Portslade Aldridge Community Academy
| Type | Academy |
|---|---|
| Principal | Katie Scott |
| Location |
Chalky Road Portslade, Brighton East Sussex BN41 2WS England United Kingdom 50°51′02″N 0°13′33″W / 50.85063°N 0.22577°WCoordinates: 50°51′02″N 0°13′33″W / 50.85063°N 0.22577°W |
| Local authority | Brighton and Hove |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Website | www.paca.uk.com |
Portslade Aldridge Community Academy (PACA) (formerly Portslade Community College) is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status located in Portslade, in the city of Brighton and Hove, England. It was rated GOOD by Ofsted in December 2016. The school has around 900 pupils, including around 100 in the sixth form. It is sponsored by Aldridge Education, an educational trust founded by Sir Rod Aldridge.
In 2011 Portslade Community College was formally closed to make way for the newly established entity Portslade Aldridge Community Academy. The Principal at the time was Mr Stuart McLaughlin, who became the principal of the new academy.
In June 2015 the Governors at Portslade Aldridge Community Academy announced the appointment of Katie Scott as the new Principal at PACA, in succession to Interim Principal Peter Marchant.
The school is involved in the Aldridge Cricket Academy which allows sixth form students from Brighton Aldridge Community Academy or Portslade Aldridge Community Academy to combine A level studies with an intensive cricket development programme.
Brighton Aldridge Community Academy and Portslade Aldridge Community Academy also recently partnered up with Latest TV to offer a new digital media academy to students called the Brighton Digital Media Academy (BDMA), which launched in September 2015.
Portslade Aldridge Community Academy is located on Chalky Road in Portslade. It was previously located over three sites, however £12.7 million was invested in extending the Chalky Road site to include a dance studio, community library, sixth form and STEM Centre, completed in 2014.
The Chalky Road site was previously known as Portslade Secondary Modern School for Girls, (circa 1947) and then later Mile Oak Girls School, (circa 1954). The school was renamed Portslade Community College in the 1970s, and was opened by Margaret Thatcher, while Secretary of State for Education.
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