SCHOOL PROFILE

Brighton Aldridge Community Academy: data, trends and context

Brighton Aldridge Community Academy is a secondary school in Brighton and Hove. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
136164
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy sponsor led
Status
Open
Local authority
Brighton and Hove
Region
South East
Trust
ALDRIDGE EDUCATION
Postcode
BN1 9PW
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
808
FSM eligible
46.4%
EAL / First language other than English
12.9%
SEND (total)
42.0%
SEN Support
32.9%
EHCP
9.0%
White British
75.1%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
84.8%
Overall absence
15.2%
Persistent absence
42.6%
Severe absence
9.4%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
Brighton and HoveLocal authority89.3%10.7%3.7%
South EastRegion91.5%8.5%2.8%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
9.5%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
7.4%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.00%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
36.2
English & maths grade 5+
23.3%
English & maths grade 4+
44.8%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Brighton Aldridge Community Academy is a secondary school in Brighton and Hove. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.