Greenfields School
Greenfields School is an independent, non-denominational, day and boarding school in Forest Row, East Sussex, England. 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 classes. The school uses the Cambridge Curriculum from Year 1 on up through the rest of the school. The school is a member of the 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. The school does not teach any religious philosophies and includes children of all nationalities, cultures and religions.
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.
The school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate; an inspection was last conducted in 2017.
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.
In 1994, one of the non-Scientologist teachers from the school was jailed for five years after he admitted sexually molesting teenage pupils.
A 2012 newspaper report suggested that many students left the school after completing their GCSEs, without going on to the sixth form, in order to transfer to Sea Org.
