Resounding failure for Gloriavale school in latest ERO report
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Listen to Victory and Hopeful Disciple’s interview with Lisa Owen.
Hopeful and Victory Disciple left the secretive West Coast community with their six children, who they said were still recovering from the trauma they endured at the school. Photo: RNZ / Jean Edwards
Former Gloriavale members say the way children are treated at the community’s school is tantamount to abuse and they want it shut down.
Their comments follow a damning Education Review Office report which identified a raft of failings at Gloriavale Christian School including not providing an adequate education for its 139 or so students.
In 2021, Hopeful and Victory Disciple left the secretive West Coast community with their six children, who they said were still recovering from the trauma they endured at the school.