History
The school was formed by the merger in 1975 of Aldridge Grammar School and Tynings County Secondary Modern School, which were co-located on the same campus.
Aldridge Grammar School opened in September 1959 and was an 11-18 selective school. The Headmaster until his retirement in 1974 was E I E (Eric Ioan Emlyn) Whitman, BSc (1909-1990) who had previously played first class cricket for Glamorgan in 1932.
Aldridge School adopted its current name when the merger took place in September 1975.
In September 2003, Aldridge School became a Science College. Since then, it has invested heavily in science equipment for each subject, as well as a Biology block. The school boasts 15 laboratories with prep rooms and technical support, available for all three of the sciences.
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