Hastings College of Arts and Technology

Sussex Coast College Hastings
Inspiring futures: Changing lives
Location
East Sussex, UK Hastings / Ore Valley, East Sussex, TN34 United Kingdom
Information
Ofsted number	130665
Principal	Clive Cook
Gender	Coeducational
Age	14+ (Typically 16+)+
Enrolment	1,916 full time; 464 part time
Average class size	30 pupils
Language	English
Sports	Football
Budget	£20 million
Website	http://www.sussexcoast.ac.uk

Coordinates: 50°51′07″N 0°33′04″E / 50.852°N 0.551°E / 50.852; 0.551

Sussex Coast College Hastings formerly Hastings College of Arts and Technology (HCAT) or Hastings College, is a medium-sized Further Education college based in Hastings, East Sussex. It provides general further education for Hastings and the surrounding rural area in Rother District.

The college's main site is at Station Plaza, adjacent to Hastings rail station with a secondary main site in Ore Valley. The college works with local secondary schools to provide vocational courses for year 10 and 11 students, the college also works in partnership with Pestalozzi International Village in Sedlescombe to offer the International Baccalaureate.

The Station Plaza building was opened in 2010, costing £97 million. It is situated in the town centre in Station Approach, directly next to Hastings train station, and forms part of a planned redevelopment of the former railway goods yard. An adjacent building, housing shops and medical services has been completed, while planning consent has been obtained on the remainder of the site for a student accommodation building for nearby Brighton University. The college building comprises six floors of accommodation arranged in a triangular configuration, with an atrium extending the full height of the building occupying the centre. This provides some 12,000 square metres of educational facilities, plus the 1,200 square metres atrium social space and 1,600 square metres of uncompleted empty space reserved for future development. Parts of the ground floor are occupied by a Subway franchise restaurant and Costa Coffee. Classrooms are equipped with the most up-to-date resources and each one has an interactive whiteboard. Students have 24/7 access to lessons and learning resources, podcasts and teacher / student blogs. Station Plaza also houses IT suites, a gym, performing arts and dance studios, an art gallery, a training kitchen, a professional hair salon, a restaurant, a learning resource centre and audio-visual / media equipment.