Education
Hassocks Infant School is a maintained infant school for pupils aged 4 to 7 and built in 1877 as a Victorian Board School. It currently caters for around 210 pupils. The school is centrally located in the village. It has been considerably enlarged in the recent past with three new classrooms, a large hall and a library area being added to the original Victorian building. The Headteacher is Jeannie Hughes who has a teaching staff of 9 and the Chair of Governors is David Withycombe.
- 2003 Ofsted report
- 2007 Ofsted report
After leaving the Infant School children in the main go onto Windmills School in Dale Avenue which caters for years 3–6. The headteacher at the school is Mrs E Sharpe.
- Ofsted reports
Secondary education for the village and surrounding areas is looked after by Downlands Community School. Downlands does not have a sixth form and children wishing to do 'A' levels have to travel to a variety of sixth form colleges, including Varndean College, St Paul's Catholic College (Burgess Hill), Brighton Hove & Sussex Sixth Form College and Hurstpierpoint College.
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