FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 – PUBLICATION SCHEME

Main categories of information

In accordance with the model policy adopted on 1st January 2009, there are seven categories of information available in the publication scheme:

  1. Who we are and what we do
  2. What we spend and how we spend it
  3. What our priorities are and how we are doing
  4. How we make decisions
  5. Our policies and procedures
  6. Lists and registers
  7. The services we offer

The college’s criteria for confidentiality are:

  • Personal information relating to an individual.
  • Information provided in confidence by a third party who has not authorised its disclosure.
  • Financial or other information relating to procurement decisions, including, during the course of negotiations, information relating to the college’s negotiating position.
  • Information relating to the negotiation position of the college in industrial relations matters.
  • Information relating to the financial position of the college where disclosure might harm the college or its competitive position, as determined by the Governing Body.
  • Legal advice received from or instructions given to the college’s legal advisors.
  • Information planned in advance for publication.

1. Who we are and what we do

Organisational Information, structure, locations and contacts

1.1 Legal Framework

Plumpton College is a statutory body incorporated under the Further and Higher Education Act, 1992.  It is an exempt charity and is regulated by the SFA and EFA.

Legal Status – conferred by the Further and Higher Education Act 1992.

Charitable Status – The College is an exempt charity under the powers conferred by the Further Education and Higher Education Act 1992.

Instrument and Articles of Government

Financial Memorandum - Available on request 

1.2 How Plumpton College is organised

College Management Team

College Rules and Regulations

1.3 Information relating to Organisations the College works in partnership with.

University of Brighton (HE provision)

Royal Agricultural University (HE provision)

Sussex Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs

FE Sussex

Landex

AoC

East Sussex Proficiency tests Committee

Email: esptc@plumpton.ac.uk

Tel: 01273 892084

1.4 Location and contact details

Contact details and location map are available on the College Website and College Prospectus.

Plumpton College at Stanmer Park

Plumpton College at Flimwell Centre 

Plumpton College

Plumpton College
Ditchling Road
Near Lewes
East Sussex, BN7 3AE

Tel 01273 890454

Fax 01273 890071

Email enquiries@plumpton.ac.uk

1.5 Student Activities

The college Student Union and the Student Services Department is responsible for putting together a full and varied social calendar for students. We also have varied sports academies. More can be found in the Student Handbook and on our website here. 

2. What we spend and how we spend it

Financial Information relating to projected and actual income and expenditure, procurement, contracts and financial audit.

2.1 Funding income

Financial Statements - hard copy available on request. Fee £10. For an electronic copy please see 2.2.

2.3 Capital programme

Capital Programme: Available on request

2.4 Financial regulations and procedures

Financial Regulations

Annual Report of the Audit Committee

Audit Completion Report - available on request

Record of payments to Governors - available on request

2.5 Register of suppliers

Available on request.

3. What our priorities are and how we are doing

Strategies and plans, performance indicators, audits, inspections and reviews. 

3.1 Corporate and business plans & academic quality and standards

Annual Review 2019

Strategic Plan 2017 - 2024

Self Assessment Report - available on request

Quality Improvement Handbook - available on request

3.2 External review information

OFSTED Report: Residential provision

OFSTED Report 

Matrix Report - available on request

Investors in Repople Report - available on request

3.3 Legal Framework

Plumpton College is a statutory body incorporated under the Further and Higher Education Act, 1992.  It is an exempt charity and is regulated by the SFA and EFA.

Legal Status – conferred by the Further and Higher Education Act 1992.

Charitable Status – The College is an exempt charity under the powers conferred by the Further Education and Higher Education Act 1992.

Instrument and Articles of Government

Financial Memorandum - Available on request 

4. How we make decisions

Decision making processes and records of decisions. 

4.1 Minutes from governing body, council, academic boards and steering groups

Minutes and papers of Corporation and Committee meetings, excluding confidential matters. 

