Dixons Unity Academy

We're so proud of Shellby and Shanice, who are going to be ambassadors for the Anne Frank Trust!

The Anne Frank Trust does important work with young people to challenge discrimination, and these teo Year 8s will now be part of that work!

Find out more about the programme here https://www.annefrank.org.uk/annefrankambassadors

Our friends over at Leeds Libraries are looking for volunteers age 11-16 to help them with the Summer Reading Challenge!

If you can get into Leeds city centre and want to share you love of books and reading with younger children, then follow the link to apply. No experience is needed and you only need to commit to 10 hours total over the 6 week summer holiday!

Volunteer Team Leeds

🎉 A reminder of our fantastic raffle which will be drawn at our Summer Fayre on Saturday 20 June - tickets can be purchased via ParentPay. ✨

Top prizes: Yamaha keyboard (worth £200), a tablet (worth £150), a scooter, vouchers and lots of other prizes! 🥳

🎉 Raffle Bonanza at Our Annual Summer Fayre! 🎉

Our Raffle Bonanza will be drawn at the Summer Fayre on Saturday 20 June 2026 - and you won’t want to miss it! ✨

🎟 £1 a strip
🎁 Top prizes: a Yamaha keyboard, a tablet and a scooter.
🛍️ Plus loads of other fantastic prizes up for grabs

Tickets can be purchased online via Parent Pay or at the Summer Fayre! ☀️

So go on… try your luck - you’ve got to be in it to win it! 🎉

💚 Every penny raised from the Summer Fayre, including the raffle, will go towards our Unity Community Hub and supporting various initiatives such as our Christmas Dinner Box Drive, which help us to provide Christmas dinner boxes and gifts to families in need during the festive season. 🫶🏼

Thank you for your support - together, we can make a real difference.💫

Our Year 7 parents evening is coming up!

This Thursday we'll be open for you to meet your child's teachers and find out how they're getting on in school.

Make your appointments on the My Child At School app!

Dear families,

We all recognise how important attendance is. If your child is in Year 10, we are currently trialling a mentoring programme for selected students designed to further improve attendance across the year group. In all year groups, the challenge is to attend school every single day between now and the end of the year. Our attendance continues to improve with whole-school attendance reaching 93% yesterday an excellent improvement compared to 86% on the same day last year. We are working hard to continue this upward trend and are confident that we will soon exceed the national average.

There are many excellent initiatives currently taking place across the school, and we are proud to welcome Mark Sewards, elected MP for Leeds South West and Morley in 2024, who will be visiting us next Friday. He is keen to see first-hand the fantastic work happening at Unity and to celebrate the success of our school community. We are incredibly grateful that he has chosen to visit us and look forward to continuing to strengthen the outstanding connections we have built through our nationally recognised ‘Unity Community.’

It's already time for us to start welcoming our new students into the building. We have held two sessions in which incoming Year 6 students have come into school with their current teachers to get to know the environment, our teachers, and their new friends. These selected students have had a chance to become comfortable with our space ahead of the upcoming transition days we'll hold next month. One of the things I've most enjoyed about these days has been seeing the excitement of our current students when bumping into their primary school teachers on these tours.

Our Summer Fayre is coming up on the 20th June, and I'm hoping that as many of you as possible can make it. These events are a great opportunity for us to develop stronger links with our community, and for our students to bridge the gap between their school and home lives. There will also be the raffle, with top prizes secured by Ms Parmar to include a Yamaha keyboard and a tablet. Do get your tickets on ParentPay if you'd like the opportunity to win.

Next week will be our Year 7 parents evening. I know our teachers really value the opportunity to speak to families face to face about each child's progress, and it's one of the most powerful tools we have to ensure that each child is in school every day, on time, and ready to learn, fully supported by you all at home.

I would like to remind families of our core value of respect, particularly when it comes to communication with Academy staff. I fully trust all of our team to communicate with respect, honestly and kindness, and I appreciate when that's reflected back to us from families. We are a busy school with hard-working colleagues who all endeavour to do the right thing, and I ask that you please meet us where we're at and treat each member of with that same respect.

Finally, we have made the decision to place Year 11 on half days during these last few days of exams. Expect to see your students home earlier than usual, and please do encourage them to continue studying in these final days. We will be celebrating their achievements at our leaver's assembly next week, and then again at prom in the near future!

James Inman
Principal

🌟 We look forward to seeing you all this morning in the unity hub 🫶🏼.

🗓️ Friday 12 June 2026
🕤 9:30 - 11:30am
📍 Dixons Unity Academy, Whingate Road, LS12 3DS

Everyone is welcome.
✨ A warm, friendly space
🛒 Food pantry (open from 10am)
🍳 A hot breakfast (suggested donation £1)
👋 Meet our staff
🤝 Opportunities to connect and network
🎨 Arts and crafts activities
🫶🏼 Make new friends
👕 Uniform exchange
💬 Chat with visiting community stakeholders

We also have lots of cleaning products 🧼 available so come along and stock up!

A reminder of our fantastic raffle which will be drawn at our Summer Fayre on Saturday 20 June - tickets can be purchased via ParentPay. ✨

🎉 Raffle Bonanza at Our Annual Summer Fayre! 🎉

Our Raffle Bonanza will be drawn at the Summer Fayre on Saturday 20 June 2026 - and you won’t want to miss it! ✨

🎟 £1 a strip
🎁 Top prizes: a Yamaha keyboard, a tablet and a scooter.
🛍️ Plus loads of other fantastic prizes up for grabs

Tickets can be purchased online via Parent Pay or at the Summer Fayre! ☀️

So go on… try your luck - you’ve got to be in it to win it! 🎉

💚 Every penny raised from the Summer Fayre, including the raffle, will go towards our Unity Community Hub and supporting various initiatives such as our Christmas Dinner Box Drive, which help us to provide Christmas dinner boxes and gifts to families in need during the festive season. 🫶🏼

Thank you for your support - together, we can make a real difference.💫

One week to our Year 7 parents evening! Join us on Thursday 18th June in the evening - book in on the MCAS app!

Our Year 7 parents evening is coming up!

4.30-7.00pm on Thursday 18th June, we'll be open for you to meet your child's teachers and find out how they're getting on in school. Make your appointments on the My Child At School app!