Portslade Aldridge Community Academy

Chalky Road, Portslade, Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, BN41 2WS

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About this school

Portslade Aldridge Community Academy is an Academy sponsor led serving secondary age pupils, located in Brighton and Hove, East Sussex. The school has 928 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 17 November 2021). Last inspected 20 January 2026. The Principal is Mark Poston. The school is administered by Brighton and Hove local authority. It belongs to ALDRIDGE EDUCATION. It opened in 1 September 2011.

School details

Principal

Mark Poston

Trust

ALDRIDGE EDUCATION

Local authority

Brighton and Hove

Gender

Mixed

URN

137063

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Portslade Aldridge Community Academy are handled by the school or the local authority (Brighton and Hove). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

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