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BDAT Briefing April 2026

BDAT Briefing April 2026 Welcome back to school and to your second BDAT Briefing of 2026. Go to this... read more

St Matthew’s C of E Primary School celebrates gaining the Leading Parent Partnership Award.

In January 2025 St Matthew’s C of E Primary School signed up to work towards The Leading Parent Partnership Award (LPPA). This involved St... read more

Pupils at Wycliffe CE Primary School celebrate outstanding success at Skipton Music Festival

Wycliffe CE Primary School, located on Saltaire Road in Shipley, West Yorkshire, is celebrating a series of impressive achievements at Skipton Music... read more

Curriculum change: How will your school prepare?

Please see the link below for the full article in Spring Edition of the Headteacher Update with contributions from Simon Gallacher, Headteacher at... read more

BDAT Celebrates Creativity and Wellbeing with Poetry and Photography Competitions

BDAT Celebrates Creativity and Wellbeing with Poetry and Photography Competitions Following the huge success of the BDAT Big Read event, Bradford... read more

Belle Vue Girls’ Academy Celebrates Ofsted Success

Following their inspection under the new Ofsted framework in November 2025, Belle Vue Girls’ Academy, which is part of Bradford Diocesan Academies... read more

BDAT Briefing January 2026

BDAT Briefing January 2026 Welcome back to school and your first BDAT Briefing of 2026. This month we focus on national policy and... read more

Procurement in schools – How to make it work for you

Please see the link for the full article in Teachwire by Mark Dowson, Head of Corporate Projects for BDAT. The article explains how important... read more

A small Church School with Big Aspirations – Woodlands C of E Primary School celebrates glowing inspection Report

Woodlands Church of England Primary School, a member of the Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust, are proudly celebrating their recent SIAMS inspection... read more