonging and community within our academy.

Students in Years 10 and 11 wear business dress to prepare them for their professional working lives beyond their time at school.

Information about our admissions process.

Information about the appeals process

See here for key documents for families including our Family Handbook and Home Academy Agreement

Find out more about what the academy does to support every student to be ready for their first day at Dixons McMillan Academy. 

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Check here for our term and holiday dates

Timetables for Year 11 revision & all internal and external exams

Our ‘no excuses’ approach instils strong learning habits, ultimately helping students become better qualified and fully ready to lead happy and successful lives.

We believe in ensuring that students have mastery in Mathematics

We develop students who are confident readers, speakers and writers.

Our lesson routines are embedded into the classroom culture and support learning every day.

Our stretch projects enable students to prepare for completing the EPQ and dissertations when they get to university.

We fully believe that learning outside the classroom increases confidence and relationships inside. 100% of students attend our residentials.

We run a longer academic week for students to maximise their progress and prepare them for the future in the world of work.

Leeds United's Positive Choices programme visits Year 9

Celebrating the start of the Holy Month of Ramadan

Staff and students continue to explore beyond the curriculum in this cycle's Employability Day

Year 11 GCSE History students visit Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Gardens

We celebrated Eid ul-Fitr 2023 with a large communal meal

Culture Week 2023 culminated in our annual day of cultural celebration

GCSE English students visited Bradford's Alhambra Theatre to watch An Inspector Calls

Year 9 students have been undertaking the expedition component of their Duke of Edinburgh's Bronze Award

Year 9 students hold their First Give Final and demonstrate their charity work in our community

Y10 students visited Bradford College to learn more about their post-16 offer

Y10 students attend and take part in the civic memorial event at Bradford City Hall

Dates for all upcoming planned events

Dates for all upcoming planned events

Every student at Dixon McMillan is part of an advisory within a larger year group team.

We use the ParentPay system to enable efficient billing of families for Family Dining, equipment, and trips.

Come and find out why Dixons McMillan is an exceptional place to learn.

Year 11 students visited the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal

Year 11 students visited Bradford and Heaton Woods as part of their required fieldwork

Key Stage 4 students were trained and then led this year's Remembering Srebrenica Exhibition

In order to help students with applications to their next steps, colleges and sixth forms have visited DMA

Leeds United's Positive Choices programme visits students in Year 9 for a fascinating day of events

Year 11 students visit the Kingswood outdoor activities centre at Dearne Valley on residential

Students across the academy took part in a number of events as part of Cycle 1 Employability Day along with some years also having their Stretch Finals

The annual highlight of the end of this term returned with our big Christmas Family Dining session!

Well done to all students who took part in this year's MFL Holidays Competition

Students watched performances from world famous poets at Bradford's St. George's Hall

See here for further revision resources for students studying for their GCSEs.

Year 8 students visited the Outward Bound Centre at Ullswater in the Lake District this week to literally 'climb their mountains'

We held our first ever Talent Show featuring students performing different acts from singing to dancing

We held out first ever community Iftar event at Dixons McMillan to raise money for Save the Children's Gaza appeal

How we enable students to work from home if needed.

Dixons Academies Trust presents the Collaboration Concert 2024!

Dixons McMillan has been given a gold medal for the School Games Award due to our excellent Sporting achievements

All our students are entitled to a curriculum that gives them the powerful knowledge which will open doors and maximise their life chances.

We provide students with opportunities to engage regularly with employers and develop the knowledge and skills to be successful in the workplace.

Information on our family dining style approach, school meals, and eligibility for free meals.

Year 10 GCSE Art students got the opportunity to work with a master calligrapher as part of the Bradford Literature Festival this week

Year 10 students conducted Geography and History fieldwork over the last two weeks as part of their GSCE studies in these subjects

Students were fortunate to attend the Citizens UK General Election assembly in London yesterday to hear from representative of different political parties

All Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9 students took part in the Bradford Literature Festival's education workshops this week

We held our first ever whole school Enrichment Day today with students taking part in a number of different activities across Bradford

This year's final group of students took part in their Bronze DofE expedition this week

We held our Sports Day and picnic on the final day of the year

Dixons McMillan students took part in the Trust Collaboration Concert at St George's Hall, Bradford

We will be welcoming our Year 7 & Year 11 families to Dixons McMillan for the start of the academic year 2024 - 2025

We will be welcoming our Year 8, Year 9 and Year 10 families to the academy for their annual welcome evening

See here for safeguarding information for our academy and useful links for families.

A group of Year 10 students visited one of the most prestigious universities in the world this week, hosted by Queen's College, Cambridge

Students across the academy took part in our first Enrichment Day of this academic year

We held our first Employability Day for this year, focused around 'Careers in the Curriculum'