Crawley College

Crawley College was formed in 2017 after a merger between Central Sussex College with Chichester College.[1] Central Sussex College was formed in August 2005 from a merger of Crawley College and Haywards Heath College.[2]

The “Tower Block” at the Crawley campus.

Central Sussex College had five campuses across the county, offering a variety of services at each, and a commercial training centre in Horsham, Horsham Training Centre.

• The Crawley campus at College Road, Crawley, offered a variety of technical and professional courses, including engineering, hair and beauty services, food, information technology and construction. It was the largest of the campuses [6] as well as being the centre through which undergraduate courses are undertaken in partnership with the University of Chichester and the University of Sussex. Crawley College's College Road campus is the tallest building in Crawley at 11 storeys.[7]
• The Haywards Heath campus at Harlands Road in the west of the town, north of Dolphin Leisure Centre. It offered mainly post-compulsory courses such as Advanced level courses and BTECs. The campus attracted mainly students in the 16-18 age bracket.[8]
• There were two campuses in East Grinstead at Queensmere House in the town centre offering many adult education and IT-based courses, as well as a beauty salon, and at the Birches Industrial Estate where there was a vocational centre working in partnership with the local secondary schools.[9]
• The final campus at the Victoria Business Centre in Burgess Hill provided vocational training in brickwork, plumbing, electrical installation, welding and motor vehicle engineering.[10]
• Horsham Training Centre in Hurst Road, Horsham, was a professional training centre for adults offering one day and short courses including IT, leadership and management, health and safety and business skills.[11]

Central Sussex College has closed two of their campuses due to a £25 million debt. The East Grinstead campus closed in the summer of 2016 and the Haywards Heath campus closed in the summer of 2017. There had also been discussions about selling of one of the rear car parks in the Crawley campus in order to pay off some of the debt.[12]

In 2017 it was revealed that Central Sussex College was looking at merging with Chichester College; the idea was welcomed by both colleges. In an interview with S. Wright and S. Legrave (the Central Sussex College Principal and the Chichester College Principal) they said "We believe that a merger between our colleges will create opportunities around financial sustainability and ensure a diverse and employer led curriculum to meet local business and community needs...We remain committed to ensuring quality teaching and learning and believe that collaboration provides the opportunity to grow income, share costs and work in broader geographical areas." during the summer of 2017 the merger took place, Central Sussex College, in Crawley was renamed "Crawley College", the same name it had when it was during it last merger in 2005.[13]

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

• Harry Cowell, record producer

Haywards Heath Grammar School

• Tim Godwin OBE, Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis since 2009
• 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

• Official website
• Central Sussex College (centralsussex.ac.uk) at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
• EduBase
• Merger in 2005