: | The Press |Joanne Naish | Members of the Gloriavale Christian Community signed a commitment against corporal punishment eight years after it became illegal in New Zealand. The move was revealed in a New Zealand Teachers Disciplinary Tribunal decision about a teacher who hit children with a ruler and hoped…
: | The Press | Joanne Naish | A former Gloriavale teacher who hit pupils with a ruler believes the school is still not safe for children. Victory Disciple was found guilty of serious misconduct but not censured or ordered to pay costs after the Teachers Disciplinary Tribunal found it had…
: | Greymouth Star | Laura Mills |Subscription Only Education specialists have been working with Gloriavale School, with a fresh review due. The school needs to pass the review in order to keep its funding. The Education Review Office visited last October and found the private school was not providing an…
: | The Press | Joanne Naish | Gloriavale’s school will now use outsiders to teach the official New Zealand curriculum to its 139 school-aged children. Private schools do not have to teach the NZ curriculum and the Education Review Office (ERO) previously noted the school’s curriculum reflected the community’s Christian philosophy.…
: | RNZ | Gloriavale Christian School on the West Coast has been warned its plan for how it will comply with Ministry of Education standards is not viable. In October, the Education Review Office put out a highly critical report, saying the school was not providing an adequate education for a private…
: | Greymouth Star | Laura Mills The Ministry of Education says it is meeting regularly with the Gloriavale School staff following a highly critical Education Review Office report threw doubt on its registration as a private school. Gloriavale Christian School has a roll of 139. However, ERO said almost 20%…
: RNZ A former Gloriavale student is angry about the education she missed out on at school in the secretive South Island community, where she says girls are told their future is cooking and sewing. A recent ERO report of Gloriavale Christian School found 20 percent of students have been absent from class,…
: By Joanne Naish | The Press | Two former Gloriavale teachers say the community’s belief that the Lord was coming back really soon impacted planning and training at the school. They’ve spoken out following a damning Education Review Office (ERO) report and claim issues at the religious community’s school should…
: RNZ | Checkpoint | 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…
: RNZ | Checkpoint | 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…
