East Sussex College or East Sussex College Group is the largest higher education college in East Sussex, providing education and training from foundation to degree level. The college educates almost half of the county's young people and over 8,000 adults each year at campuses in Lewes, Eastbourne, Hastings and Newhaven, and in the workplace. Sussex Downs College, itself created from colleges in Eastbourne and Lewes, merged with Sussex Coast College in 2018 to form the East Sussex College Group (ESCG). East Sussex College is a provider of work based further education and apprenticeships in these areas. History The college traces its roots back via the four original institutions: one in Hastings, two in Eastbourne and one in Lewes: Lewes Tertiary College, created in 1989 when Priory School, Lewes sixth form (using the former Lewes County Grammar School for Boys building) and Lewes Technical College merged to create the new institution. Park College, Eastbourne, renamed from Eastbourne Sixth Form College in 1994 after incorporation, was created from Eastbourne Grammar School in 1979. Eastbourne College of Arts and Technology was renamed in 1987. Before that it was the College of Further Education, Eastbourne (which had until 1957 been the Eastbourne Technical College and before that the Technical Institute, Eastbourne). In 1980 it merged with The College of Art and Design, Eastbourne which was in turn formerly known as the Eastbourne School of Arts and Crafts; around 1962 it acquired 'Eversley Court', St Anne's Road (formerly used by Ascham House Gentlemen's School). Sussex Coast College Hastings was established under the name Hastings College of Arts and Technology in 1982 but can trace its roots back to Hastings College of Further Education, created in 1968, and the School of Science and Art, Hastings which was established in 1875 and was taken over by Hastings County Borough in March 1895. Merger with Lewes Tertiary College and Eastbourne College of Arts and Technology Sussex Downs College was established in 2001 through a merger of Lewes Tertiary College and Eastbourne College of Arts and Technology. Takeover of Park College Park College was taken over in 2003 Merger with Sussex Downs College and Sussex Coast College In 2017 it was announced that there would be a further merger and reorganisation, to create the East Sussex College Group across several campuses and a wider area. On 18 April 2018, it was announced that the merger had been completed. In