I went to this school for secondary school and for college. In the early years I had a few fall…read moreouts with certain teachers as I was immature and didn't have enough respect for certain member of staff. However, later on during GCSE's, when I really needed help in my studies and personal life the very same teachers were the ones who were most approachable for help and support. I can not comment on all the staff but there are numerous teachers that have been there over 2 decades! I stayed on for college as the teachers I knew I would get I had a lot of respect for. With many courses for adults running in the evenings this is essential for the community and great if you want to do something different in the evenings and want to get some type of qualification.

The Adult education courses are worth a look cheaper than elsewhere…read more There is also a well run Sports hall and a Gym which if you want a Gym with decent supervision and safety plus longish opening hours might be worth a look. Its on the 1 bus route and the principal of the Adult Education bit is making a lot of progress after years of LEA neglect (fair comment). I went to Yoga class and its was staffed by an excellent teacher and the hall was fine, it did not have a swanky cafe but the course was good quality and the staff at the centre friendly. It is in a school but I say give it a try and they are trying to do things for the community. They have also taken over Foredown tower and that is set to become an activities centre for Education. All the political parties have done over the last twenty years is inflict their weird policies on Hove/Portslade either to chop the Carnegie funded library, make all the secondary schools sink schools or not provide enough primary places. The Ron Aldridge foundation have put money in and want whats best for the people and parents in Portslade/Hove not petty provincial failed politics. Worth a try for basic evening classes and basic fitness. 1 Bus or car its possible to park locally and maybe on site in the evenings. There is a bar (untested) for sports club members. The site also integrates the local branch library and there are plans to re-develop the school, which with better sports facilities should be a winner. Well done to the staff and principals! More info paste these address details into your browser: School Site: http://www.paca.uk.com/ Adult Education sort of Extranet: http://moodle.portslade.org/ Sports: see under main site.

The Sixth Form College Farnborough, unofficially known as Farnborough 6th, is one of the best state…read moresixth form colleges in the country. Led by college principal Dr John Guy, who is an extremely dedicated and passionate individual that is a credit to the insitution. The college itself has a number of buildings, most of them very modern, light and spacious and they are currently building a new multi storey building to house Art and Science subjects. There are several computer suites at the college, including the Dell suite and library which contains a large number of dell computers. The staff are all highly trained and passionate, giving the highest quality of A level education to students. This is reflected in their extremely high results at AS and A2. There are a number of cafés and eating areas at the college, including Café Direct which focuses on selling fair trade products, Time Out which sells hot main meals at lunch times, and Shades which is on the other side of the campus and serves a range of pasta and noodle dishes, and sandwiches. The students here are encouraged to flourish both independently within their studies and socially within the many clubs, sports and societies available. This really is a sixth form college with a university feel.