Bright Futures Begin Here: BACA Staff and Students celebrate GCSE success
Ms A Fitzgerald, Tyler A, Leo E, Toby A, Chad P, Ms J Smithson, and Harrison W
Students at Brighton Aldridge Community Academy (BACA), part of the Aldridge Education family, are today celebrating their GCSE results.
BACA strives to create an environment in which students can become confident, articulate, resilient, and kind young adults. The school’s broad curriculum and fantastic enrichment programmes help ensure that pupils learn, thrive, and make progress.
With the support of teachers, parents and the wider school community, the students have worked incredibly hard towards their exams and have shown great determination and aspiration, which is reflected in the fantastic achievements announced today.
Africa C-M and Ms J Smithson
While we’re proud of every student, a few of the individual standout achievements this year include:
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Africa who achieved 9998898999895
Africa is one of our most successful students at BACA today she has received 8 grade 9s and 5 grade 8s. Achieving 13 GCSEs grades overall. With her hard work and determination, she has also received a scholarship to Brighton College to study an astonishing eight A-Levels, including Mandarin, Economics, Maths and a combination of sciences. Africa is truly an outstanding student, and these results reflect her incredible determination. “I would like to thank all my teachers, especially for supporting me doing extra exams. I also studied Italian and Further Maths by myself. At college I will continue with STEM related subjects and plan on continuing to university. I have had a great great time.” -
River who achieved 868887M26785
River has been extremely successful in his GCSE results, securing 11 fantastic GCSE grades including 5 grade 8s. He will be going onto BHASVIC to study Physics, Maths and Computer Science. River is a real example of what hard work can lead to and set you up for success. -
Nico who achieved 76777D277D295
One of the members of our Student Leadership Team, Nico has been determined to ensure he achieves and has led by example. He will be attending BHASVIC to study Biology, Chemistry and Economics, with 12 GCSEs grade 7 and above. He is sure to make every success in his future. “I have received great education and a beautiful sense of community. I’ve been fortunate to have been involved in incredible events and committees. I’ve seen the school grow into an even better place and would recommend it to anyone. I will always say proudly that I am a student from BACA.” -
Sophie who achieved 695655878M25
Sophie is a true champion of the creative arts, balancing vast extracurricular activities, and her duties on the Student Leadership Team, with her academic studies. She has achieved fantastic results across 11 GCSEs, including an incredible grade 9 in English Literature and 8s in Art and History. She will go on to study Art, History and English Literature at BACA College. “Ms Smithson is the best teacher I know and she has taught me everything in life and next I’m going to BACA College and she is going to inspire me even more.”
These results provide an incredible foundation for the next step in each student’s educational journey, as they go on to study A Levels, T Levels or BTECs - with many of the Year 11 students set to return to BACA college to continue their learning.
Jack Davies, Principal at Brighton Aldridge Community Academy, said:
“We are so proud of each and every one of our students and today’s results are part of the bright futures they’re building.
“And while of course we’re celebrating these great results, the team at BACA also know that today represents so much more than just academic success; it’s more about the incredible growth we’ve seen in our students. Whether in the classroom or on the sports pitch, they’ve shown resilience, maturity, and a real sense of purpose - and we know they’re ready for whatever comes next.”
Linda A and Randa A
Some of our students have added:
“I think BACA has been an amazing school and has been very supportive and all the teachers have helped me acheive the grades that I want.” - Jarir
“Thanks so much to Ms Short and Mr Childers. My favourite thing at BACA is that everybody teaches with passion.” - Randa
“Thank you so much. I really love the teachers support at BACA and their dedication with helping us every step of the way.”- Linda
BACA also offers unique sporting pathways within a state school setup, with a very successful and well-established Cricket Academy on site and a newly invigorated Football Academy too. Working with Sussex Cricket and the Russell Martin Foundation respectively, students have the opportunity to train at an elite level, enjoying world-class facilities, professional coaching and a fantastic experience of balancing school life with sporting achievement. You can find out more here.
Mr J Davies, Charlie D, Sophie J-K, Ms J Smithson and Ms A Fitzgerald