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Portslade Aldridge Community Academy

  • 11–16Ages
  • 910Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 137063URN

Chalky Road, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 2WS · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jan 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.0per place
1.1 below Brighton and Hove median (3.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Brighton and Hove

338 applications for 172 places · 9th of 10 in Brighton and Hove
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
44.1of 90
7th of 10 in Brighton and Hove
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 20 January 2026Published 25 March 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 20 January 2026
    Report card · 1 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
  2. 17 November 2021
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.0applications per place, Year 7
1.1 below Brighton and Hove median (3.0) 0.3 below England median (2.2)

338 applications · 172 places offered · 150 named it first

  1. 2026 2.0; Brighton and Hove median median 3.1
  2. 2025 1.6; Brighton and Hove median median 2.5
  3. 2024 1.6; Brighton and Hove median median 2.4
  4. 2023 1.6; Brighton and Hove median median 2.6
  5. 2022 1.8; Brighton and Hove median median 2.5
  6. 2021 1.7; Brighton and Hove median median 2.5
  7. 2020 1.6; Brighton and Hove median median 2.7
  8. 2019 2.1; Brighton and Hove median median 2.7
  9. 2018 2.1; Brighton and Hove median median 2.5
  10. 2017 1.7; Brighton and Hove median median 2.5
  11. 2016 1.9; Brighton and Hove median median 2.4
  12. 2015 1.5; Brighton and Hove median median 2.4
  13. 2014 1.8; Brighton and Hove median median 2.3
More applications per place than the Brighton and Hove median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Brighton and Hove median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261723382.01500.87
Sep 20252073251.61700.82
Sep 20241983081.61270.64
Sep 20232063371.61460.71
Sep 20222003551.81640.82
Sep 20212163571.71650.76
Sep 20202073401.61720.83
Sep 20191873962.11630.87
Sep 20181974072.11680.85
Sep 20171772981.71510.85
Sep 2016951761.9810.85
Sep 20151261921.5870.69
Sep 2014921611.8840.91

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

154 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)44.17th of 10 in Brighton and Hove
Grade 5 or above in English and maths46%7th of 10 in Brighton and Hove
Grade 4 or above in English and maths69%
  • This school
  • Brighton and Hove median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.01
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)15444.146%69%–
2024/2519242.743%61%–
2023/2418746.646%66%−0.01
2022/2316844.843%69%−0.10

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
137063 · 846/4001
Trust
Aldridge Education
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,075 pupils · 910 on roll
Free school meals
31.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2011
Replaced
Portslade Community College (URN 114599)
Address
Chalky Road, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 2WS
Local authority
Brighton and Hove

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources