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West Sussex Alternative Provision College

Local authority maintained school in Burgess Hill RH15 8RE

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  • School Reference Number: 131182
  • Address: Cuckfield Road, Burgess Hill RH15 8RE
  • Head Teacher: Mr Doug Thomas
  • Telephone: 01444 232771
  • Website: apcollege.co.uk
  • Type: Local authority maintained schools
  • Sub-Type: Pupil referral unit
  • Phase: Not applicable
  • Pupil Capacity: 292
  • Local Education Authority: West Sussex
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Age Range: 5 to 16
  • Admissions Policy: Not applicable
  • Active From: September 2013* (New Provision)

* Active From and To dates don't necessarily mean that a school opened or closed on those dates. Schools are allocated a new Reference Number when they change status in any way, for example when a local authority school converts to an academy or when schools are combined or merged.

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Latest Ofsted Rating

Inspected on 08/07/2014

Rating published on 10/09/2014

Overall effectiveness: Good

Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good

All Ofsted Reports

Inspection DatePublication DateInspection TypeRatingPDF Link
21 May 2024 24 June 2024 School inspection
13 March 2018 26 April 2018 Short inspection
8 July 2014 10 September 2014 Full inspection Good
15 February 2011 15 March 2011 Full inspection Outstanding
3 December 2009 12 January 2010 Monitoring visit
2 December 2008 6 January 2009 Full inspection Satisfactory
10 June 2008 25 June 2008 Monitoring visit
10 March 2008 24 March 2008 Monitoring visit
28 November 2007 13 December 2007 Monitoring visit
13 June 2007 29 June 2007 Monitoring visit
13 February 2007 22 March 2007 Full inspection Inadequate

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Unique Reference Number131182
Local Authority Code938
Local Authority NameWest Sussex
Establishment Number1110
School / College NameWest Sussex Alternative Provision College
Establishment Type Code14
Establishment typePupil referral unit
Establishment Type Group Code4
Establishment Type GroupLocal authority maintained schools
Establishment Status Code1
Establishment statusOpen
Reason Establishment Opened Code06
Reason establishment openedNew Provision
Open date03-09-2013
Reason Establishment Closed Code99
Reason establishment closed
Close date
Phase Of Education Code 0
Phase of educationNot applicable
Age range Low5
Age range High16
Boarders Code1
BoardersNo boarders
Nursery provisionNot applicable
Official Sixth Form Code0
Official sixth formNot applicable
Gender Code3
Gender of entryMixed
Religious Character Code00
Religious characterDoes not apply
Religious ethosDoes not apply
Diocese Code0000
DioceseNot applicable
Admissions Policy Code0
Admissons policyNot applicable
School capacity292
Special Classes Code1
Special classesHas Special Classes
Census Date18-01-2024
Number of Pupils200
Number of Boys133
Number of Girls67
Percentage Free School Meals60.00
Trust School Flag Code0
Trust School Flag Not applicable
Trusts Code
Academy trust or Trust
School Sponsor FlagNot applicable
Academy sponsor
Federation FlagNot applicable
Federations Code
Federation
UKPRN10016924
FEHE Identifier
Further education typeNot applicable
Last Changed Date29-01-2025
StreetCuckfield Road
Locality
Address3
TownBurgess Hill
County (name)West Sussex
PostcodeRH15 8RE
Websitewww.apcollege.co.uk
Telephone01444232771
Headteacher/Principal titleMr
Headteacher/Principal first nameDoug
Headteacher/Principal last nameThomas
Headteacher/Principal Job TitleHead Teacher
BSO Inspectorate NameNot applicable
Inspectorate Report
Date of Last Inspection Visit
Next Inspection Visit
Teenage mothers provisionProvides places for Teen Mothers
Teenage mothers capacity
Childcare facilities provisionDoes not have child care facilities
SEN facilitiesPRU Does have Provision for SEN
Pupils with EBDPRU Does have EBD provision
Number of places292
Full time provisionPRU offers full time provision
Pupils educated by other providersPRU does offer tuition by another provider
Section 41 approvedNot applicable
SEN provision
Type of resourced provision
Resourced provision number on roll
Resourced provision capacity
SEN unit number on roll
SEN unit capacity
Government Office Region CodeJ
Government Office RegionSouth East
District CodeE07000228
DistrictMid Sussex
Ward CodeE05014710
WardBurgess Hill Dunstall
Parliamentary Constituency CodeE14001366
Parliamentary ConstituencyMid Sussex
Urban/Rural CodeF1
Urban/Rural Description(England/Wales) Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings
GSS LA CodeE10000032
Easting530420
Northing120796
Middle Super Output Area (MSOA)Mid Sussex 011
Lower Super Output Area (LSOA)Mid Sussex 011J
Inspectorate Name
Number of special pupils under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Number of special pupils not under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Boarding Establishment
Proprietor's Name
Previous Local Authority Code999
Previous local authority
Previous establishment number
Country
UPRN10014104333
Site Name
QAB Code0
QAB NameNot applicable
Establishment Accredited Code0
Establishment AccreditedNot applicable
QAB Report
CH Number
MSOA CodeE02006614
LSOA CodeE01035352
Free School Meals120
Accreditation Expiry Date
URN131182
Web Linkhttp://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/131182
LAESTAB9381110
School nameWest Sussex Alternative Provision College
Ofsted phasePRU
Type of educationPupil Referral Unit
School open date03/09/2013
Admissions policyNot applicable
Sixth formNot applicable
Designated religious characterDoes not apply
Religious ethosDoes not apply
Faith groupingNon-faith
Ofsted regionSouth East
RegionSouth East
Local authorityWest Sussex
Parliamentary constituencyMid Sussex
Multi-academy trust UIDN/A
Multi-academy trust nameN/A
Academy sponsor UIDN/A
Academy sponsor nameN/A
PostcodeRH15 8RE
Number of warning notices issued in 2023/24 academic yearN/A
The income deprivation affecting children index (IDACI) quintile2
Total number of pupils200
Statutory lowest age5
Statutory highest age16
Latest ungraded inspection number since last graded inspection10287983
Does the ungraded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of the ungraded inspection131182
LAESTAB at time of the ungraded inspection9381110
School name at time of the ungraded inspectionWest Sussex Alternative Provision College
School type at time of the ungraded inspectionPupil Referral Unit
Number of ungraded inspections since the last graded inspection2
Date of latest ungraded inspection22/05/2024
Ungraded inspection publication date23/06/2024
Did the latest ungraded inspection convert to a graded inspection?No
Ungraded inspection overall outcomeSchool remains Good
Number of monitoring and urgent inspections since last graded inspectionN/A
Inspection number of latest graded inspectionITS431580
Inspection typeS5 Inspection
Inspection type groupingS5 Inspection
Event type groupingSchools - S5
Inspection start date08/07/2014
Publication date10/09/2014
Does the latest graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of latest graded inspection131182
LAESTAB at time of latest graded inspection9381110
School name at time of latest graded inspectionWest Sussex Alternative Provision College
School type at time of latest graded inspectionPupil Referral Unit
Current school type used for chart C6Maintained school
Overall effectivenessGood
Category of concernN/A
Quality of educationN/A
Behaviour and attitudesN/A
Personal developmentN/A
Effectiveness of leadership and managementGood
Safeguarding is effective?N/A
Early years provisionN/A
Sixth form provisionN/A
Previous inspection numberITS360223
Previous inspection start date15/02/2011
Previous publication date15/03/2011
Does the previous graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of previous graded inspection131182
LAESTAB at time of previous graded inspection9381110
School name at time of previous graded inspectionWest Sussex Alternative Provision College
School type at time of previous graded inspectionPupil Referral Unit
Previous graded inspection overall effectiveness1
Previous category of concernN/A
Previous quality of educationN/A
Previous behaviour and attitudesN/A
Previous personal developmentN/A
Previous effectiveness of leadership and managementOutstanding
Previous safeguarding is effective?N/A
Previous early years provisionN/A
Previous sixth form provisionN/A

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