Brighton Hove & Sussex Sixth Form College - School Building and Environment

School Building and Environment

BHASVIC is located on a relatively large site by the Dyke Road and Old Shoreham Road Junction in Hove. Most of the site is taken up by the large playing fields which are shared with Cardinal Newman School. The area covered by college buildings is relatively compact with three distinct outside areas. These are the upper and lower car parks and the aforementioned fields. The main building is especially noted for its panelled hall which is decorated with murals. BHASVIC enjoys a large library which was added to the building in 1935 and refurbished in the late 1990s), and 15 acres (61,000 m2) of playing fields.

The college consists mainly of three buildings. The Main Building, which is the oldest part of the college, contains the main hall and OLC. Then there is College House, a separate building which contains many classrooms, the language centre and the media editing suites. The newest permanent building is the Sports Centre, which contains two classrooms, a sports hall and a cafe. BHASVIC has several other smaller buildings such as the canteen and refectory block, some temporary classrooms and a new Student Services Centre, which contains the careers suite, welfare office and tutorial rooms.

The following subjects are located in Main Building: - Politics, Sociology, Philosophy, Geography, Visual Arts, Psychology, Travel and Tourism, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Performing Arts.

Located in College House: - Music, Modern Languages (French, German, Italian and Spanish), English (Language, Lang & Lit, Literature), Media Studies, Business Studies, History and Economics.

Located in Sports Hall: Physical Education and Dance.

There is also a multi-purpose student services centre and several pre-fab buildings behind College House.

In 1914, not long after it opened, the school was requisitioned for use as a military hospital.