: 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…
: By Laura Mills | Greymouth Star | Gloriavale School is looking for teachers from outside the closed community. The Education Review Office has just reported that schooling at Gloriavale is “precarious” and at a lower standard than in State schools. It identified a raft of things that must be fixed…
: By Joanne Naish | The Press | Gloriavale’s school has come under fire from the Education Review Office (ERO) because it’s students are not progressing and achieving well, and their health and safety is not being monitored sufficiently. ERO found Gloriavale Christian School is not providing an adequate education to…
: By Chris Lynch |Christchurch’s Newsroom | A review conducted by the Education Review Office has raised serious concerns about the quality of education for school-aged children within the secluded Gloriavale community. The report unveiled challenges faced by the Gloriavale Christian School, affecting its capability to offer consistent and high-standard education.…
: | 1 News | The Education Review Office (ERO) has put out a highly critical report on the Gloriavale Christian School, saying it is not providing an adequate education for a private school. Gloriavale is an isolated Christian community on the West Coast, and its school has 139 enrolled students.…
: By Joanne Naish | The Press | Young people leaving Gloriavale should be offered extra support – similar to refugees – including help identifying academic gaps, social needs and undiagnosed learning difficulties, a report has found. The report was written in August last year, but the Ministry of Education says…
: West Coast Messenger CHILDREN from Gloriavale Christian School have been getting creative as they fill the Otira railway pedestrian subway with colourful paintings. Students at Lake Brunner School and Springfield School have also had a hand in brightening the subway in preparation for the Otira Tunnel Centennial celebrations on August…
: RNZ Gloriavale School is under review by the Education Review Office, the Ministry of Education has confirmed. Serenity Pilgrim, Anna Courage, Rose Standtrue, Crystal Loyal, Pearl Valor and Virginia Courage took Gloriavale’s leaders to court, arguing they lived in servitude working on the West Coast commune’s domestic teams and were…
: by Jean Edwards | RNZ | Former Gloriavale Christian School principal Faithful Pilgrim has told a court the community’s leaders do not rule like tyrants, before breaking down over his relationship with a son who has left the sect. Pilgrim, who was a Shepherd until his resignation last May, also…