Brighton Aldridge Community Academy (BACA) is a coeducational academy school in

Brighton Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...

. It opened on 1 September 2010. The school replaced

Falmer High School Falmer High School was a community mixed-sex non-denominational comprehensive school for pupils aged 11 to 16 in Brighton, East Sussex, England. It closed on 31 August 2010 and was replaced by Brighton Aldridge Community Academy on the same si ...

and is part of the Aldridge Education

multi-academy trust Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) or school trust is an academy trust that operates more than one academy school. Academy schools are state-funded schools in England which are directly funded by the Department for Education and independent of local autho ...

. Dylan Davies became Brighton Aldridge Community Academy's second Principal succeeding Phil Hogg on her retirement, taking up the role in January 2014. In October 2010 the school announced a partnership with

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to promote

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in the area. The Aldridge Cricket Academy was subsequently formed which allows

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students from Brighton Aldridge Community Academy or

Portslade Aldridge Community Academy Portslade Aldridge Community Academy (PACA) (formerly Portslade Community College) is a secondary school led by Dr Alby Barrett with academy status located in Portslade, in the city of Brighton and Hove, England. It was rated Good by Ofsted in ...

to combine A level studies with an intensive

development programme. Brighton Aldridge Community Academy,

and Latest TV jointly provide a digital media academy to students called the Brighton Digital Media Academy (BDMA), which launched in September 2015. The school was rated "Good" in all categories by

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in January 2017.

Campus

The building was designed by architects Feilden Clegg Bradley and constructed by building firm

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. The first phase of the new building was finished in September 2010 and all buildings were completed by September 2011.

References

External links

Brighton Aldridge Community Academy official website

Proposed Falmer Academy
{{authority control Academies in Brighton and Hove Educational institutions established in 2010 2010 establishments in England Secondary schools in Brighton and Hove