Portslade Aldridge Community Academy

Portslade Aldridge Community Academy will in September 2011, replacing Portslade Community College.  The Academy will hold specialisms in Entrepreneurship and Science.

As a former pupil of the school, Rod Aldridge is delighted to be the lead sponsor, alongside Brighton and Hove City Council as co-sponsor, and the University of Sussex as Education Partner.  When construction works are complete, the new Academy will accommodate 1,200 11-16 year olds, with a sixth form of 250.  

The existing school buildings will undergo a £12.7m investment programme, seeing classrooms refurbished, new ICT facilities, and the transfer of the Sixth Form to the main Chalky Road site.  

Detailed plans for the new Academy will be part of a public consultation and information programme managed by Brighton and Hove City Council.

PACA's vision and ethos will support the highest possible personal achievement for each student:

• The Academy will unlock the potential in all students and ensure success for all
• Students will be equipped with the entrepreneurial skills and qualities that will ensure a positive mind set
and a belief that everyone can succeed and achieve high standards
• The Academy will transform the outcomes for our learning community demonstrated by significantly
improved results.
• We will provide an exciting and challenging personalised curriculum designed to motivate and engage all
students so that all can succeed.
• The Academy will equip all students with the skills, qualification and values required to succeed in their
adult lives.

To find out more about the Academy, visit to the project website at http://www.paca.uk.com/, where you can download the consultation document and copies of the newsletter.