News & Events

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Election of Parent Governors

Election of Parent Governors

Dear Parent/Carer/Guardian Every maintained school in England has a Governing Body responsible to the local community for running the school. There are currently 2 vacancies for Parent governors. The term of office will be 4 years. If you are interested in standing...

Exciting News: Our School Retains its Good Ofsted Rating!

Exciting News: Our School Retains its Good Ofsted Rating!

I am thrilled to announce that our school has maintained its ‘Good’ rating in our recent Ofsted inspection. This achievement reflects the hard work and dedication of our entire school community. The inspectors praised many aspects of our school, including the quality...

Parenting Mental Health Support Team at West Sussex Mind

Parenting Mental Health Support Team at West Sussex Mind

Parenting Mental Health Support Team at West Sussex Mind offer support to parents and carers around West Sussex. They are currently open to any parent or carer in West Sussex who is supporting a child/Young person (5-18) with their mental health. The overall objective...

WSAPC Ofsted Inspection

WSAPC Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted have informed us that they are inspecting WSAPC on Tuesday 21st May 2024. Please see the attached letter to parents, together with information- School inspections - a guide for parents. Ofsted welcome the views of parents at Ofsted Parent View.  ...

“MY VOICE MATTERS!”

“MY VOICE MATTERS!”

Meet Fallon - WSAPC Crawley Tell me about yourself: I am 14 and I live with my mum and 3 brothers, 2 have autism. I help my mum every day, and it can be tough! How my morning goes is how my mood will be at school, sometimes I am happy but mostly I can be sad and...

Burgess Hill Centre Closed Friday 3rd November

Burgess Hill Centre Closed Friday 3rd November

We are sorry to advise that UK Power Networks cannot guarantee power will be restored to our Burgess Hill Centre tomorrow. We will therefore remain closed until Monday. All other centres will be open as usual.

WSAPC Burgess Hill Closed Today

WSAPC Burgess Hill Closed Today

We have no power at WSAPC Burgess Hill, therefore centre will be closed today (Thursday 2nd November). All other centres remain open.

Storm Ciaran Tomorrow

Storm Ciaran Tomorrow

Members of our school community are likely aware of the weather warnings in place across Sussex with storm Ciaran expected to spread east on Wednesday night and Thursday bringing heavy rain and strong winds across much of the county.  The current weather warning is...

Academy News- Press Coverage

Academy News- Press Coverage

We are delighted that Sussex World have covered our exciting news about WSAPC joining forces with the Beckmead Trust. The article states "...the DfE has given WSAPC permission to convert to an academy and join The Beckmead Trust. The college said it wants to join...

Message From The Head

Message From The Head

Dear Parents and Carers, I hope you are well, and your child is settling into the start of this new school year. As you may recall, back in April we held a stakeholder consultation on the plan for West Sussex Alternative Provision College (WSAPC) to become an academy...

Message From The Head

Dear parents/carers, I hope this message finds you all well and keeping cool with this early summer weather! Exams are really going well, and we are very proud of how our year 11s have been and how they are really putting in a great effort.  It won’t be long before...

Crawley Centre Closed Today

Crawley Centre Closed Today

Crawley APC is closed today as there are problems with the water supply in the local area. We will update this page when the situation changes.

OFSTED Outstanding

OFSTED Outstanding

We are very pleased to share with you our latest OFSTED inspection for Chalkhill/Springtide centres. As you may be aware, WSAPC has 2 DFE registered schools ( APC and Chalkhill/Springtide) and therefore we receive regular inspections to judge where we are as an...

End Of Term

End Of Term

Dear parents and carers, I would like to take this time to wish you all a restful and happy Spring break as our term ends today. This has been an incredibly busy term and we see our school numbers increasing with many new students so this may be the first letter for...

Strike Action Wednesday 15th and Thursday 16th March

Strike Action Wednesday 15th and Thursday 16th March

Further to the letter sent in relation to industrial action in schools by members of the National Education Union, we have undertaken an assessment of risk based on staffing and safeguarding consideration as to whether our students will be able to attend school on...