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Year 7 intake in September 2025
The national offer date for Year 7 school places was Monday 3 March 2025. Parents who completed the local authorities Common Application / Preference Form (CAF / CPF) were advised by the local authorities of the school allocated to their child on this date.
For Dixons Cottingley, there were 433 preferences on the CAF / CPF for the 180 places available. The breakdown of places by oversubscription criteria is as follows:
| Oversubscription criteria | |
| Children with an EHCP | 0 |
| Looked-after & former looked-after children | 0 |
| Children with exceptional medical or social need (applications agreed) | 0 |
| Children of staff (up to 3) | 0 |
| Siblings of students living within the priority admission area | 33 |
| Other children living within the priority admission area | 65 |
| Siblings of students living outside the priority admission area | 22 |
| Children at Dixons Manningham or Dixons Marchbank academies | 3 |
| Other children living outside the priority admission area | 57 |
| Twins / triplets of children admitted under the above categories | 0 |
| 180 |
We automatically keep children who were not admitted on the waiting list until the end of December 2025, but you should also return the local authority’s Year 7 Waiting List Form to inform them if you want your child to stay on the waiting list for this academy or any other school. A copy of the form is available from the Downloads section below.
If you have not yet completed a local authority Common Application Form (CAF) you should complete the Late Year 7 Application Form available in the Downloads section below.
If you completed a CAF but did not make 5 preferences, then you can complete the Year 7 Additional Preference form, and add additional schools up to a total of 5. A copy of the form is available in the Downloads section below.
In-year applications
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 180 places in each of years 7 to 11.
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.
Appeals
Year 7 appeals
Allocation letters / emails sent to parents
Monday 3 March 2025
Deadline for parents to submit appeal
Monday 31 March 2025
Appeals received by deadline date to be heard within 40 school days
Wednesday 18 June 2025
Last appeal date in summer term
Week beginning 21 July 2025
For late applications, appeals will be heard within 40 school days from the deadline for lodging appeals where possible, or within 30 school days of being lodged.
The local authority (Council) processes the applications & appeals for this academy. Details of the appeals process and the appeal form can be found here.
In-Year appeals
These appeals are for children transferring between schools mid-year.
Before you can make an appeal, you must first have applied to the Academy for a place by completing a recent In-Year Application Form for the local authority. Details of how to do this can be found on the Admissions page under the heading In-year admissions. Once you have received a letter advising you that a place cannot be offered, you can then proceed to make an appeal for the Academy if you wish to.
You can make a formal appeal to an independent appeal panel, for any school that you have applied for where admission has been refused. This is a legal process and places are not ‘reserved’ for appeal panels to offer. As a guide, one in five appeals are successful.
Appeals made during the academic year (in-year) will be heard within 30 school days, or as soon as reasonably practicable.
Appeal forms and information
The local authority (Council) processes the applications & appeals for this academy. Details of the appeals process and the appeal form can be found here.
If you need to speak to someone about the appeal process, you can contact the local authority via:
Telephone: 01274 439200
E-mail: schoolappeals@bradford.gov.uk