Dixons Allerton Academy

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Dixons Allerton Academy
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Dixons Allerton Academy
Rhodesway


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BD8 0DH

England
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Type Academy
Local authority Bradford
Department for Education URN 135866 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 19
Enrolment2,375 as of October 2018
Website http://www.dixonsaa.com/

Dixons Allerton Academy (formerly Rhodesway Academy) is a coeducational all-through school and sixth form located in Allerton area of the City of Bradford, in the English county of West Yorkshire. [1]

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Previously a community school administered by Bradford City Council, Rhodesway School converted to academy status in September 2009 and was renamed Dixons Allerton Academy. The school is now part of the Dixons Academy Trust, [2] which includes Dixons City Academy, Dixons Kings Academy, Dixons McMillan Academy, Dixons Trinity Academy and Dixons Sixth Form Academy

Dixons Allerton Academy offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, [3] while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A-levels and further BTECs. [4]

Notable former pupils

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References

  1. "Dixons Allerton Academy". dixonsaa.com. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  2. "About Dixons Academies Trust". joindixons.co.uk. Archived from the original on 8 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  3. "Learning and Teaching". dixonsaa.com. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  4. "Post 16". dixonsaa.com. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  5. "Bradford City reject Donaldson rubs salt into wounds". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  6. "Former Bradford City star Dean Richards dies aged 36". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 6 October 2015.

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