Plumpton College is a small, specialist further education college in East Sussex. It provides courses mainly in land-based subjects. The main campus is on a large rural estate near Lewes. There are also courses provided at Stanmer Park in Brighton. At the time of this inspection, the college had just over 1,000 students aged 16 to 18, 618 adult students, 370 apprentices and 74 students in receipt of high-needs funding. The majority of young students are studying on level 3 programmes, such as animal management, floristry and agriculture. Of the apprentices, 56 are under the age of 19 and 314 are over 19. A large proportion of apprentices complete their studies at level 3 on the small animal veterinary nursing standard. There are an additional 210 students aged 14 to 16 on school link programmes, or for those who are electively home educated.