Bradford Academy Trust

UID 16566·Companies House 05508735·Incorporated July 2005·Compare

Schools

Flags

2 high severity

Finance: 2024/25Ofsted: Apr 2025Performance: 2025/26Workforce: 2025/26Attendance: 2025/26

Total income

£14.2m

1,718 pupils

Avg staff costs

78.5%

of income

Avg reserves

17.2%

of income

Avg absence

13.6%

Persistent: 37.5%

More metrics

Avg FSM

51.4%

free school meals

Capacity

91%

1,718 / 1,891 places

At a glance

1 school with absence above 8%1 school with workforce pressure1 school with staff costs above 78%1 school with Ofsted concerns

Ofsted sub-judgements

Quality of education

RI 1

Behaviour & attitudes

Good 1

Personal development

Good 1

Leadership & management

Good 1

Performance (trust avg)

Key Stage 4

Attainment 8

33.1

-13.1

vs national

Key Stage 2

Expected standard (RWM)

48.0%

-13.0pp

vs national

National averages: 2023/24

Trust details

AddressBradford Academy Trust, Bradford, BD4 7QS

Companies House05508735

Incorporated14 July 2005

Trust growth over time

10/11

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12/13

13/14

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22/23

23/24

24/25

Schools in trust by academic year

Year	Schools	Pupils	Total income	Total expenditure	Avg staff costs %	Avg reserves %
2021/22	1	1,737	£12.6m	£13.5m	83.7%	15.8%
2022/23	1	1,735	£14.0m	£13.4m	77.6%	16.8%
2023/24	1	1,718	£14.2m	£14.1m	78.5%	17.2%
2024/25partial	1	1,655	—	—	—	—

Central services — 2023/24

Centralisation

0.0%

of total trust spend

CS expenditure

£0

CS staff costs

£0

CS income

£0

Admin & clerical£0

Teaching staff£0

ICT£0

Premises£0

Legal & professional£0

Auditor costs£0

Governance

Accounts to Aug 2025Source: Companies House

12 current directors · Average tenure: 5.2 years · 6 changes in last 12 months

Directors / Trustees (12)

Ruth Helen Livingston Ejankowski-leetham

director·< 1 year

Atif Zia Khokhar

director·1 year

Dawn Ann Teague

director·1 year

Julie Spark

director·2 years

Rebecca Jane Ingram Lacey

director·3 years

Asa Gordon

director·3 years

Joe Dr Wilson

director·4 years

Jane Berry

director·4 years

Janet Sheriff

director·5 years

Timothy Charles Rank Rev Thomas

director·8 years

Adrian Farley

director·9 years

Manojkumar Narottam Liladhar Joshi

director·20 years

Company Secretary

Elise Josephine Barker

secretary·< 1 year

42 former officers — most recent departure: Nov 2025

Helen Marie Khan

director·1 year·Resigned Oct 2025

Mohammed Zafran Liaqat

director·1 year·Resigned Oct 2025

Shagufta Bibi

director·3 years·Resigned May 2023

Noor Jahan Ali

director·4 years·Resigned Jun 2022

Shazad Ali

director·4 years·Resigned Jul 2023

Kabir Hameed

director·7 years·Resigned Dec 2024

Jennifer Jakes

director·7 years·Resigned Feb 2022

Richard Keith Nr Arnold

director·8 years·Resigned Mar 2022

Alan John Jarvis

director·8 years·Resigned Nov 2025

Helen Theresa Griffin

director·8 years·Resigned Mar 2019

Nadine Good

director·8 years·Resigned Nov 2025

Peter Reverend Mayo-smith

director·8 years·Resigned Jul 2020

Bruce Berry

director·8 years·Resigned Dec 2021

Ruth Ann Thompson

director·8 years·Resigned Aug 2018

Darren Metcalfe

director·8 years·Resigned Mar 2021

Ruth Leetham

director·9 years·Resigned Jan 2025

Jagdeep Paul Singh Kainth

director·9 years·Resigned Mar 2019

Steve Walker

director·10 years·Resigned Apr 2020

Allison Justice

director·10 years·Resigned Aug 2017

Andrew Blake

secretary·12 years·Resigned Aug 2024

Robert Ian Taylor

director·12 years·Resigned Jul 2019

Stuart Herrington

director·14 years·Resigned Jan 2016

Jan Albert De villiers

director·14 years·Resigned Nov 2017

Barbara Moores

director·14 years·Resigned May 2015

Michelle Neale

director·14 years·Resigned Nov 2017

Bridget Pearson

director·14 years·Resigned Nov 2017

Sandra Reynolds

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2014

Malcolm Charles Sykes

director·14 years·Resigned May 2016

Stephen Herndlhofer

director·14 years·Resigned Jul 2017

Howard Keith Reverend Astin

director·14 years·Resigned Nov 2017

Andrew Blake

director·18 years·Resigned Aug 2015

Gareth Dawkins

director·18 years·Resigned Oct 2016

Howard Keith Astin

director·20 years·Resigned Mar 2009

John Edward Anderson

director·20 years·Resigned Aug 2013

Paul Bartle

director·20 years·Resigned Mar 2009

Albert Edward Price

director·20 years·Resigned Aug 2013

Clive Malcolm Reverend Sedgewick

secretary·20 years·Resigned Aug 2015

Tony Hesslewood

director·20 years·Resigned Sept 2011

Anthony Peter Hesselwood

director·20 years·Resigned Jan 2006

Geoffrey Revd Smith

director·20 years·Resigned Jan 2006

Clive Malcolm Reverend Sedgewick

director·20 years·Resigned Aug 2013

Kenneth Cook

director·20 years·Resigned Sept 2011

Member schools (1)

1 school|1 with risk flags|1 high severity

School	URN	Phase	Risk flags
Bradford Academy	135367	All-through	high absenceworkforce pressurehigh staff costsofsted concern

Bradford AcademyAll-through

high absenceworkforce pressurehigh staff costsofsted concern