22nd January 2019

26th February 2019

19th March 2019

23rd April 2019

21st May 2019

18th June 2019

9th July 2019

17th September 2019

22nd October 2019

26th November 2019

10th December 2019

Non-confidential Committee Meeting papers - available on request. 

4.2 Appointment committees and procedures

Terms of Reference of Search and Governance

5. Our policies and procedures

Current written protocols, policies and procedures for delivering our services and responsibilities.

5.3 Procedures and policies relating to student services

Child Protection Policy - available on request. Fee £10

Student Handbook - available on request. Fee £10

Safeguarding Policy

Supporting Students with Medical Conditions Policy

5.5 Procedures and policies relating to human resources

HR Policies - available on request. Fee £10

5.6 Procedures and policies relating to recruitment

Recruitment and Selection Procedure - available on request. Fee £10

5.8 Equality and diversity

Equality and Diversity Policy 

5.9 Health & safety

Health & Safety Policy

5.10 Estate management

Plumpton Estate Strategy 

5.11 Complaints procedure

Customer Complaints Procedure & Form

5.12 Records management and personal data policies

Data Protection Policy

5.13 Charging regimes and policies

Fee Policy

5.14 Erasmus

Erasmus Policy 

5.15 Gender Pay Gap

Gender pay gap at 31 March 2018

Gender pay reporting legislation requires employers with 250 or more employees to publish statutory calculations every year showing how large the pay gap is between their male and female employees.

The report has been published on the government website

  • The average hourly rate of pay for women at the College is lower than men.
  • The College’s gender pay gap is broadly comparable to other Colleges.
  • Roles at the College have a defined pay range that is applied consistently, irrespective of gender.
  • Fewer women than men had reached the top of the pay ranges or are employed in the most senior roles.
  • Corporation and the Senior Management Team will review actions to close the gender pay gap bi-annually.

Difference in mean hourly rate of pay

14.4%

Difference in median hourly rate of pay

7.5%

Employees by pay quartile

Male

Female

Upper quartile

51%

49%

Upper middle quartile

38%

62%

Lower middle quartile

37%

63%

Lower quartile

37%

63%

5.16 Admissions and Procedure Policy

Admissions and Procedure Policy

6. Lists and registers

Current maintained lists and registers.

6.1 Information the College is legally required to hold in publically available registers

Register of Interests of Corporation members - available on request (view in office hours)

6.2 Asset Registers

Available on request

6.3 Disclosure logs

Available on request

6.4 Transparency Information

7. The services we offer

Information about the services we offer, including leaflets, guidance and newsletters. 

7.1 Information on the services offered by the College

Student Life section of website

Well being, student accommodation, travel, foot & diet, funding & loans, student activities, Plumpton online (VLE), careers and term times. 

7.2 Prospectus and course content

Departments & Subject Area of website provides details of each course by subject area.

Full time prospectus

Part time prospectus

HE prospectus

8. Transparency Information – Application data 2018-19

Download the full document here.

The information published on these pages shows:

  • The number of applications for admission on to recognised, undergraduate higher education courses that we have received from UK domiciled applicants.
  • The number of offers we have made in relation to those applications.
  • The number of those offers accepted and the number of those who have registered with us.
  • The number of students who attained a particular degree or other academic award, or a particular level of such an award, on completion of their course with us.

It also shows these numbers by reference to:

  • The gender of the individuals to which they relate
  • Their ethnicity
  • Their socio-economic background.

It is important to note that the data presented has not been contextualised. This means, for example, that you will not be able to see from this data how many of those applying to courses met the entry criteria. It is also the case that universities and colleges will often receive many more applications than they have spaces on courses and so offer rates will necessarily be lower than application rates in those circumstances.

