Portslade Aldridge Community Academy, Brighton

At age 16 (%)

No data for age 18

'Academic' destinations refer to sixth form or higher education. 'Vocational' ones refer to further education, apprenticeships or employment. Neither is intrinsically better or worse, and this balance is not used in calculating the indicator score. Data are from 2022.

Disadvantaged pupils (%)

Ethnic minority pupils (%)

Percentages of all pupils on roll in 2022. Local figures represent the aggregate pupil populations of the ten closest nearby schools.

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Portslade Aldridge Community Academy

Chalky Road, Portslade, Brighton BN41 2WS

https://www.paca.uk.com/

Portslade Aldridge Community Academy is a non-selective academy. It has about 950 boys and girls aged between 11 and 16. In November 2021 the school was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted.

This school is a member of Aldridge Education. (Other schools in this trust include Brighton Aldridge Community Academy, Duke's Aldridge, AldridgeUTC@MediaCityUK, Darwen Aldridge Community Academy and Darwen Aldridge Enterprise Studio.)

Particular strengths include Finances, Admissions, Environment and Progress. Relative weaknesses include Attendance and Destinations.

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Other schools nearby

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Distance (miles)	Score	Name
1.4		Shoreham Academy
1.5		King's School
1.9		Blatchington Mill School
2.1		Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre
3.1		Cardinal Newman Catholic School
3.6		Dorothy Stringer School
3.7		Patcham High School
3.9		Varndean School
4.7		The Sir Robert Woodard Academy
5.4		Steyning Grammar School
5.9		Brighton Aldridge Community Academy
6.1		Davison Church of England High School for Girls

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Finances: Excellent. The school budget has been in surplus

Admissions: Above average. The occupancy rate is quite low and the offer rate is quite high. There is no compulsory entrance exam.

Environment: Above average. Air pollution and traffic accidents are roughly average, while crime is quite low.

Progress: About average. (This takes into account pupils' prior performance. For information about actual grades, see Attainment.)

Attainment: About average. (This doesn't take into account pupils' prior performance. For that, see Progress.)

Disadvantaged pupils: About average. Progress up to age 16 is about average. Destinations at 16 are below average. There is no information for students aged 16-18.

Representation: Slightly out of balance. The socio-economic mix and ethnic representation are both slightly out of balance with the local community.

Attendance: Poor. Pupil absence rates and the incidence of persistent absence are both very high.

Destinations: Poor. The proportion of students going on to education or training at 16 is very low.

Sixth form: There is no sixth form information for this school.

Schools often provide or emphasise different subjects, especially in fields such as languages and the arts. The charts below show the relative popularities of exam subjects commonly sat at this school.

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Proportions of pupils entering in 2023

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