Rikkyo School in England

Rikkyo School in England (立教英国学院, Rikkyō Eikoku Gakuin) is a Japanese boarding primary and secondary school in Rudgwick, Horsham District, West Sussex, in proximity to London. The school uses the Japanese curriculum,^[1] and is one of several fee-paying Japanese private schools in the UK to have such a curriculum.^[2] It is a Shiritsu zaigai kyōiku shisetsu (私立在外教育施設) or an overseas branch of a Japanese private school.^[3]

History

It was founded in 1972, opening with 19 students at the primary level. The school's website stated that it is "perhaps the oldest Japanese boarding school in Europe.".^[1] The school is an affiliated educational institution of the Nippon Sei Ko Kai (the Anglican Church in Japan) and shares its name with Rikkyo University, Tokyo.

Initially the school used the Pallinghurst House, a building constructed in 1902, as its classrooms, dining hall, dormitories, chapel, and staff room. In 1973 the school's middle school opened. In 1975 the Ministry of Education of Japan approved Rikkyo School as an overseas school. Afterwards the school opened its high school division. At that time the school educated students in ages 10 through 18.^[1] Toshio Iwasaki of the Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry wrote that this school was the first Japanese high school outside Japan to open. It was the only Japanese high school outside Japan until the 1986 opening of the Lycée Seijo in France.^[4]

References

1 2 3 "INFORMATION IN ENGLISH." (Archive) Rikkyo School in England. Retrieved on 8 January 2014. "Guildford Road,Rudgwick,W-Sussex RH12 3BE ENGLAND"
↑ Morris, Jonathan, Max Munday, and Barry Wilkinson. Working for the Japanese: The Economic and Social Consequences of Japanese Investment in Wales. A&C Black, 17 December 2013. ISBN 1780939353, 9781780939353. p. 125.
↑ "私立在外教育施設一覧" (Archive). Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Retrieved on March 1, 2015.
↑ Iwasaki, Toshio. "Japanese Schools Take Root Overseas." Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry. Japan Economic Foundation (JEF, Kokusai Keizai Kōryū Zaidan), No. 5, 1991. Contributed to Google Books by the JEF. p. 24. "However, there was no senior Japanese high school outside Japan until Rikkyo School in England was founded in 1972 in the suburbs of London. It remained the only overseas Japanese senior high school for the next 14 years."

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Rikkyo Schools (立教学院)

Coeducational schools and universities in Japan	Rikkyo University Rikkyo Ikebukuro Junior and Senior High School Rikkyo Niiza Junior and Senior High School Rikkyo Primary School (JA)

Girls' and women's schools and universities in Japan	St. Margaret's Junior College St. Margaret's Junior & Senior High School (JA) St. Margaret's Elementary School (JA) 立教女学院短期大学附属幼稚園天使園

Schools outside of Japan	Rikkyo School in England

Sports	立教大学硬式野球部立教大学ラグビー部立教大学体育会バスケットボール部立明戦

See also	立教大学の人物一覧立教大学の人物一覧 (People related to Rikkyo University)

Schools in West Sussex

Middle	Rydon Community College

Secondary	The Academy, Selsey Angmering School Bishop Luffa School Bohunt School Worthing Bourne Community College Chatsmore Catholic High School Chichester Free School Chichester High School For Boys Chichester High School For Girls Davison CE High School for Girls Downlands Community School Durrington High School Felpham Community College The Forest School The Gatwick School Hazelwick School Holy Trinity School Ifield Community College Imberhorne School The Littlehampton Academy Midhurst Rother College Millais School Oakmeeds Community College Oathall Community College Oriel High School Ormiston Six Villages Academy The Regis School Sackville School St Andrews High School St Paul's RC College St Philip Howard Catholic High School St Wilfrid's RC School Shoreham Academy The Sir Robert Woodard Academy Steyning Grammar School Tanbridge House School Thomas Bennett Community College Warden Park School The Weald School Worthing High School

Special	Palatine School

Sixth Form College	Central Sussex College Chichester College The College of Richard Collyer Northbrook College Worthing College

Independent	Ardingly College Burgess Hill Girls Christ's Hospital Farlington School for Girls Hurstpierpoint College Lancing College Rikkyo School in England Seaford College Shoreham College Our Lady of Sion School Towers Convent School Worth School

Independent (preparatory)	Brambletye School Cottesmore School Great Ballard School Great Walstead School Handcross Park School Pennthorpe School The Prebendal School Westbourne House School Windlesham House School

Former	Boundstone Community College Discovery New School Kings Manor Community College Littlehampton College Littlehampton Community School Midhurst Intermediate School Midhurst Grammar School St Margaret's Convent Tavistock and Summerhill School

