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{{About|Greenfields School in East Sussex, England|schools of a similar name|Greenfield School (disambiguation)}} |
{{About|Greenfields School in East Sussex, England|schools of a similar name|Greenfield School (disambiguation)}} |
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'''Greenfields School''' is an [[Applied Scholastics]] and [[Independent Schools Association (UK)|Independent Schools Association]]<ref>[http://www.isaschools.org.uk/teachers/schools/schools.aspx?sgrID=3 School List] Independent Schools' Association South London</ref> co-educational [[independent school]] on the edge of the [[Ashdown Forest]] in [[East Sussex]], England. It is unique as being the only [[Study Tech]] based private school of its kind in the area.<ref>[http://www.greenfieldsschool.com/unique.htm About Greenfields] Greenfields Homepage</ref> |
'''Greenfields School''' is an [[Applied Scholastics]] and [[Independent Schools Association (UK)|Independent Schools Association]]<ref>[http://www.isaschools.org.uk/teachers/schools/schools.aspx?sgrID=3 School List] Independent Schools' Association South London</ref> co-educational [[independent school]] on the edge of the [[Ashdown Forest]] in [[East Sussex]], England. It is unique as being the only [[Study Tech]] based private school of its kind in the area.<ref>[http://www.greenfieldsschool.com/unique.htm About Greenfields] Greenfields Homepage</ref> |
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The school has been described as a school run by [[Scientology]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=2264059 |title=New dawn of Dianetics - Article |publisher=TES |date= |accessdate=2012-05-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article1975105.ece |title=The Times | UK News, World News and Opinion |publisher=Timesonline.co.uk |date=2010-12-21 |accessdate=2012-05-31}}</ref> something they deny.{{Citation needed|date=December 2009}} The school and its staff have misrepresented themselves in the past: inspectors from the Department for Education who toured Greenfields in 1985 noted: "Many children are reading, and certainly writing, at a level below what they might be expected to achieve.", despite the school claiming that the students were over a year ahead in reading. The High Court have also stated that Deputy Principal McQuade used "false, spurious" titles.<ref>{{cite news |
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| work = Evening Argus |
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| location = Brighton & Hove, United Kingdom |
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| publisher = [[Gannett Company]] |
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| date = Friday, June 10, 1994}}</ref> |
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In 1994, one of the few non-scientologist 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=http://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}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 11:37, 3 December 2013
Greenfields School is an Applied Scholastics and Independent Schools Association[1] co-educational independent school on the edge of the Ashdown Forest in East Sussex, England. It is unique as being the only Study Tech based private school of its kind in the area.[2]
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- ^ School List Independent Schools' Association South London
- ^ About Greenfields Greenfields Homepage