News & Events

Floristry student award winner

Plumpton College student Elizabeth, (Lizzie) Tree was recently judged the winner of the City & Guilds Sussex Learner of the Year award at The FE Sussex Spring awards.  The annual awards provide winners and runners up who have...

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Record Crowd Attend Open Day at Plumpton College

A record crowd of over 15,000 visitors attended the Open Day at Plumpton College last Saturday.  The open day was considered a great success, with many visitors complimenting staff and students on the range of course displays,...

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Plumpton Coached Team Unbeaten

University Of Brighton Equestrian Team coached at Plumpton College by Equine staff member Debbie Melville have had a fantastic year so far with the A team being unbeaten in all their competitions and heading to Nationals in June....

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Leading Wine Expert Reviews Plumpton Wines

‘Behind the Label’ – 2015 Plumpton Estate, Pinot Blanc, East Sussex, England (£11.00, Marks & Spencer). Plumpton is a famous agricultural college and it is the UK’s leading centre for winemaking and grape-growing studies.  This...

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Lewes MP meets with College Principal

Lewes MP meets with College Principal

Maria Caulfield, Member of Parliament for Lewes, visited the nationally renowned Plumpton College to meet with Jeremy Kerswell, who became Principal in October, taking over the position from...

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Students visit West Sussex Growers

Students have visited West Sussex Growers as part of a Southern Growers Club Initiative to promote production horticulture.

On Wednesday 20 April Southern Growers Club hosted 40 students and staff from Sparsholt and Plumpton...

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Plumpton College Achieve 'Outstanding in all areas' grade for Ofsted Report

‘Living the dream’ at Plumpton College

It is with great pleasure that the college announces their ‘Outstanding in all areas’ grade following a recent Ofsted inspection into their residential provision.

Inspector Joanne Vyas...

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Animal Care Apprenticeship Students and the New Arrival at Zoo

Drusillas Park in East Sussex is one of the enterprising employers for Plumpton College apprentices and they are celebrating an exciting new arrival this Spring!  A rare, baby two-toed sloth has been born at the zoo, the first in...

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Forestry students branch out at Wakehurst

Students studying Forestry and Arboriculture courses at Plumpton College were recently invited to participate in an outdoors education operation at Wakehurst, near Haywards Heath, West Sussex.  The students, studying a suite of...

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Plumpton college ED2 Equine students run another successful day

Some of the Extended Diploma students at the end of another very successful showing show. The students and their tutor Kate Fuller run a series of events through the year as part of their Event management module. The students work...

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