Brighton Aldridge Community Academy
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Brighton Aldridge Community Academy (BACA) is a school in Brighton
, that opened on 1 September 2010. The school replaced Falmer High School
and is being built by building firm Kier Group
. The school is sponsored by Rod Aldridge
.
The first phase of the new building was ready in September 2010 and all buildings are due to be completed by September 2011. The building has been designed by architects Feilden Clegg Bradley.
In October 2010 the school announced a partnership with Sussex Cricket to promote cricket
in the area.
Brighton
Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...
, that opened on 1 September 2010. The school replaced Falmer High School
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 site, sponsored by Rod Aldridge.-Grammar school:It was...
and is being built by building firm Kier Group
Kier Group
Kier Group plc is a construction, services and property group active in building and civil engineering, support services, public and private housebuilding, land development and the Private Finance Initiative...
. The school is sponsored by Rod Aldridge
Rod Aldridge
Rod Aldridge OBE is the Founder and former Executive Chairman of Capita, a British company specialising in business process outsourcing, and currently Chairman of The Aldridge Foundation...
.
The first phase of the new building was ready in September 2010 and all buildings are due to be completed by September 2011. The building has been designed by architects Feilden Clegg Bradley.
In October 2010 the school announced a partnership with Sussex Cricket to promote cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
in the area.