Portslade Aldridge Community Academy
Ofsted: Expected
Score
C56
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Brighton, BN41 2WS
- Distance
- 2.1km away
Shoreham Academy
Kingston Lane, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6YT
Local ranking4th of 40 secondary schools in West Sussex
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1700
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 7 February 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 51.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 56.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 74.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 295
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 87.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 84.0%
- Higher education
- 38.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 36.0%
- Not sustained
- 14.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
B-
Avg A-Level Grade
35.4
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
35.8
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
90
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 16.3% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 27.4
- 16-18 Cohort
- 268
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1777
- Boys
- 944 (54%)
- Girls
- 815 (46%)
- Capacity
- 1700 (103% full)
- SEND
- 21.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 17.6%
- EAL
- 7.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.8%
- SEN Support
- 16.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 98.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,260/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 18.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Christian
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 84.1%
- White Other: 3.1%
- Mixed Other: 2.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.8%
- Other: 1.6%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.0%
84.1%
White British
3.1%
White Other
2.9%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Kingston Lane
Shoreham-by-Sea, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 135962
- UKPRN
- 10028147
- Establishment No.
- 6914
- Trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
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