Transparency return 2019 – Applications, offers, acceptances and registrations: 2018-19 entrants

Table 1a: Summary of applications, offers, acceptances and registrations for 2018-19 entrants

Mode of Study

Characteristic

Characteristic split

Number of applications

Percentage of applications that received an offer

Percentage of applications that  accepted an offer

Percentage of applications that led to a registration

Full Time

Ethnicity

BAME

N

N

N

N

Full Time

Ethnicity

White

210

67%

39%

38%

Full Time

EIMD quintile

1 and 2

60

53%

34%

32%

Full Time

EIMD quintile

3 to 5

160

74%

45%

44%

Full Time

Gender

Female

180

65%

35%

35%

Full Time

Gender

Male

40

85%

65%

65%

Full Time

Gender

Other

N

N

N

N

Part Time

Ethnicity

BAME

N

N

N

N

Part Time

Ethnicity

White

N

N

N

N

Part Time

EIMD quintile

1 and 2

N

N

N

N

Part Time

EIMD quintile

3 to 5

N

N

N

N

Part Time

Gender

Female

N

N

N

N

Part Time

Gender

Male

N

N

N

N

Part Time

Gender

Other

N

N

N

N

Apprenticeships

Ethnicity

BAME

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Apprenticeships

Ethnicity

White

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Apprenticeships

EIMD quintile

1 and 2

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Apprenticeships

EIMD quintile

3 to 5

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Apprenticeships

Gender

Female

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Apprenticeships

Gender

Male

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Apprenticeships

Gender

Other

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Transparency return 2019 - Attainment: 2017-18 qualifiers

Table 2b: Detailed information on attainment for 2017-18 qualifiers

Mode of Study

Characteristic

Characteristic split

Headcount of classified First Degrees awarded

Percentage of classified First Degrees awarded as first class

Percentage of classified First Degrees awarded as upper second class

Percentage of classified First Degrees awarded as lower second class

Percentage of classified First Degrees awarded as third class / pass

Headcount of unclassified First Degrees awarded

Headcount of other undergraduate awards

Full Time

Ethnicity

Asian

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N

N

Full Time

Ethnicity

Black

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N

N

Full Time

Ethnicity

Mixed

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N

N

Full Time

Ethnicity

Other

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N

N

Full Time

Ethnicity

White

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

30

50

Full Time

Ethnicity

Unknown

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N

N

Full Time

EIMD quintile

1

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N

N

Full Time

EIMD quintile

2

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N

N

Full Time

EIMD quintile

3

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N

N

Full Time

EIMD quintile

4

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N

N

Full Time

EIMD quintile

5

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N

N

Full Time

EIMD quintile

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N

N

Full Time

EIMD quintile

Unknown

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N

N

Full Time

Gender

Female

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N

30

Full Time

Gender

Male

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N

N

Full Time

Gender

Other

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N

N

Part Time

Ethnicity

Asian

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N

N

Part Time

Ethnicity

Black

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N

N

Part Time

Ethnicity

Mixed

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N

N

Part Time

Ethnicity

Other

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N

N

Part Time

Ethnicity

White

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N

N

Part Time

Ethnicity

Unknown

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N

N

Part Time

EIMD quintile

1

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N

N

Part Time

EIMD quintile

2

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N

N

Part Time

EIMD quintile

3

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N

N

Part Time

EIMD quintile

4

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N

N

Part Time

EIMD quintile

5

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N

N

Part Time

EIMD quintile

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N

N

Part Time

EIMD quintile

Unknown

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N

N

Part Time

Gender

Female

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N

N

Part Time

Gender

Male

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N

N

Part Time

Gender

Other

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N

N

Apprenticeships

Ethnicity

Asian

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Apprenticeships

Ethnicity

Black

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Apprenticeships

Ethnicity

Mixed

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Apprenticeships

Ethnicity

Other

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Apprenticeships

Ethnicity

White

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Apprenticeships

Ethnicity

Unknown

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Apprenticeships

EIMD quintile

1

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Apprenticeships

EIMD quintile

2

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Apprenticeships

EIMD quintile

3

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Apprenticeships

EIMD quintile

4

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Apprenticeships

EIMD quintile

5

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Apprenticeships

EIMD quintile

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Apprenticeships

EIMD quintile

Unknown

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Apprenticeships

Gender

Female

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Apprenticeships

Gender

Male

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Apprenticeships

Gender

Other

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

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