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'{{Short description|Independent day and boarding school}} {{About|Greenfields School in East Sussex, England|schools of a similar name|Greenfield School (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use British English|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox school | name = Greenfields School | image = Greenfields School 3.jpg | alt = | caption = Greenfields School from above | motto = Education For Life | address = Priory Road | city = [[Forest Row]] | county = [[East Sussex]] | postcode = RH18 5JD | country = [[England]] | local_authority = [[East Sussex County Council|East Sussex]] | coordinates = | dfeno = 845/6017 | established = {{Start date|1981}} | type = [[Private schools in the United Kingdom|Private]] day and [[boarding school|boarding]] | district = East Sussex | ofsted = | religious_affiliation = Non-Denominational, open to all religions, creeds and cultures | head_label = Head teacher | head = Andrew Hodgson | staff = 50 | enrollment = | gender = Mixed | campus_type = | campus_size = 25 acres | mascot = | newspaper = | colors = Green, Purple, Blue and White | website = {{url|http://www.greenfieldsschool.com/}} | feeders = }} '''Greenfields School''' is an independent day and [[boarding school|boarding]] school in [[Forest Row]], [[East Sussex]], [[England]].<ref name="standard-01">{{cite news |last=Herrmann |first=Joshi |date=11 July 2012 |title=As Katie Holmes bars Suri from Sea Org... the Sussex school whose pupils vanish at 16 to join Scientology’s secret elite |work=[[Evening Standard]] |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/as-katie-holmes-bars-suri-from-sea-org-the-sussex-school-whose-pupils-vanish-at-16-to-join-scientology-s-secret-elite-7935866.html |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Victoria |first=Cavaliere |date=11 July 2012 |title=Boarding school in England funnels students into Scientology’s most secretive sect |work=[[New York Daily News]] |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/boarding-school-england-funnels-students-scientology-secretive-sect-article-1.1112468 |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Murphy |first=Simon |date=27 May 2023 |title=Exclusive: Scientology school gets £200k taxpayer handout from Covid support scheme |work=[[Daily Mirror]] |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/scientology-school-gets-200k-taxpayer-30093706 |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> It services children from 3 to 18. It has a [[Montessori education|Montessori]]-based Pre-school & Reception class, followed by Infant, Junior, Senior, 6th Form and EFL (English as a Foreign Language) classes. The school uses the [[Cambridge Assessment International Education|Cambridge Curriculum]] from Year 1 on up through the rest of the school. The school is a member of the [[Independent Schools Association (UK)|Independent Schools Association]]. 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. non-profit educational organization [[Applied Scholastics]].<ref name="school" /> The school's website states that it does not teach any religious philosophies and includes children of all nationalities, cultures and religions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.greenfieldsschool.com/admissions-process/faqs/ |title=Admissions FAQs |date=2018-10-16 |website=Greenfields School |language=en-GB |access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref> The school has [[English as a second or foreign language|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 10 to 18 years old. Boarding is on-campus and the school also has many day students. The school is inspected by the [[Independent Schools Inspectorate]]; an inspection was last conducted in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.isi.net/school/greenfields-school-6492 |title=Greenfields School :: Independent Schools Inspectorate |website=www.isi.net |access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref> Recent building developments have included a new four-classroom block in the Senior School, a purpose-built Sports Hall in the Lower School and a complete renovation of the Main Senior Building. Greenfields School is run by the Greenfields Educational Trust, a registered charity.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/CharityWithPartB.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=287037&SubsidiaryNumber=0 |title=Charity overview |website=apps.charitycommission.gov.uk |language=en |access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref> In 1994, one of the teachers from the school was jailed for five years after he admitted sexually molesting teenage pupils.<ref>{{cite news |title=Teacher is jailed for sex offences |work=[[The Independent]] |date=21 January 1994 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/teacher-is-jailed-for-sex-offences-1408313.html |quote=Mark Kent, 32, of Forest Row, East Sussex, committed a catalogue of offences against boys at Greenfields school in Forest Row, where he worked. |location=London |access-date=30 May 2014}}</ref> A 2012 newspaper report suggested that many students left the school after completing their GCSEs, without going on to the sixth form.<ref name="standard-01" /> == References == {{reflist|refs= <ref name="school">[http://www.isaschools.org.uk/school-details.php?id=89 School details – Greenfields School] Independent Schools' Association</ref> }} == External links == * {{facebook|greenfieldsIndependentschool}} {{coord missing|East Sussex}} {{Schools in East Sussex}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Private schools in East Sussex]] [[Category:Wealden District]]'