Brighton Aldridge Community Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Mar 21 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Brighton and Hove
Unique reference
136164
Address
Lewes Road, BN1 9PW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
802 (73% of total capacity)
Boys
55.7%
Girls
44.3%
First language not English
12.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
44.5%
Persistent absence
35.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
23.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 74.6%
Mixed 6.2%
Other White 3.9%
African 3.4%
Other 3.4%
Unclassified 2.4%
Indian 1.7%
Bangladeshi 1.5%
Pakistani 0.9%
Other Asian 0.7%
Other Black 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.5
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 44%
Local authority average 51%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 26%
Local authority average 50%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 36.2
Local authority average 47.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.29
Local authority average 4.34
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award20
Sports StudiesTechnical Award8
MultimediaTechnical Award21
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award65
Speech & DramaTechnical Award10
ArabicGCSE2
Art & DesignGCSE39
BiologyGCSE22
Business Studies:SingleGCSE1
ChemistryGCSE22
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Brighton Aldridge Community Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
137
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
71
2nd preference
26
3rd preference
38
From another Local Authority
5
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
71
2nd preference
6
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
123
72
51
Year 8
159
80
79
Year 9
164
92
72
Year 10
127
66
61
Year 11
117
50
67
Year 12
72
58
14
Year 13
40
29
11
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
78.0%
89.4%
86.5%
Further education
21.0%
16.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
37.0%
15.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
21.0%
56.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
3.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
12.0%
4.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
4.0%
1.0%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
45.0%
73.1%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
2.0%
30.6%
19.7%
Russell Group
1.0%
27.2%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
2.2%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
0.5%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
0.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020