Greenfields is a local and international Day and Boarding School. It is a non-selective and non-denominational mixed school, welcoming students between the ages of 2 and 18, of all faiths, cultures, and nationalities. It is located in Forest Row, near East Grinstead, Sussex. It was founded in 1981 in response to parent demand for a school using the educational discoveries (known as Study Technology) of Mr. L. Ron Hubbard.
The purposes of the school are:
- To arm students with essential knowledge and skills for living, and in particular, the ability and confidence to study, understand and apply any subject whatsoever, using Study Technology (the technology of study as discovered and delineated by philosopher and educator L. Ron Hubbard) so that they can successfully follow whatever path they choose in life and
- To instill in all students the ability to communicate freely and confidently, competence, confidence in themselves, industriousness, responsibility, tolerance, and a moral and ethical compass.
Other aims of the school are to:
Ensure that all students are happy throughout their time at the school and graduate feeling enthusiastic about life, having developed new friendships, and gained a sense of achievement in an ethical, highly productive, and motivating environment.
Deliver at primary education level a formal, broad education focusing on literacy and numeracy as well as introducing children to the Study Technology
In the Senior School move over into tailor-made academic and pastoral programs of study for each student so that individuals are enhanced and encouraged to blossom, more able to achieve ambitions in careers of their choice, and to follow their interests
Promote individual personal development through our Boarding provision which strives to contribute effectively to the school’s aim to provide students with the skills and knowledge necessary to live their lives to the full
Provide educational opportunities through our EYFS area for each child to flourish as a unique individual, and become confident and able in skills that underpin their whole education. Using the EYFS learning program in alignment with features of the Montessori philosophy and covering the seven areas of learning, regular observation and assessments are used to plan effectively for individual needs, including those children who may need extra support. With this in mind, Greenfields delivers separately to 2s, 3s, and ‘rising 4s’ (i.e. those children whose birth dates fall slightly outside the Reception class starting age in September) using separate classrooms accordingly
Provide an independent school education with low fees whilst maintaining a high staff to student ratio
Furnish a full educational solution from age 2 through to age 18, Nursery to A Levels, so that parents have a complete pathway for their child, as has been voiced as needed by our parents
Deliver education to children whose prior school experience or progress may not have been adequate and permit such students to flourish and achieve results to the level of their potential
Mirror the maintained school calendar in terms of delivery where possible, providing parents with a service for more weeks than a normal independent school
Add educational value at every stage of students’ development
Enable all young people who come to Greenfields School to achieve their full potential in all areas, whether or not they have special educational needs in one or more areas, whether or not they are able, gifted, or talented in one or more areas, and whether or not they perform within an expected range.
We teach children how to be students. You would think that would be an obvious step, wouldn’t you? You wouldn’t let someone out on the road at the wheel of a car by themselves unless they had taken driving lessons and passed a driving test. And yet a person is placed in a classroom at a very early age and by some miracle, they are expected to “become a student” without being taught what study is and how it is done properly to avoid running into difficulties which, of course, many people do!
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