Central Sussex College

Central Sussex College

Established	1958 (merger from 1 August 2005)
Type	Further education college
Principal	Dr Russell Strutt
Location	College Road Crawley West Sussex RH10 1NR England
Local authority	South-East England LSC (although in West Sussex LEA)
DfE number	???/8603
DfE URN	129383
Ofsted	Reports
Staff	900+ teaching staff
Students	3,000 (full-time), 15,000 (part-time)
Gender	Mixed
Ages	16+
Website	Central Sussex College

Coordinates: 51°06′58″N 0°10′53″W / 51.1162°N 0.1815°W / 51.1162; -0.1815

Central Sussex College is a college of further education in West Sussex. It has campuses across West Sussex and offers courses ranging from Sixth form and Adult education to undergraduate courses through partnerships with universities.

History

Central Sussex College was formed in August 2005 from a merger of Crawley College and Haywards Heath College. ^[1]

Crawley College

Crawley College of Further Education was opened in 1958 ^[2] by West Sussex County Council at the campus in Crawley town centre. The college offered many technical courses, particularly in engineering fields, and was later known as Crawley College of Technology from 1977 until 1989.

Haywards Heath College

Haywards Heath College was established in 1980 and offered mainly courses for 16 - 18 year old students following on from compulsory education.^[3] Haywards Heath Grammar School opened on 9 September 1958^[4], being run by East Sussex Education Committee with 800 boys and girls. It became a sixth form college.

Campuses

The main building at the Crawley campus.

The College has five campuses across the county, offering a variety of services at each, and a commercial training centre in Horsham, Horsham Training Centre. The main headquarters in Crawley are opposite the police station on the A2004.

• The Crawley campus at College Road, Crawley, offers a variety of technical and professional courses, including engineering, hair and beauty services, food, information technology and construction. It is the largest of the campuses ^[5] as well as being the centre through which undergraduate courses are undertaken in partnership with the University of Chichester and the University of Sussex.
• The Haywards Heath campus at Harlands Road in the west of the town, north of Dolphin Leisure Centre. It offers mainly post-compulsory courses such as Advanced level courses and BTECs. The campus attracts mainly students in the 16-18 age bracket.^[6]
• There are two campuses in East Grinstead at Queensmere House in the town centre offering many adult educaiton and IT-based courses, as well as a beauty salon, and at The Birches Industrial Estate where there is a vocational centre working in partnership with the local secondary schools.^[7]
• The final campus at the Victoria Business Centre in Burgess Hill provides vocational training in brickwork, plumbing, electrical installation, welding and motor vehicle engineering.^[8]
• Horsham Training Centre in Hurst Road, Horsham, is a professional training centre for adults offering one day and short courses including IT, leadership and management, health and safety and business skills.^[9]

Enterprise

The college has trainee hairdressing, beauty salons, and a restaurant open to the public. These allow students to train with real customers.

Intuition is the brand name for the college's trainee hairdressing and beauty salons at Crawley and East Grinstead. ^[10]

Le Cordon Vert is a restaurant based at the Crawley campus.^[11]

Notable alumni

• Harry Cowell, record producer

Crawley College of Further Education

• Simon Block, General Secretary from 2000-8 of the British Boxing Board of Control
• Liz Byrski, journalist

Crawley College of Technology

• Michael Dempsey, bass guitarist of The Cure from 1977-9
• Laura Moffatt, Labour MP from 1997-2010 for Crawley

Haywards Heath College

• Brett Anderson and Mat Osman of the band Suede
• Mathew Bose, actor

Haywards Heath Grammar School

• Tim Godwin OBE, Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis since 2009
• Stephen Martin, Chief Executive from 2000-3 of the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales
• Anne Milton, Conservative MP for Guildford since 2005
• Philip Payton, Professor of Cornish and Australian Studies at the University of Exeter
• Greta Scacchi (briefly), actress

View from the police station

References

1. ^ 2005 Merger
2. ^ British History
3. ^ History of Haywards Heath
4. ^ Haywards Heath GS
5. ^ Crawley
6. ^ Haywards Heath
7. ^ East Grinstead
8. ^ Burgess Hill
9. ^ Horsham Training Cengtre
10. ^ Intuition
11. ^ Le Cordon Vert

External links

Official website

• EduBase
• Merger in 2005