In accordance with the model policy adopted on 1st January 2009, there are seven categories of information available in the publication scheme:
The college’s criteria for confidentiality are:
Organisational Information, structure, locations and contacts
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
University of Brighton (HE provision)
Royal Agricultural University (HE provision)
Sussex Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs
Email: esptc@plumpton.ac.uk
Tel: 01273 892084
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
Ditchling Road
Near Lewes
East Sussex, BN7 3AE
Tel 01273 890454
Fax 01273 890071
Email enquiries@plumpton.ac.uk
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.
Financial Information relating to projected and actual income and expenditure, procurement, contracts and financial audit.
Financial Statements - hard copy available on request. Fee £10. For an electronic copy please see 2.2.
Capital Programme: Available on request
Strategies and plans, performance indicators, audits, inspections and reviews.
Self Assessment Report - available on request
Quality Improvement Handbook - available on request
OFSTED Report: Residential provision
Matrix Report - available on request
Investors in Repople Report - available on request
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
Decision making processes and records of decisions.
Minutes and papers of Corporation and Committee meetings, excluding confidential matters.
Non-confidential Committee Meeting papers - available on request.
Current written protocols, policies and procedures for delivering our services and responsibilities.
Child Protection Policy - available on request. Fee £10
Student Handbook - available on request. Fee £10
HR Policies - available on request. Fee £10
Recruitment and Selection Procedure - available on request. Fee £10
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
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% |
Current maintained lists and registers.
Register of Interests of Corporation members - available on request (view in office hours)
Information about the services we offer, including leaflets, guidance and newsletters.
Student Life section of website
Well being, student accommodation, travel, foot & diet, funding & loans, student activities, Plumpton online (VLE), careers and term times.
Departments & Subject Area of website provides details of each course by subject area.
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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 |