Secondary
Brighton Aldridge Community Academy
Lewes Road, Brighton, BN1 9PW
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 808 of 1150 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.8
- Local authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Trust
- ALDRIDGE EDUCATION
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 50.8
- All staff (FTE)
- 82.0
- Pupils per adult
- 9.8
- Pupils
- 802
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected April 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections3
March 2023
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
March 2022
Previous framework
Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudesInadequate
- Leadership and governanceInadequate
- Personal developmentInadequate
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
November 2016
Previous framework
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
GCSE results
23%
19 points below the Brighton average (42% across 6 schools)
36.2
7.0 below the Brighton average (43.2 across 6 schools)
5th of 6 by our score, among the secondary schools in Brighton we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 36.2 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.15 |
| Entered the EBacc | 23% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 45% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 23% |
| A level average points per entry | 18.75 |
| A level students | 9 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 28% |
| 22/23 | 26% |
| 23/24 | 30% |
| 24/25 | 23% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 20.3 |
| 22/23 | 18.9 |
| 23/24 | 19.4 |
| 24/25 | 18.8 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.60 |
| 22/23 | -0.50 |
| 23/24 | -0.40 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 37.4 |
| 22/23 | 36.2 |
| 23/24 | 37.3 |
| 24/25 | 36.2 |
Lewes Road, Brighton, BN1 9PW
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Brighton and Hove admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Principal
- Jack Davies
- Address
- Lewes Road, Brighton, BN1 9PW
- Telephone
- 01273691191