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• News
• 18 February 2020

GEW Competition winners visit Sustainable Business Hub

Every year, students from across the Aldridge Academies take part in the global movement, Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW).

• News
• 22 January 2020

The Aldridge Junior Signature Art Prize – finalists announced

Following the announcement of The Aldridge Junior Signature Art Prize, in partnership with Artellite, we received 39 outstanding entries from Key stage 4 and Key stage 5 students from across the family of Aldridge schools.

• News
• 16 December 2019

Global Entrepreneurship Week inspires student businesses

Every year students from across the Aldridge Academies take part in the global movement, Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW), which this year ran from 18th – 24th November.

• Blog
• 13 December 2019

Guest blog post: Sofia reflects on BES expedition

Sofia shares her experience and adventures on her trip to Iceland with the British Exploring Society.

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• News
• 12 December 2019

Recognition for Foundation’s state school cricket initiative

Brighton Aldridge Community Academy (BACA) has been named amongst the Cricketer Magazine’s Top 100 Senior Schools for cricket in the country in its Schools Guide 2020, published this month.

• News
• 27 November 2019

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham opens 3rd Aldridge Creates Centre

The Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, joined Sir Rod Aldridge, Chair of the Aldridge Foundation, and local business and community leaders at the launch of the Aldridge Foundation’s latest Creates Business Centre, at UTC@MediaCityUK in Salford today (November 27th).

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• News
• 18 November 2019

Sir Rod speaks at Academy Ambassadors Conference

On 11 November 2019, Sir Rod was delighted to attend the Academy AmbassadorsBoard Development Day at the QEll Centre, London.

• News
• 6 November 2019

ECB President visits Sir Rod Aldridge Cricket Centre

Ian Lovett, President of the ECB, the governing body of cricket in England and Wales, visited Brighton Aldridge Community Academy today to learn about our programmes to give more state school educated children the chance to enjoy and develop their talent for cricket.

• News
• 30 October 2019

Aldridge Junior Signature Art Prize launches!

The Aldridge Foundation is proud to be partnering with art e-commerce company, Artellite, to bring a fantastic opportunity to our students, in the form of The Junior Signature Art Prize (Sponsored by Callsign).

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• News
• 23 September 2019

“Please Sir, can we grow up to be entrepreneurs?” – Sir Rod interviewed by Sunday Times

Sir Rod Aldridge was interviewed by the Sunday Times this weekend for is article looking at “schoolchildren in deprived areas are being given the chance to learn about enterprise.”