About us:
Our BDAT vision states that:
“We want every child to have a happy and high-quality education enabling them to grow and flourish during their time at school.
We provide schools that develop our young people’s competence, confidence, and character, driven by local community context and inclusive Christian values, ensuring everyone achieves their academic and personal potential and leaves our Trust prepared for the next stage of their life journey.
We want BDAT schools to be schools of choice for the diverse and special communities we serve.
We recruit, develop, inspire, and retain highly skilled staff dedicated to making sure our children and young people have every chance to succeed.”
Our aim is to align this strategy to the vision of the Trust.
Our 2025 strategy of Excellence for All states that we strive to have:
- Excellence in Education
- Excellence in Opportunities
- Excellence through Collaboration
EXCELLENCE FOR ALL STRATEGY – Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust
Our mission:
Our key objectives of the BDAT people strategy for staff is to ensure that there is:
- Professional Development and Growth: Engaged staff members are more likely to seek out professional development opportunities and contribute to school improvement. Schools that encourage engagement often foster a culture of continuous learning. This gives staff the chances to learn new things and grow in their jobs.
- Collaboration: To encourage staff to work together and share ideas to develop and progress their expertise or/and their careers.
- Recognition and support: Show staff that they are doing a great job.
- Work-life balance: Make sure teachers and all staff, have time to relax, and spend time with their families while continuing to be successful in their work.
- Leadership: Success leads to leadership being more likely to stay engaged in their roles, share best practices, and innovate in the classroom.
- Reduced Staff Turnover: Schools with high engagement levels among both staff and students tend to have better retention rates for teachers and staff. Engaged staff feel more connected to the school and its values, reducing turnover.
Our values:
- We set high expectation for ourselves, our trainees and our staff so that each of us is supported to achieve our own potential. We expect nothing but the best from ourselves and from others.
- We understand everyone is equal, without exception. We value and encourage diversity and difference. We proactively seek to learn from others.
- We provide rigorous support and challenge to our trainees. We strive for excellence in all they do.
- We care for each other. We respect each other and treat our trainees how they would expect to be treated. We make sure they are safe, feel loved and are actively supported at all times.
- We are ambitious and reflective. We will support our trainees to be determined and brave in making decisions and resilient when facing challenges. We expect our schools to provide them with the skills and knowledge to guide them through their future as lifelong learners.
Our Purpose:
The purpose of BDAT People is aligning the goals of BDAT with the needs and capabilities of its staff. It focuses on attracting, developing, engaging, and retaining the best talent to work with our students and our parents, carers, and community to deliver outstanding educational outcomes.
