Established 1990 Principal Shirley Watson Ofsted Reports Founder Sir John Lewis Number of students 1,080 Gender Mixed-sex education | Type Academy DfE URN 130909 Tables Phone +44 1274 776777 Founded 1990 | |
Location Ripley Street
Bradford
West Yorkshire
BD5 7RR
England Address Ripley St, Bradford BD5 7RR, UK Similar Dixons Trinity Academy, Grange Technolo College, Bradford Academy, Hanson Academy, Dixons Kings Academy Profiles | ||
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Dixons City Academy is an academy in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The school was founded in 1990 as Dixons City Technology College which focused on a specialism of design and technology and product design. In 2005, the school converted into an academy and changed its name to Dixons City Academy. With the change of name was a change of focus as the school became a specialist performing arts school which allows it to select 10% of admissions purely based on talent in this area. In 2007, the school received an "outstanding" Ofsted report. The school founded the Dixons Academy Trust which includes Dixons Allerton Academy, Dixons Kings Academy, Dixons McMillan Academy and Dixons Trinity Academy.
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Founding principal Sir John Lewis retired from the school in 2006. Since September 2011 Sir Nick Weller has been executive principal. Shirley Watson is the principal.