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Dixons Academies Trust

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25th July 2024

Putting talent first

We are a talent first organisation, and we believe that our talent is our most valuable resource.

10th July 2024

Flexible working at Dixons: making our ambitions a working reality

We are working hard behind the scenes on the timetabling process, to make our flexible working plans a working reality in our academies.

24th April 2024

Civic responsibility

At Dixons, we are doing lots of work around the civic responsibility space, focusing on giving our students a voice and supporting them to challenge educational and social disadvantage in our communities.

14th February 2024

Flexible working: What are we doing and why is it important in education?

At Dixons, we are working through the plans for making flexible working a reality. Flexibility in our workforce is vital to recruiting more teachers.

29th January 2024

The rationale for decolonising the curriculum

Data shows limited input from racialised minority groups in leadership decisions and curriculum delivery, meaning students from ethnic minority backgrounds are unable to see themselves represented in the education system.

18th January 2024

How we’re giving teachers a nine-day fortnight

Dixons Academies’ CEO Luke Sparkes explains why the trust is introducing a radical flexible working policy to help tackle teacher workload and boost recruitment and retention.

14th March 2023

"There’s no such thing as children and SEND children, only children."

Nicole Dempsey, Director of SEND and Inclusion, shared how and why she evolved an alternative approach to SEND inclusion, first at one of the academies and now, increasingly, throughout the trust.

22nd September 2022

Empowering our young people with Citizens UK

Our work with Citizens UK has supported students to have a voice and make real change in their communities.