Brighton Aldridge Community Academy

Rod Aldridge chose to sponsor a second Academy in the City of Brighton and Hove where he grew up.  Brighton Aldridge Community Academy (formerly referred to as Falmer Academy) will replace Falmer High school situated on the outskirts of the city.

The Academy will open in September 2010 in purposefully and imaginatively designed new buildings on the current school site enabling a creative and innovative curriculum.  This will reflect the curriculum model in Darwen, along with the specialisms of entrepreneurship and sport but will be tailored to suit the individual and local needs of the students.  The new Academy will educate 1150 students and provide sixth form education for the first time since the early 1990s.

As in Darwen, the Academy will be a community asset working in partnership to establish an optimal learning experience for students and to support them in developing life skills along side skills necessary for employment.  Our partners include

• Parents and families
• The local authority and its schools
• Brighton and Sussex universities
• City college
• Adult learner and community groups
• Voluntary and statutory organisations including youth and health organisations
• Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club
• Sussex County Cricket  club
• Work-based trainers and providers

In September 2009, Philomena (Phil) Hogg took up her new post as Principal Designate, with a four-term lead-in before the Academy opens, thus providing the opportunity to work closely with the sponsor to plan, develop policies and build relationships with the local community. 

Read the Proposed Falmer Academy Final Vision and Ethos [pdf]

View the Expression of Interest in an Academy [pdf] document submitted to the DCSF