Greenfields School

This article is about Greenfields School in East Sussex, England. For schools of a similar name, see Greenfield School (disambiguation).
Greenfields School
Established 1981 (1981)[1]
Type Independent day and boarding
Religion Scientology[1]
Head teacher Grant Hudson
Location Priory Road
Forest Row
East Sussex
RH18 5JD
England
Local authority East Sussex
DfE number 845/6017
Students 119 day and 19 boarding, as of 2014[2]
Gender Mixed
Website www.greenfieldsschool.com

Greenfields School is an independent, non-denominational, day and boarding school in Forest Row, East Sussex, England run by scientologists.[3] It services children from 2 to 18. It has a Montessori based Pre-school & Reception class, followed by Infant, Junior, Senior, 6th Form and EFL (English as a Foreign Language) classes. Greenfields utilises a study method called Study Technology which is a teaching method developed by Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, and licensed from U.S. company Applied Scholastics.[4] The school is a member of the Independent Schools Association.

The school was founded by Scientologists, and the school's staff estimates that 90% of staff and 80% of students are Scientologists, although the school's curriculum is non-religious.[1] As of July 2015, the word 'Scientology' is only mentioned on the school's web site in one place, in a list of FAQs in answer to a question about religion.

The school has English as a Foreign Language programmes for international students. Summer holiday programmes run from June to August, minimum stay 1 week. The school also runs English programmes all year around for children from 5 to 18 years old. Boarding is on-campus.

In 1985 Inspectors from the Department for Education who toured Greenfields noted: "Many children are reading, and certainly writing, at a level below what they might be expected to achieve.", despite the school claiming that the students were over a year ahead in reading. The High Court have also stated that Deputy Principal McQuade used "false, spurious" titles.[5] In 1994, one of the few non-Scientologist teachers from the school was jailed for five years after he admitted sexually molesting teenage pupils.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "New dawn of Dianetics - Article". TES. Retrieved 2012-05-31.
  2. ↑ "Greenfields Independent School". Independent Schools Council. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  3. ↑ Shaw, Michael (2014). "New dawn of Dianetics - Article - TES". tes.co.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  4. ↑ School details - Greenfields School Independent Schools' Association
  5. ↑ "The Missing Word". Evening Argus (Brighton & Hove, United Kingdom: Gannett Company). June 10, 1994.
  6. ↑ "Teacher is jailed for sex offences". The Independent (London). 21 January 1994. Retrieved 30 May 2014. Mark Kent, 32, of Forest Row, East Sussex, committed a catalogue of offences against boys at Greenfields school in Forest Row, where he worked.
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