Dixons Croxteth Academy

School overview

Dixons Croxteth Academy is a secondary school serving Liverpool, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. It has 405 pupils aged 11 to 18 on roll. Ofsted rated the school 'Inadequate' in January 2026. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 31.6, well below the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 3.7 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

16% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 31% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Dixons Croxteth Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 54 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 18.8%. There are about 14.5 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 58% 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 Croxteth 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.