Aldridge Foundation

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Aldridge Foundation
Founded10 January 2006 (2006-01-10)
Type Multi-academy trust
Registration no. 05670663 (Aldridge Education)
FocusEducation
Location
  • 8 City Road, London, EC1Y 2AA [1]
Key people
Brent Thomas
Website www.aldridgefoundation.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
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The Aldridge Foundation is a British educational charity which focusses on creating social change and community regeneration opportunities through enterprise and entrepreneurship, to help young people to reach their potential and improve their communities. It is based in London. [1]

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The Aldridge Foundation was registered as a charity in 2006 by Sir Rod Aldridge, after he retired from the business he founded, Capita. [2] Over 10 years it developed a family of sponsored academy schools in England. In 2016 it established Aldridge Education, a multi-academy trust and the body now responsible for Aldridge schools, which educate students from primary to secondary and sixth form level. All of the schools are non-selective. The Trust is also a co-sponsor of a University Technical College, which has university and employer lead sponsors. [3]

Aldridge Education schools

All Aldridge schools are regularly inspected by Ofsted. [4] Alongside this, the Aldridge Foundation have also developed their own 'Quality Framework' which is used to support performance improvement. [5]

The schools are: [1]

In 2015, Darwen Aldridge Community Academy was named the Lancashire Telegraph's Secondary School of the Year [14] and in the same year was one of twelve schools from across Europe which won the Entrepreneurial School of the Year Award. [15]

University Technical Colleges

Former colleges

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  2. ↑ Benjamin, Alison (4 August 2009). "The can-do crusader – interview with Rod Aldridge". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "Aldridge Education". Department for Education. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Ofsted says "good" – students say "fantastic"!". Darwen Aldridge Enterprise Studio. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Educational approach". Aldridge Foundation.
  6. ↑ "Darwen Aldridge Community Academy". Aldridge Education.
  7. ↑ "Brighton Aldridge Community Academy". Aldridge Education.
  8. ↑ "Portslade Aldridge Community Academy". Aldridge Education. Archived from the original on 8 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  9. ↑ "Darwen Aldridge Enterprise Studio School". Aldridge Education.
  10. ↑ "Kensington Aldridge Academy". Aldridge Education.
  11. ↑ "Darwen Vale High School". Aldridge Education.
  12. ↑ "Sudell Primary School". Aldridge Education.
  13. ↑ "Duke's Aldridge Academy". Aldridge Education.
  14. ↑ "SECONDARY SCHOOL OF THE YEAR: School breaking down barriers for its pupils". Lancashire Telegraph. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  15. ↑ Brawn, Stephanie (12 September 2015). "Darwen school scoops award for being top entrepreneurial facility in Europe". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  16. ↑ "UTC@MediaCityUK". Baker Dearing Trust.
  17. ↑ "UTC@harbourside". Baker Dearing Trust.
  18. ↑ "UTC@harbourside". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
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