{{Use British English|date=January 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox organization | name = Aldridge Foundation | image = | caption = | founder = | type = [[Multi-academy trust]] | vat_id = | registration_id = [https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/05670663/ 05670663] (Aldridge Education) | founded = {{Start date|2006|01|10|df=yes}} | location = 8 City Road, London, EC1Y 2AA <ref name="aes" /> | coordinates = | origins = | key_people = Brent Thomas | focus = Education | owner = | website = {{Official URL}} | dissolved = | footnotes = UID [https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Groups/Group/Details/2096 2096 ] }} '''The Aldridge Foundation''' is a British charity. It is based in London.<ref name="aes" />
The Aldridge Foundation was registered as a charity in 2006 by Sir [[Rod Aldridge]], after he retired from the business he founded, [[Capita]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2009/aug/05/rod-aldridge-entrepreneurship-mobility-capita|title=The can-do crusader – interview with Rod Aldridge|last=Benjamin|first=Alison|date=4 August 2009|work=The Guardian|access-date=14 August 2017|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> 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|University Technical College]], which has university and employer lead sponsors.<ref>{{cite web|title=Aldridge Education|url=http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/groups/group/summary.xhtml?id=4927|publisher=Department for Education|accessdate=14 August 2017}}</ref>
== Aldridge Education schools == All Aldridge schools are regularly inspected by Ofsted.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.daestudio.biz/ofsted-says-good-students-say-fantastic/|title=Ofsted says "good" – students say "fantastic"!|work=Darwen Aldridge Enterprise Studio|access-date=8 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711073135/http://www.daestudio.biz/ofsted-says-good-students-say-fantastic/|archive-date=11 July 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Alongside this, the Aldridge Foundation have also developed their own 'Quality Framework' which is used to support performance improvement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aldridgefoundation.com/about-us/educational-approach/|title=Educational approach|work=Aldridge Foundation}}</ref>
The schools are:<ref name="aes">{{cite web|url=https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Groups/Group/Details/4927#list|title=Aldridge Education|last=|first=|date=|website=get-information-schools.service.gov.uk|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=12 January 2020}}</ref>
*[[Darwen Aldridge Community Academy]] (opened in 2008) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aldridgefoundation.com/schools-colleges/north-west/darwen-aldridge-community-academy/|title=Darwen Aldridge Community Academy|work=Aldridge Education}}</ref> *[[Brighton Aldridge Community Academy]] (opened in 2010) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aldridgefoundation.com/schools-colleges/south-east/brighton-aldridge-community-academy/|title=Brighton Aldridge Community Academy|work=Aldridge Education}}</ref> *[[Portslade Aldridge Community Academy]] (opened in 2011) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aldridgefoundation.com/schools-colleges/south-east/portslade-aldridge-community-academy/|title=Portslade Aldridge Community Academy|work=Aldridge Education|access-date=7 July 2015|archive-date=8 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708085207/http://www.aldridgefoundation.com/schools-colleges/south-east/portslade-aldridge-community-academy/|url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[Darwen Aldridge Enterprise Studio|Darwen Aldridge Enterprise Studio School]] (opened in 2013) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aldridgefoundation.com/schools-colleges/north-west/darwen-aldridge-enterprise-studio-school/|title=Darwen Aldridge Enterprise Studio School|work=Aldridge Education}}</ref> *[[Kensington Aldridge Academy]] (opened in 2014) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aldridgefoundation.com/schools-colleges/london/kensington-aldridge-academy/|title=Kensington Aldridge Academy|work=Aldridge Education}}</ref> *[[Darwen Vale High School]] (an Aldridge academy since December 2014) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aldridgefoundation.com/schools-colleges/north-west/darwen-vale-high-school/|title=Darwen Vale High School|work=Aldridge Education}}</ref> *[[Sudell Primary School]] (an Aldridge academy since March 2015) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aldridgefoundation.com/schools-colleges/north-west/sudell-primary/|title=Sudell Primary School|work=Aldridge Education}}</ref> *[[Duke's Aldridge Academy]] (an Aldridge academy since September 2017) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://aldridgeeducation.org/schools-colleges/london/dukes-aldridge-academy/|title=Duke's Aldridge Academy|work=Aldridge Education}}</ref>
In 2015, Darwen Aldridge Community Academy was named the ''Lancashire Telegraph''<nowiki/>'s Secondary School of the Year<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/13362152.SECONDARY_SCHOOL_OF_THE_YEAR__School_breaking_down_barriers_for_its_pupils/|title=SECONDARY SCHOOL OF THE YEAR: School breaking down barriers for its pupils|date=30 June 2015|website=Lancashire Telegraph|language=en|access-date=14 August 2017}}</ref> and in the same year was one of twelve schools from across Europe which won the Entrepreneurial School of the Year Award.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/13716039.Darwen_school_scoops_award_for_being_top_entrepreneurial_facility_in_Europe|title=Darwen school scoops award for being top entrepreneurial facility in Europe|last=Brawn|first=Stephanie|date=12 September 2015|website=Lancashire Telegraph|language=en|access-date=14 August 2017}}</ref>
== University Technical Colleges == *[[UTC@MediaCityUK]], Salford (opened September 2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aldridgefoundation.com/schools-colleges/north-west/utcmediacityuk/|title=UTC@MediaCityUK|work=Baker Dearing Trust}}</ref><ref name="aes"/>
===Former colleges=== *[[UTC@Harbourside|UTC@harbourside]], Newhaven, East Sussex (opened September 2015, closed July 2019)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aldridgefoundation.com/schools-colleges/south-east/utcharbourside/|title=UTC@harbourside|work=Baker Dearing Trust}}</ref><ref name="harbourside">{{cite web|url=https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/141394|title=UTC@harbourside|last=|first=|date=|website=get-information-schools.service.gov.uk|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=12 January 2020}}</ref>
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== External links == *{{Official website}} *[https://aldridgeeducation.org/ Aldridge Education]
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