Well I visited this weekend. Not many other aircraft were there this weekend due wx (so anyone ppruning from EGSY knows exactly who I am now
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They are friendly, helpful and with the run of the whole of the now surplus-to-requirements scheduled terminal, including a cafe with the obligatory bacon butties, it's one of the better-equipped GA fields you'll visit, from a hospitality perspective. They didn't want to publish their new SE status because they have lots of staff away due to the easter hols. They will in due course. Even so they have had lots of interest already. There were several people enquiring about moving aircraft from Gamston to be based at EGSY, however they don't have much parking, so if you are thinking about this, move fast. There seems to be a PA38 based there already doing lessons and trial flights, plus there's an Arrow in the hangar.
The flying restrictions aren't half as onerous as they seem when read - they basically want to keep traffic as much as possible over the 40 degree or so sector of countryside east of the field. However most of the circuit and the 10 approach / 28 climb out is over built up areas, so stay within gliding range if possible, plus there is a large noise-sensitive village (Treeton I think) on the 28 approach/10 climbout at 3nm.
The fueller didn't have any oil, which I found rather strange.
All in all well worth a visit.
24R - the NDB is notammed to be on request only, however it was on over the weekend.