Dixons Fazakerley Academy

Academy sponsor led·Secondary school Liverpool·L10 1LB
Composite score
41.8
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#3,064
National rank
#420
In North West
#26
In Liverpool
Top 96%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
33.4
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
20%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
45%
% EBacc grade 5+
6%
EBacc average points score
2.92

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
64 first choices, 176 places
First choices per place
0.36
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
144
any preference, for 176 places
Applications from another council area
17%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.05
00.511.5
1 per place
0.4720220.3320230.3920240.4220250.362026

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

Every child who put Dixons Fazakerley Academy first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
801
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
51.3%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
20.3%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
21.9%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.9%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
17.9%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
50.4%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.8
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£9,259
Typical secondary: £7,815

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

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
79%
160 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
74%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
3%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Dixons Fazakerley Academy

Dixons Fazakerley Academy is a secondary school in Liverpool, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 801 pupils aged 11 to 16 attend the school. The school holds a 'Requires improvement' judgement from Ofsted. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 33.4 — well below the national average (national average: 46). Performance is little changed year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

20% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 45% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Dixons Fazakerley Academy their first choice was offered one of its 176 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 79% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 17.9%. There are about 17.8 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 51% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. If you are considering Dixons Fazakerley Academy, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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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