Portslade Aldridge Community Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 17 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 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
137063
Address
Chalky Road, Portslade, BN41 2WS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
974 (65% of total capacity)
Boys
50.8%
Girls
49.2%
First language not English
8.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
30.2%
Persistent absence
29.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 82.2%
Mixed 6%
Other White 5.9%
Bangladeshi 1.1%
Other 0.9%
Other Asian 0.8%
Chinese 0.8%
African 0.7%
Unclassified 0.7%
Irish 0.2%
Indian 0.2%
Pakistani 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.1
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 48%
Local authority average 51%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 43%
Local authority average 50%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.8
Local authority average 47.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.16
Local authority average 4.34
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award20
MultimediaTechnical Award23
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award7
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE33
BiologyGCSE27
Business Studies:SingleGCSE56
ChemistryGCSE25
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE43
English LanguageGCSE168
English LiteratureGCSE165
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Portslade Aldridge Community Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
198
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
127
2nd preference
106
3rd preference
75
From another Local Authority
76
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
127
2nd preference
38
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
15
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 classes24.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
212
102
110
Year 8
197
106
91
Year 9
178
95
83
Year 10
198
96
102
Year 11
189
96
93
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
81.0%
89.4%
86.5%
Further education
33.0%
16.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
12.0%
15.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
36.0%
56.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
1.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
4.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
3.0%
1.0%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022