Brighton Aldridge Community Academy is a secondary school located in Brighton. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 01/12/2016. The overall pupil absence from this school is 9.2%, which is 5.2 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Lewes Road, Brighton, BN1 9PW
Website: https://www.baca-uk.org.uk
Telephone: 01273691191
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Brighton and Hove
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Robert Speight
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 136164

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 01/12/2016

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 19
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1150
Number of Pupils: 873
Number of Boys: 472
Number of Girls: 401

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 9.2% 4%
Persistent absence: 27% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.14 Confidence interval -0.38 to 0.11
Of the 110 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 105 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:46%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:93%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:19%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:41.4
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.28
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Moulsecoomb Primary School
The Highway , Moulsecoomb BN2 4PA 		- not rated 1,484 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Moulsecoomb Primary School
The Highway , Moulsecoomb BN2 4PA 		1out of 4 1,484 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Coldean Primary School
Kenwards , Coldean BN1 9EN 		3out of 4 1,617 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Bevendean Primary School and Nursery
Heath Hill Avenue , Lower Bevendean BN2 4JP 		3out of 4 1,970 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Hertford Junior School
Lynchet Close , BN1 7FP 		3out of 4 2,672 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Brighton Aldridge Community Academy
Lewes Road , BN1 9PW 		3out of 4 0 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
University of Sussex
Sussex House , Falmer BN1 9RH 		- not rated 979 yd Higher education institutions Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Homewood College
Queensdown School Road , Off Lewes Road BN1 7LA 		2out of 4 2,286 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Central Hub Brighton
Lynchet Close , BN1 7FP 		3out of 4 2,620 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School
University of Brighton
Mithras House , Lewes Road BN2 4AT 		- not rated 2,670 yd Higher education institutions Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Downs View Special School
Warren Road , Woodingdean BN2 6BB 		4out of 4 3,005 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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