Portslade Aldridge Community Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 44 44.1 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 44.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 46.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 7.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -0.01 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[4]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	42.7[5]	42.7%[5]
2023/24	46.6[3]	45.5%[3]	-0.01[3]
2022/23	44.8[6]	43%[6]	-0.10[6]
2021/22	49.7[7]	53%[7]	+0.24[7]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: D+ 2018/19[8]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 0% 2018/19[8]
All results, 2020/21: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]

Earlier years
Year	A-level average grade	AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2017/18	D[10]	0%[10]
2016/17	D+[11]	0%[11]
2015/16	D[12]
2014/15	D+[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 89% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form: 8% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college: 43% 2022/23[14]
Further education college: 32% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship: 2% 2022/23[14]
Employment: 2% 2022/23[14]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	95%[15]	14%[15]	39%[15]	31%[15]	2%[15]	7%[15]
2020/21	90%[16]	12%[16]	36%[16]	33%[16]	6%[16]	3%[16]
2019/20	88%[17]	25%[17]	35%[17]	26%[17]	0%[17]	3%[17]
2018/19	94%[18]	25%[18]	34%[18]	29%[18]	1%[18]	5%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 70% 2016/17[19]
Education: 13% 2016/17[19]
Apprenticeship: 13% 2016/17[19]
Employment: 45% 2016/17[19]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2015/16	78%[20]	38%[20]
2014/15	67%[21]	33%[21]		33%[21]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 32% 2015/16[22]
Top third of most selective universities: 6% 2015/16[22]
Russell Group universities: 0% 2015/16[22]
Oxford or Cambridge: 0% 2015/16[22]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 20 Jan 2026[23]
Type: S5 Inspection[23]
Report published: 25 Mar 2026[23]
Inclusion: Strong standard[23]
Achievement: Expected standard[23]
Safeguarding standards: Met[23]
Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard[23]
Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention[23]
Leadership and governance: Expected standard[23]
Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard[23]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
16 Nov 2021[24]	Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[24]	No overall grade[24]
9 Nov 2016[25]	Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 2[25]	Good[25]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 2.0 Entry Sept 2026[26]
Applications (any preference): 338 Entry Sept 2026[26]
First preferences: 150 Entry Sept 2026[26]
Places offered: 172 Entry Sept 2026[26]
First preferences per place: 0.9 Entry Sept 2026[26]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	325[26]	170[26]	207[26]	1.6[26]	0.8[26]
Entry Sept 2024	308[26]	127[26]	198[26]	1.6[26]	0.6[26]
Entry Sept 2023	337[26]	146[26]	206[26]	1.6[26]	0.7[26]
Entry Sept 2022	355[26]	164[26]	200[26]	1.8[26]	0.8[26]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages: 11–16[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 1075[1]
Trust: ALDRIDGE EDUCATION[1]
Local authority: Brighton and Hove[1]
Website: http://www.paca.uk.com/[1]
District: Brighton and Hove [27]
Postcode: BN41 2WS[1]
URN: 137063[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 928 2024/25[28]
English as an additional language: 7.5% 2024/25[28]
SEN support: 18.4% 2024/25[28]
EHC plan: 4.5% 2024/25[28]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 32.1% 2024/25[28]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 86%[29]
Mixed: 7.3%[29]
Asian: 3.2%[29]
Black: 1.4%[29]
Any other ethnic group: 1%[29]
Unclassified: 1.1%[29]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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