St Matthew's 
BDAT Vision Statement
Our Vision is:
At BDAT we want every child to have a happy and high-quality education enabling them to grow and flourish during their time at school.
We will provide schools that develop student competence, confidence and character, driven by local community context and inclusive Christian values, ensuring every student achieves their academic 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 will recruit develop and retain highly skilled staff dedicated to making sure our children and young people have every chance to succeed.
Our Values are:
Inclusion. We understand everyone is equal, without exception. We value and encourage diversity and difference. We proactively seek to learn from others.
Compassion. We care for each other. We respect each other and treat our friends and colleagues how they would expect to be treated. We make sure we are safe, feel loved and are actively supported at all times.
Aspiration. We set high expectation for ourselves, our children 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.
Resilience. We are ambitious and reflective. We are determined and brave in making decisions and when facing challenges. We expect our schools to provide us with the skills and knowledge to guide us through our future as life long learners.
Excellence. We provide rigorous support and challenge to our schools and our students. We strive for excellence in all we do.
St Matthew's CE Primary School joined the Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust (BDAT) on the 1st of March 2025.
The Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust (BDAT) is a Church of England primary and secondary school multi-academy trust serving a number of faith and non-faith Academies in both the West Yorkshire and the Dales diocese and the Bradford Local Authority area. The Trust was set up in 2012 by a board of volunteers, with a view to support a number of primary and secondary academies across the diocese, and has been experiencing steady growth since.
BDAT operates a light-touch policy across all its schools, working in direct cooperation with each Academy to develop collaborative processes and structures, ensuring all of the schools within the Trust are able to work together and that the values and practices held by BDAT are present across the board. Through this cooperative effort, particularly at challenging times in each Academy’s existence, BDAT hopes to ensure the pupils at each of its schools continue to receive the best possible education and to be guided towards a bright future.
The Church of England has been providing education and schooling to children and young people across England for over 200 years. Approximately 1 million children attend CofE schools and about 15 million people alive today went to a Church of England school in the UK.
Children only get one chance of a good education – we believe every child matters and every child deserves the best education we can offer.
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Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust
2nd Floor, Jade Building
Albion Mills
Albion Road
Greengates
BD10 9TQ
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