SCHOOL PROFILE

Dixons Brooklands Academy: data, trends and context

Dixons Brooklands Academy is a secondary school in Manchester. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
148965
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy sponsor led
Status
Open
Local authority
Manchester
Region
North West
Trust
DIXONS ACADEMIES TRUST
Postcode
M23 9BP
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
913
FSM eligible
52.4%
EAL / First language other than English
15.8%
SEND (total)
21.7%
SEN Support
17.4%
EHCP
4.3%
White British
67.5%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
83.4%
Overall absence
16.6%
Persistent absence
40.7%
Severe absence
13.0%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
ManchesterLocal authority92.2%7.8%4.2%
North WestRegion91.2%8.8%3.8%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
123.7%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
23.7%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.20%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
36.1
English & maths grade 5+
18.9%
English & maths grade 4+
40.3%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

See Dixons Brooklands Academy against 25 similar schools

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Dixons Brooklands Academy is a secondary school in Manchester. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.