WELCOME ABOUT BDAT OUR ACADEMIES BDAT BUSINESS EMPLOYER OF CHOICE NEWS CONTACT US "Because we believe that every child has only one chance at a good education" "Our mission is to provide high quality education within the context of Christian belief and practice so that every child can fulfil their academic potential and accomplish their individual goals" Our latest news, policies and guidance on COVID-19 can be found here A Warm Welcome to Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust (BDAT) Thank you for taking the time to find out about BDAT. We are a Bradford based Multi-Academy Trust, a charity and company limited by guarantee, set up in 2012 to support and sponsor primary and secondary schools across our city. BDAT is primarily a family of schools, working together to make sure every child within our care, gets the absolute best education we can deliver. We are also a Trust which works hard to be an employer of choice – we know we can’t have great schools without great staff and we work very hard to recruit, retain and develop our people to be the best they can be. In Autumn 2021 we will launch our sister website BDAT People, setting out our CPD offer for all our existing staff and those who may wish to join us. Don’t forget to visit our vacancies page if you want to join our team. Our core purpose at BDAT is to maintain and drive rapid school improvements through shared best practice across our growing family of schools and partners. Our pledge is to ensure that “every student in a BDAT academy receives a happy high quality education, enabling their competence, confidence and character to thrive”. Together we aim to teach and develop the students of today to become lifelong learners tomorrow and beyond. Children are always our priority and collaboration is our strategy: “Because we believe that every child has only one chance at a good education”. As a Trust we grew quite quickly in our early years, moving from 3 schools in 2014 to 17 schools in 2021. At that time we made the decision to pause our growth and focus on being a great Trust. We wanted to focus on being better rather than simply bigger. To do this we wanted to consolidate and sense check our systems and processes to make sure they were robust and solid to support our schools. We also wanted to make sure we really knew and understood every school in our family so that they got the best deal we could offer. This was a good decision and ironically the COVID pandemic made our family even stronger. We are now at the next stage in our journey where we are considering some further growth. We believe we have got the systems, structures, people development opportunities and ethos to welcome further schools in to our MAT. If you feel you could be the next new member of our family then we would love to hear from you. Visit our Join Us page to find out more. In the meantime why not check out our website, brochure and latest Newsletters which will tell you a little more about us and how we operate. Thanks again for visiting our website. Whether you are a governor looking to join us; a staff member considering your next career role with us; a new school considering joining us; or an interested parent or student wanting to find out about us – we hope you find our website informative and that it clearly signposts to how you can get further involved. Please stay in touch. Carol Dewhurst OBE, Chief Executive Officer See our latest tweets Carol Dewhurst OBE@DewhurstCaz·2h If you are in the LWY RSC area pls don’t forget to vote for your advisory board reps https://hub.ukevote.uk/dfe Its so important the views of those doing the job get heard If you know me you will know I am about what’s best for all of us… Working together the sector is stronger Twitter 1463991704512573442 BDAT@WeAreBDAT·24 Nov Fantastic collaboration between the Geography leaders this afternoon @WeAreBDAT #greatwork #highquality #collaboration4 Twitter 1463518217230503939 BDAT@WeAreBDAT·24 Nov Fantastic collaboration between the Geography leaders this afternoon @WeAreBDAT #greatwork #highquality #collaboration4 Twitter 1463518217230503939 © BDAT 2016. All rights reserved Privacy Policy Cookie Policy Contact Us