Heathfield Community College

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Heathfield Community College
Established	1950
Headteacher	Mr A Powell
Specialism	Arts College
Location	Cade Street Heathfield East Sussex TN21 8RJ England
LEA	East Sussex
Ofsted number	114587
Students	1358
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11 to 18
Website	http://www.heathfieldcc.e-sussex.sch.uk/
Coordinates: 50°58′01″N 0°16′41″E / 50.96691, 0.27811

Heathfield Community College is a secondary school located just outside the market town of Heathfield in the heart of the Wealden district of East Sussex. The school is a specialist Arts College.

[edit] School Enrollment

It draws its students from a large geographical area including the villages of Cross-in-Hand, Horam, Mayfield and Burwash. There are currently over 1400 students on roll with approximately 250 in the 6th Form. Its current Headteacher is Alan Powell. The college works very closely with its family of primary feeder schools (Broad Oak, Burwash, Cross in Hand, Dallington, Five Ashes, Old Heathfield, Herstmonceux, Mayfield, Maynards Green, Parkside and Punnetts Town).

Founded in 1950, the school was initially envisioned to include an average of 800 students, but the college now finds itself receiving an average enrollment of 1,400 students between the ages of 11-18 years old.

Heathfield Community College is separated into two sections, Secondary School and 6th Form College.

[edit] Specialist Status

Since 2003, Heathfield Community College has been a Specialist College in the Visual and Performing Arts. This provides funding for the college to be used for The Arts.