Dixons Music Primary

Free schools·Primary school Bradford·BD5 0BE
Composite score
50.3
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#7,148
National rank
#696
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#64
In Bradford
Top 48%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
63%
% achieving higher RWM
8%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
71%
73 first choices, 56 places
First choices per place
1.30
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
174
any preference, for 56 places
Last place offered lived
0.46 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 737 m
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.05
00.511.52
1 per place
1.6620221.7320231.6720241.2520251.302026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
419
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
16.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
5.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
16.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,544
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Dixons Music Primary at a glance

Located in Bradford, Dixons Music Primary is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a free school. The school educates roughly 419 pupils aged 4 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 63% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 10.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 8% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Competition for places is real here - 71% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (73 first choices for 56 places). The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2026 lived 0.46 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. Overall pupil absence was 5.9%. There are about 21.3 pupils per teacher. Dixons Music Primary does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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