Portland Academy

The Aldridge Foundation is to become the lead sponsor of a proposed innovative “all-through” Academy in Portland, Dorset, catering for four to nineteen year olds.

The project intends to bring together the schools on the island to create a new Academy Trust, alongside the Foundation, Dorset County Council as co-sponsor and Professor Stephen Heppell as Patron.

This follows the decision by the Government to put £7million into the project, and means there will be investment available to develop new and existing facilities for young people on sites across the island. 

Individual schools and their Governing bodies are now taking individual decisions on whether they will to move to Academy status and benefit from being part of the new model.

Following their decisions, a wider conversation will begin with the community, about how the ambition for the Academy will be realised and educational standards raised. Developing plans have already taken on board local concerns and priorities previously identified through consultation. 

Update on proposed Academy for Portland

The sponsors and participating schools have met with nearly 200 people as part of the consultation on the plans for the proposed Academy for Portland.

A series of drop in sessions gave people the opportunity to learn more about the vision for the Academy.

Find out more about the schools taking part:

doc  You can download a copy of a model funding agreement here.

doc  A copy of the joint vision statement is available for download here.