Welcome to Carlton Bolling College

Carlton Bolling is an Outstanding school which has been on a rapid improvement journey over recent years, gaining an Ofsted “outstanding “rating (2017) less than two years after coming out of “special measures”. We recently achieved the World Class School Quality Mark (2018) confirming our continuing commitment to move the school forward to the very highest levels nationally with focussed new initiatives and innovations.

Our shared vision of “Excellence for All” runs through all aspects of students` school life. As well as outstanding academic outcomes the school provides a breadth of curriculum and enrichment opportunities which add value to every child, preparing them for modern British life.

Staff enjoy working at Carlton Bolling and are supported and encouraged to lead and develop practice with the quality of teaching and learning being a significant strength. “Pupils and staff are enthused and excited to excel. Pupils and staff work together within a harmonious community, where they are fully supported”: Ofsted, November 2017. I am very proud to work alongside established teachers, leaders and staff with a proven track record in delivering high quality learning with excellent outcomes for students. We offer bespoke and regular CPD opportunities that are linked to career stage; this ensures our best teachers are given development opportunities for future leadership roles. Our ITT, NQT and Teach First development programmes are robust, fit for purpose and lead to a significant number of trainees securing permanent jobs with us. We have recently partnered with Bradford College to facilitate our own Carlton Bolling Route into teacher training.

Fostering close links with families and the community are embedded in our ethos as we value their engagement and support. Our sports academy concept has successfully established the boxing and cricket academies, both are open to staff, students and the BD3 community.

We are proud to be the founding school in the Carlton Academy Trust and being awarded Secondary School of the Year in the 2019 BBC National Teaching Awards. We are looking forward to working with other schools on their journey to excellence. These are exciting times at Carlton Bolling and we sincerely hope you will decide to join us on our journey.

Jane Girt

Head of School

Welcome to UAK

It gives me great pleasure to introduce myself as the Head of School at University Academy Keighley. It is a privilege to have been appointed to the academy and entrusted with the job of leading a school with such potential.

I am looking forward to working with the whole community as we strive for even greater success for all our young people. By working together, we can ensure that all students enjoy their time at school, make excellent progress and leave us with the necessary skills and attitudes to lead successful and fulfilling lives.

The first step in any school improvement is the raising of expectations. It is important that we are ambitious, and I know that our students will respond positively to the challenge. We will be working closely with our partner school Carlton Bolling, an Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ and World Class school, to bring excellence in the quality of teaching and learning and ensuring that our young people are positively engaged and challenged in their learning journeys.

There should be no limitations placed on the potential of our students and by increasing the aspirations of our school community, our young people will achieve great things.

Jon Skurr

Head of School