Hailsham Community College | |
Coordinates: | 50.8663°N 0.2559°W |
Type: | Academy |
Head Label: | Principal |
Head: | Natalie Chamberlain |
Address: | Battle Road |
City: | Hailsham |
County: | East Sussex |
Country: | England |
Postcode: | BN27 1DT |
Dfeno: | 845/4027 |
Ofsted: | yes |
Urn: | 138472 |
Enrolment: | 1600 |
Gender: | Coeducational |
Lower Age: | 11 |
Upper Age: | 18 |
Houses: | Parks, Windsor, Hawking, Luther-King, Nightingale and Attenborough |
Colours: | Yellow, Green, Red, Purple, Blue and Orange |
Hailsham Community College is a coeducational all-through school and sixth form with academy status, located in Hailsham, East Sussex, England. There are currently around 1160 pupils at HCC.[1] Hailsham Community College has five buildings, a main block, science block, craft block and sixth form block, as well as a sports hall and astro turf. The sports hall is a million pound lottery-funded building which was built in 2006.[2]
The college has a pathway system in which some students are able to take their GCSE exams a year early.
In June 2007 the college was awarded the Healthy Schools Gold standard for its work on students' health and wellbeing.[3]
The college became an academy on 1 August 2012.[4]
Previously a secondary school, in September 2019 Hailsham Community College opened a primary school department and so is now an all-through school.[5]