Admissions

Year 7 applications for September 2026

The national offer date for year 7 places is Monday 2 March 2026.  Parents who completed the local authorities Common Application / Preference Form (CAF / CPF) will be advised by the local authorities of the school allocated to their child on this date.

Leeds local authority (LA) will automatically add your child to the waiting list for the Academy if you preferenced it higher on the application than the place that was offered.  Information about the waiting list process can be found here.

If you want to make any changes to your application, or if you have not yet completed an application, you will need to complete 

Leeds LA’s online school application update form; this will be available on this webpage.  If you submit this by 20 March 2026 it will be considered in the first reallocation of places.

More information about offer day and the next steps can be found here.

Forms

If you are applying for a place under the:

• Previously looked-after child criterion, you will also need to complete the Previously looked-after child form (this is also available in the Downloads section below) and submit this and the supporting evidence, directly to the Academy. This is required in addition to submission of the council / local authority application form.

• Exceptional medical or social need criterion, you will also need to complete the Exceptional need form (available in the Downloads section below) and submit this and the supporting evidence, directly to the Academy. This is required in addition to submission of the Common Preference Form.  Please read this guidance before submitting the form.

• Children of staff criterion. The form can be completed online, or downloaded (see Downloads section at the bottom of this page).  This is required in addition to submission of the Common Preference Form.  Please read this guidance before submitting the form.

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 (available in the Downloads section below) and submit this and the supporting evidence directly to the Academy.  Applications should be submitted before 15 January 2026 to ensure they can be considered before the deadline for Reception applications.

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

e-mail:          info@dixonsua.com
telephone:    0113 512 5530

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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 200 places in each of the year groups 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.

More information about the application process and a link to the form is available on the Council website or you can contact the Council via:

• Email: education.admissions@leeds.gov.uk
• Telephone: 0113 222 4414