Greenfields School

Greenfields School
Established 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 a registered charity (Charity number 287037).[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]

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.[5]

In 2011 Inspectors from the independent Schools Inspectorate rated the school as overall good following a 3 day inspection. They found that: "Greenfields School enables its pupils to gain good standards and make good progress in both public examinations and in their personal development".[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "New dawn of Dianetics - Article". TES. Retrieved 2012-05-31.
  2. "Greenfields Independent School". Independent Schools Council. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  3. http://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/charity-commission. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. School details - Greenfields School Independent Schools' Association
  5. Greenfields School website http://www.greenfieldsschool.com. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. "Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISA) report on Greenfields School 2011".