Photograph celebrates academy's ethos

There are 1,100 pupils from an multi-ethnic and socially deprived area of south-east Bradford at the Christian-sponsored academy including more than 200 in post-16 studies.

Academic improvements have seen around half of youngsters attaining five A*-C GCSEs compared with just eight per cent at Bradford Cathedral City College which previously occupied the site of the academy which opened in 2007.

Youngsters there are also encouraged to be agents of social change as part of its specialist status promoting Citizenship with Enterprise.

This striking picture illustrating the age range at the academy is part its new prospectus written in partnership with Leeds-based education communication specialists Words&Pictures.

Tehmina Hashmi, vice-principal on co-developing the new prospectus, said: "As an academy, we wanted to reassure parents and the community that we are about traditional values, high quality and success – but without the constraints that state schools can sometimes impose. We do things differently only if it makes a difference."

Leah Newby, head of education at Words&Pictures, said: "Bradford Academy has a rigorously professional approach to the task of education combined with a real attention to detail.

"Their new communication celebrates their academy status and positions them as a beacon of excellence within the local community. Words&Pictures are working with academies across the country to bring their unique stories to life and have noticed a genuine commitment to excellence in these institutions."