Plumpton College
Plumpton College is a further education in Lewes for boys and girls aged 16 to 99.
Ditchling Road, Plumpton, Lewes, BN7 3AE01273 890454plumpton.ac.ukMr Jeremy Kerswell principalAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
A level and sixth-form results, 2025
597 students finished sixth-form courses.
All sixth-form measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2019 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 597 | 547 | 531 | 466 | 909 | 975 |
| Average A level grade | z | – | – | z | – | – |
| T levels: points per entry | 23.80 | 26.33 | 27.76 | 30.89 | – | – |
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to East Sussex council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
What pupils do next
After sixth form
Where the 451 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Among pupils from low-income families it was 56%, compared with 67% for everyone else.
Where the ones heading for university went
Among students from low-income families, 32% went on to degree-level study or training and 4% to a top-third university.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers | 2019/20 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 64% | 66% | 73% | – |
| Education | 17% | 21% | 31% | – |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 6% | 6% | 0% |
| Work | 42% | 39% | 35% | – |
| Not in education, work or training | 28% | 27% | 21% | – |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plumpton Primary School | Council | 1.8 miles | 136 | Good 2023 | 43 | Compare |
| Ditchling St Margaret's Church of England Primary School | Academy | 2.1 miles | 243 | Not inspected | 91 | Compare |
| Hamsey Community Primary School | Council | 2.7 miles | 99 | Good 2024 | 49 | Compare |
| University of Sussex | Higher education institutions | 2.9 miles | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Chailey School | Council | 3.0 miles | 862 | Report card 2026 | 77 | Compare |
| The Windmills Junior School | Council | 3.2 miles | 363 | Good 2021 | 65 | Compare |
| Downlands Community School | Council | 3.3 miles | 1,250 | Good 2022 | 85 | Compare |
| Wallands Community Primary and Nursery School | Council | 3.3 miles | 324 | Good 2022 | 40 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Plumpton College a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Plumpton College yet.
How many pupils does Plumpton College have?
The number of pupils is not published.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Ditchling Road, Plumpton, Lewes, BN7 3AE
- Telephone
- 01273 890454
- Website
- www.plumpton.ac.uk
- Principal
- Mr Jeremy Kerswell
- Type of school
- Further education (Further education, colleges)
- Phase
- College, ages 16-99
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- East Sussex
- Ward
- Plumpton, Streat, East Chiltington & St John
- Constituency
- Lewes
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 130667 · LAESTAB 8458300 · UKPRN 10005124
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.