As our academics are based on the National Curriculum, we offer the same subjects as most private schools. Like many small private schools we provide a friendly, family atmosphere. Our students and graduates routinely achieve very creditable grades, as do students from many schools. So what do we do and what do we have at Greenfields that makes such a difference?

We do not use "authoritarian" teaching methods cramming the student full of memorised and un-inspected data so they can pass exams.
After teaching students how to study, we do teach the fundamentals of a subject, teach the student to inspect the information, see how it applies or can apply in their lives and what use it is now and may be in their future, and what information or applications can they derive or evolve from that information.
How our students accomplish this level of understanding is fully addressed in various handbooks and materials available to students and parents. Our approach to learning and education is outlined on the green pages in this prospectus!

We educate children from a basic concept that every student is an individual, they want to learn and are capable of learning, and they want to be successful. We give them the means to do so, try to nurture their native ambitions and abilities, and instill in them the confidence to stand as individuals.

Our graduates are expected to achieve above average examination results, though this is simply a by-product of a thorough grasp of the subjects studied. The greater "value added" to a Greenfields education, in our view, is inherent in our standard instruction of the subjects. Of senior importance to us is that students learn to think for themselves, to obtain and inspect available information, select the true from the false, the important from the unimportant, draw conclusions and apply their knowledge.

They carry with them a love of learning, and can study any subject and apply the information. In their particular areas of interest, they normally have achieved a level of understanding and competence beyond their years, be it in the humanities, physical sciences or the arts.