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MINIMUM ENTITLEMENT

At BBEC our enrichment provisions have a rich legacy, always going beyond and above expectations. We value the importance of providing students with wide range of participations that impact positively on attendance, attainment, behaviour, aspirations, personal developmentand wellbeing.  

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Our enrichment provision has the support of senior leadership, and your point of contact is Mr Ryan (Assistant Headteacher), who leads on Minimum Entitlement and Careers (CEIAG).  In line with the new Enrichments benchmarks published by the DfE: Enrichment benchmarks - GOV.UK  every student from the start of Year 7 to the end of Year 11 receive access to a range of provisions from the following categories; 

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  • Civic Engagement, for example volunteering, debating, school democracy and community engagement. This includes our Prefect system, PROM, First Give and Senior Citizens Xmas meal. 

  • Arts and Culture, for example, taking part in and having live experience of music, art, dance, theatre, other expressive arts, visits to museums and galleries. Including our BDAT Be There event at St Georges Hall. This includes flagship events like Pride and Culture days. 

  • Nature, Outdoors and Adventure, for example time outdoors, climate education and sustainability projects, go ape, water sports, gardening, Y9 Duke of Edinburgh and residentials. 

  • Sport and Physical Activities, for example participating in individual and team sports, physical activities like dance, fitness activities or cycling, representing the school or college, attending live events. Including BBEC & BDAT Sporting Days.  

  • Developing Wider Life and Future Skills, for example digital literacy, STEM club, cooking, managing finances and enterprise, Also including Y8 Positive Choices day and our exemplary range of careers provisions and the Sustainability Conference in November. 

 

Here is our provisional Minimum Entitlement Calendar for 2026 – 2027

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These are branded for students and stakeholder to clearly understand (see below), and we place a strong emphasis on encouraging student participation and removing barriers to participation. This is exemplified by our Extracurricular programme, which provides clubs and activities not just after the school day, but before school, during school and through bespoke activities: Extracurricular Programme. Trips and visit also play a big part in our provisions, with over 100 visits taking place in the 2025-26 academic year. 

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Our Minimum Entitlement programme is shared with students and parents, and we also celebrate participation through ARCK stamps, weekly and termly shout-outs and rewards and our annually, the later at our Bradford Cathedral prize-giving evening, Participation is also shared through Parent/Carer reports. 

 

Students and parents have timely, accessible and clear information about the Minimum Entitlement programme, including relevant information on the activities, expectations and how to access it. We publish our programmes on our website and share them with all stakeholders,and the extracurricular program is included in students’ ARCK records. All also students receive an assembly in Autumn about their Minimum Entitlement offer and we set high aspirations for students to participate in the enrichment offer. 

 

Our Minimum Entitlement offer is equitable, inclusive and accessible to all students, particularly those at risk of missing out and is very much tailored to the needs of our most disadvantaged students. This includes considering barriers for students with SEND, making practical adjustments through bespoke and additional provisions where possible.  

 

We use Power Bi to monitor participation of all students and all key groups, which informs further provisions to address gaps and plan ongoing enrichment provisions. As expected, we place a high priority on students from disadvantaged groups. Examples here include the provisions for our EHCP, Connect and Bridge students. 

We also gather feedback from students, parents, staff and external partners (where appropriate) and work tirelessly to continuously improve their enrichment offer. A good example of our work with partners is to deliver our flagship Careers’ Aspirations Evening for Year 10 and 11 students. 

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Your point of contact for anything related to Minimum Entitlement and Careers is Mr. Ryan at joseph.ryan@bbec.bdat-academies.org. 

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