News
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Friday 24 March 2023 Exciting new menus! At our school, we believe that healthy and delicious food should be a priority. Therefore, we have created menus that are both nutritious and mouth-watering.
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Friday 11 November 2022 YEAR 10 & YEAR 12 WORK EXPERIENCE Year 10 Work Experience 8th May and 19th May. Self placement forms to be returned by the 1st December
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Tuesday 25 October 2022 Sixth Form Open Evening 2022
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Thursday 13 October 2022 Darwen Aldridge Community Academy awarded for helping young carers Darwen Aldridge Community Academy has been given a Bronze award from the Young Carers in Schools programme.
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Friday 26 August 2022 GCSE Results Day 2022 Gallery
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Thursday 25 August 2022 GCSE Results Day 2022 - DACA Celebrate Success
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Friday 19 August 2022 Apply
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Friday 19 August 2022 A Level results 2022 The class of 2022 were the first set of students sitting external exams since 2019 and the onset of Covid-19, despite the disruption caused by the pandemic and the challenges faced, students have continued to achieve well.
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Tuesday 12 July 2022 Year 11 Prom Photos 2022
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Friday 24 June 2022 Year 11 Final Day
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Tuesday 21 June 2022 Year 11 Final Day Academy Day Plans - 23.06.22 The last main external exam (Science) will be on Thursday 23rd June in the morning. All students after the exam will be invited to celebrate all their hard work and efforts this year and give myself and staff a chance to say our goodbyes.
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Tuesday 21 June 2022 Sixth Form news!
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Friday 17 June 2022 Water Safety - Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service Please be safe in or near water from Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service
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Tuesday 7 June 2022 Diana Award Anti-Bullying
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Monday 7 March 2022 Year 9 Options Presentation 07/03/2022 See the link below for the Options presentation from 07/03/2022 to all Year 9.
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Friday 11 February 2022 Safer Internet Day Safer Internet Daywas be celebrated on 8th February 2022 with the theme:
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Tuesday 25 January 2022 Home Blackburn with Darwen Parents in Partnership (BwDPiP) Blackburn with Darwen Parents in Partnership (BwDPiP) are a parent carer led group for Parent Carers of children and young adults aged 0 – 25 with Special Educational Needs and disability (SEND). We are helping to shape services by working with providers and professionals within the borough, NHS services and the Volunteer Sector.
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Thursday 6 January 2022 JCA London Fashion Academy Competition A few weeks ago we shared a competition on our Instagram pagefor a competition fromJCA London Fashion Academyand Jimmy Choo – to design a sustainable shoe. The competition was open to all students from Art, Design, Fashion & Textiles backgrounds, so it was mainly aimed at KS5 students.
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Friday 3 December 2021 ELF DAY What a fantastic day! Thank you so much to everyone who donated and got involved in our DACA Elf Day - we raised over £400 for The Alzheimer’s Society!
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Friday 15 October 2021 Young Engineers Club Our Young Engineers Club for KS3 students is now underway, meeting every Tuesday lunchtime!
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Wednesday 18 August 2021 Stay Connected with Aldridge connect An initiative, created to support all Aldridge students beyond their lives at school, to successfully create thecareers they aspire to, particularly in this challenging environment.
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Thursday 12 August 2021 GCSE RESULTS 2021 "After another disrupted school year, our students have demonstrated resilience, determination and an ability to adapt to a different style of learning. We are very proud of them and how they have coped throughout this period. Once again, our students have achieved the grades they need to continue to the next step on their chosen pathways." - Nicki Gregg (Head of School)
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Tuesday 10 August 2021 A LEVEL RESULTS 2021 DACA students achieved 100% pass rates at A-Level and Btec with 69% top A* - B grades at A-Level and 85% Distinction*- Distinction at Btec. Three quarters of DACA sixth formers are heading to university, with more than 80% accepted by their first choices.