International schools in the United Kingdom

The list should only include full-time, all-day schools

London	Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle Lycée International de Londres Winston Churchill German School London Greek Secondary School of London Scuola Italiana a Londra Japanese School in London The Norwegian School in London Russian Embassy School in London King Fahad Academy Instituto Español Vicente Cañada Blanch The Swedish School in London The American School in London ACS International Schools Marymount International School Southbank International School

Elsewhere in England	École française de Bristol Teikyo School United Kingdom Rikkyo School in England The American School In England ACS International Schools

Scotland	École d'entreprise Total Aberdeen International School of Aberdeen

Former	Gyosei International School UK Shi-Tennoji School in UK (英国四天王寺学園)

Japanese international day and boarding schools in Europe

Weekend supplementary schools (hoshū jugyō kō) are located in a separate template

Currently operating

Nihonjin gakkō	Japanische Schule in Wien The Japanese School of Brussels Japanese School in Prague École Japonaise de Paris Japanische Internationale Schule zu Berlin Japanische Internationale Schule in Düsseldorf Japanische Internationale Schule Frankfurt Japanische Schule in Hamburg Japanische Internationale Schule München The Budapest Japanese School Scuola Giapponese di Milano Scuola Giapponese di Roma The Japanese School of Amsterdam The Japanese School of Rotterdam The Japanese School in Warsaw Japanese School in Bucharest Japanese School in Moscow Colegio Japonés de Barcelona Colegio Japonés de Madrid Japanese School in Zurich Japanese School in London

Shiritsu zaigai kyōiku shisetsu	Kumon Leysin Academy Rikkyo School Teikyo School

Closed

Closed nihonjin gakkō	Japanese Community School of Athens Las Palmas Japanese School (ラス・パルマス日本人学校) Belgrade Japanese School (ベオグラード日本人学校)

Closed Shiritsu zaigai kyōiku shisetsu	Tokai University Boarding School Lycée Konan Lycée Seijo Toin Gakuen Schule Sundai Ireland Gyosei International School UK Shi-Tennoji School in UK (英国四天王寺学園)

Turkey is not included in the classification of Europe by the Japanese Ministry of Education (MEXT). For schools in Turkey see the school template for Southwest Asia.
Shiritsu zaigai kyōiku shisetsu are overseas branches of Japanese schools; these are boarding and day schools and the only Japanese educational schools in Europe which provide sixth form/senior high school level education. Nihonjin gakkō are day schools operated by Japanese associations and only include primary and junior high school levels.
MEXT categorizes Japanese sections of European international schools as hoshū jugyō kō part-time schools and not as full-time schools. See the template for part-time schools.

Overseas branches of Japanese private schools (Shiritsu zaigai kyōiku shisetsu)

Open	Waseda Shibuya Senior High School in Singapore Kumon Leysin Academy of Switzerland Josuikan Bangkok International School Rikkyo School in England Teikyo School United Kingdom Keio Academy of New York Nishiyamato Academy of California Seigakuin Atlanta International School

Closed	South Queensland Academy Tokai University Boarding School in Denmark Lycée Konan Lycée Seijo Toin Gakuen Schule Deutschland Sundai Ireland International School Gyosei International School UK Shi-Tennoji School in UK (英国四天王寺学園) Tennessee Meiji Gakuin High School

The schools serve different grade/year levels. The Nishiyamato and Seigakuin schools do not have senior high school/sixth form students, while other overseas private school branches do.

Overseas Japanese senior high school programs

Open	Shanghai Japanese School Waseda Shibuya Senior High School in Singapore Kumon Leysin Academy of Switzerland Josuikan Bangkok International School Rikkyo School in England Teikyo School United Kingdom Keio Academy of New York

Closed	South Queensland Academy Tokai University Boarding School in Denmark Lycée Konan Lycée Seijo Toin Gakuen Schule Deutschland Sundai Ireland International School Gyosei International School UK Tennessee Meiji Gakuin High School

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) classifies almost all of these schools as shiritsu zaigai kyōiku shisetsu (overseas branches of Japanese private schools). The Shanghai Japanese School is classified by MEXT as nihonjin gakkō (Japanese international school) as it is operated by a Japanese association. At the Liceo Mexicano Japonés (LMJ) in Mexico City, only the Mexican program offers senior high school, while its Japanese program ends at junior high school; therefore LMJ not included on this list.

Coordinates: 51°05′40″N 0°29′19″W / 51.09444°N 0.48861°W / 51.09444; -0.48861

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