Our Philosophy

Greenfields believes that the purpose of education is to enable and empower individuals to gain far greater affinity with the world around them through a love of knowledge in its various forms.

Learning is interwoven with living. A full and rich understanding of the various subjects and aspects of life should be part of any healthy education.

The School

We offer education up to and including A Levels, with special programmes in English as a Foreign Language and a Summer School for junior and senior students. Boarders are accepted from the age of 10, day students from the age of 3.

With a high staff-student ratio, students are guaranteed individual all-round service. We base our delivery on the National Curriculum and offer the same subjects as most private schools.

The key difference is that we train students how to study effectively so that all the curriculum is grasped and applied. We have an independent assessment and correction department called Qualifications, and a specialist office to deal with student behavioural issues.

This approach is linked to the whole methodology of our teaching: students who need correction or misbehave are regularly found to have encountered difficulties with their studies prior to the problem or misbehaviour. Straightening out these factors leads not just to corrected work or repaired behaviour but enhanced ability as a student.

Facilities include a multi-purpose sports court for tennis and basketball, a music room, science laboratories and a sports field on the edge of the beautiful Ashdown Forest.

We have over fifteen clubs and societies ranging from cooking and camping clubs in the Lower School to a choir and Book Club in the Upper School. Drama clubs, a film school and a Young Writers’ Group are among the many activities which take place on a regular basis, indicating the school’s leaning towards the Arts.

Greenfields services different students with different needs and interests in such a way as to add educational value, no matter what the variables, within the resources of the school.

Independent Schools Association

Greenfields is proud to be part of the Independent Schools Association, one of the oldest associations for British Independent schools, founded in 1879. Its membership includes Heads of 301 preparatory, senior and all-through schools. It exists to provide professional support to Head Teachers and offers a wide range of sport and cultural activities to the pupils in the 301 schools it represents.

There is an annual Art Competition, a Drama Festival and Essay competitions for all age groups and national ISA fixtures arranged for Athletics, Cross-country, Gymnastics and other sports. We regularly participate in the Athletics and Cross-country regional, and sometimes the national, events.

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