Sussex Private School Gets a Good Inspection Report from the ISI

Greenfields is far more than just a school.

The Independent Schools Inspectorate -the legal authority in the UK responsible for inspecting independent schools and assessing them in relation to national standards- recently found that at Greenfields “pupils’ personal development is good, supported by effective arrangements to ensure their welfare, health and safety. They benefit from very good relationships with staff, and all new pupils are made to feel welcome.”

Their report went on to say, “Behaviour and moral standards are high. Pupils achieve a good level of self-confidence and learn, in varying degrees, to be socially and culturally aware.”

Furthermore, “the overall quality of the pupils’ achievements throughout the school is good, showing that pupils are well educated in accordance with the school’s aim that they should acquire basic knowledge and skills for living... Pupils are very articulate, listen carefully and contribute well when asked. They are motivated, and work independently and with enthusiasm.”

So as a school, Greenfields is doing well. This extends into other areas of life, as the report found: “The school provides a range of opportunities through which its pupils develop a system of spiritual beliefs. The pupils develop a good sense of identity, self-worth and self-confidence, demonstrated by their demeanour around the school, and in many of their activities... Relationships are based on mutual trust and respect, which is palpable throughout the school... Pupils accept responsibility readily and happily share the various tasks that fall to them.”

The full report of the Inspectorate is available through the school’s website, and should be read by anyone interested as it really confirms and validates our credentials as one of the premier Applied Scholastics schools on the planet.

Which is great -but Greenfields is far more than that.

Speak to anyone who has attended the school and they will usually embellish the points made above: its special atmosphere, the unique relationship between teachers and pupils, the advanced approach to learning which means that the aim is a proper and full understanding of what is studied rather than just enough knowledge to pass an exam.

But there’s more.

Grant Hudson,Head Teacher
at Greenfields School

“We encourage students to see that education is more than learning useful material for the future,” says Head Teacher Grant Hudson. “It is a multi-level game to do with themselves and others and at Greenfields they can experience tremendous change in relation to themselves, others and groups. Additionally, with every lesson, they can learn more than just data but attitudes which will help them to better conditions around them -and that their help personally is needed. Some people don’t realize how important education is to the world at large.”

At Greenfields, students are not just lumped together in classes or year groups and allowed to get on with it, they are treated as individuals. Often they have individual study programmes written to pilot each one towards their goals.

“Treated in this way, all of a sudden they find out who they really are and begin to push themselves to get the sub-products needed to make it in life,” explains Mr. Hudson. “Everything seems doable when you break life down this way. Monitoring this on a weekly basis helps the teaching staff to keep control in and use resources wisely.

“At Greenfields we really care about our students and they know that. We get them willing to be a part of the big picture of what is needed in life and they love to play that game.”