BDAT Reading

Welcome to the National Year of Reading 2026! Lots of exciting opportunities on the way for BDAT schools ... more to follow!

Thousands of pupils across BDAT came together for our Big Read, a Trust-wide event celebrating reading, imagination and wellbeing. The Big Read was sparked by ideas shared by BDAT’s own student wellbeing ambassadors. #wearebdat bdat-academies.org/thousands-of-b…

The BDAT Big Read at Oxenhope! @WeAreBDAT #bdatbigread

Ryan Vernel, author of The Lochview Mysteries, visited Belle Vue Girls' Academy as part of The BDAT Big Read to share insights into writing and to inspire our students! This was between his visits to primary schools. BVGA were very pleased to welcome him too! @WeAreBDAT

Across BDAT’s primary and secondary schools, pupils and staff came together to celebrate the joy of reading through The BDAT Big Read — a day filled with themed activities that highlight how reading can support wellbeing and ignite creativity!

Thank you to all our ‘mystery readers’ who shared stories with children from Nursery to Year 6 for the BDAT Big Read today @WeAreBDAT @BDATReading

What a lovely comment from one of our parent volunteers 🥰 📖 @WeAreBDAT @BDATReading #reading #readingforpleasure #readingforwellbeing #BDATBigRead

📚📖 The BDAT Big Read! ~ Friday 3rd October was the BDAT Big Read, and we had a brilliant day! ~ Visits to @StJohnsCE and a local library, and visits from @YCCC_Crkt_Centr and @teachingperson too! ~ @BDATReading

@StJohnsCE @YCCC_Crkt_Centr @teachingperson @BDATReading

We enjoyed some paired reading across school as part of BDAT Big Read! Here are some of our Year 6s sharing stories with our reception children. 📖 @WeAreBDAT @BDATReading #BDATBigRead #reading #readingforwellbeing #readingforpleasure

One of our former pupils even came back to read to Year 6! Thank you for sharing your favourite book with us, Jed! 📖 @WeAreBDAT @BDATReading @ImmanuelBD10 #BDATBigRead #readingforwellbeing #readingforpleasure

Year 5 also enjoyed reading with @OfficialBullsRL and sharing their favourite books with Year 1 📖 @WeAreBDAT @BDATReading #BDATBigRead #reading #readingforwellbeing #readingforpleasure

Great day for the the BDAT Big Read at Belle Vue Girls' Academy on Friday, with a Meet The Author event featuring Sairish Hussain, author of The Family Tree and Hidden Fires. It was really powerful to hear Sairish read excerpts from her book! @WeAreBDAT

@WestminsterBD3 @WycliffePrimary

The BDAT Big Read ... one week to go! @WeAreBDAT @ImmanuelBD10 @BGGSchool @BradfordForster @BBEC1 @BaildonCE @ChristAcad @ClaytonCEStJohn @CullingworthVPS @EastMortonCEP @LadyRoydPrimary @OxenhopeCEPS @StJohnsCE @stmatthewsce @st_oswald @STPHILIPSCE @shipley_ce @church_prim

The countdown has begun ... Two weeks to The BDAT Big Read, a celebration of reading, with themed activities that explore how reading can boost wellbeing and spark imaginations!