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Bedford College Academies Trust (BCAT) is a charitable trust set up by its sponsor Bedford College.

History

Bedford College formed Bedford College Academies Trust in 2013.

Bedford College Academies Trust (BCAT) was the initial sponsor of Bedford Academy, located in the Kingsbrook area of Bedford, along with the Harpur Trust.

In April 2014, Bedford College became a new sponsor of UTC Central Bedfordshire in Houghton Regis, and worked on building a new centre for students with the highest levels of need. This was at the request of the Department for Education after the UTC failed an inspection. However, the UTC closed in August 2016 after failing to attract a sufficient number of pupils.

In October 2014, it was announced that Hastingsbury Business & Enterprise College at Kempston would convert to an academy in partnership with Bedford College. The school was later renamed Kempston Challenger Academy, and after extending its lower age range in 2017 is now a secondary school.

Today the trust is the sponsor of Wixams Academy and Wixams Tree Primary, both located in Wixams.