SF School Facts UK

Secondary school in Liverpool

Dixons Broadgreen Academy

Queens Drive, Liverpool, Merseyside, L13 5UQ

Sixth form
School website 01513326770

Ofsted

Inspected under the current framework, which gives no overall grade, on 1 October 2024.

Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.

Read the Ofsted report

GCSE results 2024/25

Attainment 8 score

34.4 England 47

The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.

Grade 5+ in English & maths

21% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

43% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

3.3 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

77% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is in the bottom 10% of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is most disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the bottom quarter.

Progress 8 2023/24

-0.57confidence interval -0.80 to -0.34

Taking that range into account, pupils made less progress than similar pupils nationally. DfE bands this as well below average.

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

A levels 2024/25

Average grade per entry
D+
Average points per entry
24.7

England average 32.3

A level students
25

Pupils

Pupils on roll
1159
Places
1409
How full
82% full — 1159 of 1409 places taken
Girls / boys
590 / 569
Overall absence
12%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
31%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
53%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
39%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
3%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
14%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
79%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
71%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
4%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
34%
No sustained destination
15%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
185

After sixth form

Went to university
43%

England 50%

In education, work or training
77%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship
3%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort
156

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Liverpool 026A, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree
23%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
27%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
37%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
48%

England 17%

Households with no car
51%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
54%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
Ages
Ages 11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Religious character
None
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Trust
DIXONS ACADEMIES TRUST
Headteacher
Headteacher: Adam Samy
Local authority
Liverpool
Ward
Broadgreen
Constituency
Liverpool West Derby
URN
148792

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
Childwall Sports & Science AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2022 36.2 0.9 mi
St Edward's CollegeAcademy converter No grade 51.6 1 mi
Cardinal Heenan Catholic High SchoolVoluntary aided school No grade 40.9 1 mi
King David High SchoolVoluntary aided school Good 2022 54.3 1.1 mi
Broughton Hall Catholic High SchoolVoluntary aided school Good 2022 39.2 1.1 mi
King's Leadership Academy WavertreeFree schools No grade 1.1 mi
NexGen AcademyOther independent school No grade 1.3 mi
West Derby SchoolAcademy converter Good 2023 42 1.3 mi

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Manchester Communication AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2024 44.5
Oasis Academy HadleyAcademy sponsor led No grade 42
Chaucer SchoolAcademy sponsor led No grade 29.3
Maria Fidelis Catholic School FCJVoluntary aided school No grade 41.9
Holte SchoolCommunity school Good 2023 39.4
North Liverpool AcademyAcademy sponsor led No grade 45.6
Holy Trinity Catholic SchoolAcademy sponsor led Good 2023 44
Blackpool Aspire AcademyAcademy sponsor led Requires improvement 2024 36.7

Where these figures come from

  • School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
  • Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
  • Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
  • Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
  • Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.

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