Portslade Aldridge Community Academy

State-Funded School

portslade-aldridge-community-academy-brighton-and-hove-south-east

South EastRegion

Brighton and HoveLocal Authority

Hove and PortsladeConstituency

BN41 2WSPostcode

4.1

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Portslade Aldridge Community Academy is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–16, located in Brighton and Hove, South East.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 910 pupils. Portslade Aldridge Community Academy is part of Aldridge Education.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 20 Jan 2026 · published 25 Mar 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Around average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 42.7
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 42.7%
EBacc average point score: 4.18

Ethnicity

White

86%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

910

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

32%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 16
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 910
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)
MAT name: Aldridge Education

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 17 November 2021. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
9 Dec 2016	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.