Admissions

Reception intake for September 2024

The published admission number for this Academy is 60.

If you have not yet completed a local authority Common Application Form (CAF) you should complete the Reception Late Application Form (available in the Downloads section below).

If you completed a CAF but did not make 5 preferences, then you can complete the Reception additional preference form (also available in the Downloads section below) and list the Academy as a preference.

Reception intake for September 2025

Applications to the Academy should be made via the local authority (council) common application form (CAF). More information about the application process and a link to the form can be found on Bradford Council’s website in November. You will need to name the Academy as one of your school preferences on that form. If you live outside of the Bradford area, you will need to apply via your own local authority’s website. The deadline for the CAF is 15 January 2025.

The published admission number for this Academy is 60. Up to 6 of these places can be offered to children with an aptitude for music. To apply for a music place, a supplementary information form (SIF) needs to be completed. The deadline for the SIF is 3.30pm on Wednesday 4 December 2024. The form and further information about the music places can be found below.

If the Academy receives more applications than there are places available, places will be ranked in the order of the oversubscription criteria. For full details of the admissions arrangements, including the criteria, please read the Admissions and Appeals Policy 2025-26 (this is also available from the Downloads section below).

If you are applying for a place at the Academy under the 'Exceptional medical or social need' or 'Children of staff' oversubscription criteria, please click here for details of what is required. The deadline for applications is 15 January 2025.

If you are applying for a place under the pupil premia criterion, please click here for details of what is required. The deadline for applications is 15 January 2025.

If you are applying for a Reception place and for your child to start a full year behind their chronological age group, you will need to complete the Request to offset form and submit this and the supporting evidence, directly to the Academy.

The table below shows the number of applications there were last year and how many places were allocated in each of the criteria:

Number who named the Academy as a preference	235
Number of places available	60
Oversubscription criteria
Children with an EHCP	1
Looked-after & former looked-after children	0
Children with exceptional medical or social need (applications agreed)	0
Music specialist places (up to 10%)	6
Children of staff (up to 2)	0
Siblings* of children at Dixons Music in Reception to year 5	26
Children eligible for the early years’ premium, pupil premium or service premium	0
Distance (the furthest distance allocated was 0.663 miles)	27
Twins / triplets of children admitted under the above categories	1
	61**

* Siblings are children with brothers / sisters who are currently attending the Academy and who will still be attending the Academy in September, and who live at the same address.

** In line with our admission arrangements, an additional child has been allocated a place above the admission number of 60, because they are the twin of a child who qualified for a place.

Open Evening

The Academy will hold two open events. The dates of these are:

• Thursday 28 November 2024. Tour starts at 4.15pm and finishes at 4.45pm.
• Thursday 9 January 2025. Tour starts at 4.15pm and finishes at 4.45pm.

Please attend either event. It is not necessary to book a place.

Music places

Up to 6 places (10% of our intake) are available each year. These places are aimed at children who demonstrate a gifted musical aptitude, and children will be required to actively participate in the music workshop to be considered for a place.

To apply for a music place, parents must complete the Dixons Music Primary supplementary form (SIF). The online form will be available here from September.

Alternatively, if you wish to download a supplementary form this can be found in the Downloads section at the bottom of the page from September. Paper forms can also be requested by e-mailing: admissions@dixonsta.com or by telephoning Admissions on 01274 089780 – option 7.

The deadline for the form is 3.30pm on Wednesday 4 December 2024.

Applicants will be invited to attend a short music workshop on the morning of either Thursday 12 or Friday 13 December 2024. Children who are unsuccessful in gaining a music specialist place will still be considered for one of the remaining places, along with all other applicants.

Further information on the Music places and the workshops can be found in the Admissions and Appeals Policy 2025-26 (this is also available from the Downloads section below).

Further information about the Academy can be found on this website or by contacting the Academy via:

e-mail: info@dixonsmp.com

telephone: 01274 089870

In-Year admissions

The funding agreement for the Academy dictates how many students it will be funded for in total. The Academy plans its operations such as staffing, timetabling, and provision of resources based on the funding received; this equates to the following provision:

• There are 60 places in each of the year groups Reception to Year 6

If a child is refused a place, this is because admission of another child would prejudice the provision of efficient education or the efficient use of resources.

Where vacancies occur, places are not offered based on the length of time children have been on the list but are filled in coordination with the local authorities and in line with the oversubscription criteria. It is, therefore, possible that a child may be added to the list who qualifies more highly within the criteria than children already on the list because each time a child is added, the list will be ranked again in line with the published oversubscription criteria. Looked after children, previously looked after children, and those allocated a place at the Academy in accordance with a Fair Access Protocol take precedence over those on a waiting list.

Applications should be made on Bradford local authority’s ‘In Year Common Application Form’ (ICAF) which is available from the website. Once completed, the form needs to be returned directly to the local authority. On receipt of an ICAF the local authority will send a copy of this to the Academy, and then respond to advise if a place is available or not.

If you need a paper form, please contact the Council’s Admissions Team via:

Email: schooladmissions@bradford.gov.uk

Telephone: 01274 439200