SCHOOL PROFILE

Dixons Newall Green Academy: data, trends and context

Dixons Newall Green 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
149697
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Free schools
Status
Open
Local authority
Manchester
Region
North West
Trust
DIXONS ACADEMIES TRUST
Postcode
M23 2SX
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
None
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
364
FSM eligible
56.6%
EAL / First language other than English
12.4%
SEND (total)
36.8%
SEN Support
29.7%
EHCP
7.1%
White British
72.3%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
89.8%
Overall absence
10.2%
Persistent absence
33.3%
Severe absence
6.2%

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
68.3%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
21.4%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.00%

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 Newall Green Academy against 25 similar schools

Explore in School DNA

Dixons Newall Green 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.