Rikkyo School in England
Rikkyo School in England (立教英国学院 Rikkyō Eikoku Gakuin) is a Japanese boarding primary and secondary school in Rudgwick, Horsham District, West Sussex, in proximity to London. The school uses the Japanese curriculum,[1] and is one of several fee-paying Japanese private schools in the UK to have such a curriculum.[2] It is a Shiritsu zaigai kyōiku shisetsu (私立在外教育施設) or an overseas branch of a Japanese private school.[3]
History
It was founded in 1972, opening with 19 students at the primary level. The school's website stated that it is "perhaps the oldest Japanese boarding school in Europe.".[1] The school is an affiliated educational institution of the Nippon Sei Ko Kai (the Anglican Church in Japan) and shares its name with Rikkyo University, Tokyo.
Initially the school used the Pallinghurst House, a building constructed in 1902, as its classrooms, dining hall, dormitories, chapel, and staff room. In 1973 the school's middle school opened. In 1975 the Ministry of Education of Japan approved Rikkyo School as an overseas school. Afterwards the school opened its high school division. At that time the school educated students in ages 10 through 18.[1] Toshio Iwasaki of the Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry wrote that this school was the first Japanese high school outside Japan to open. It was the only Japanese high school outside Japan until the 1986 opening of the Lycée Seijo in France.[4]
See also
- Japanese School in London
- Japanese community in the United Kingdom
- Japanese students in the United Kingdom
- Japan–United Kingdom relations
British international schools in Japan:
References
- 1 2 3 "INFORMATION IN ENGLISH." (Archive) Rikkyo School in England. Retrieved on 8 January 2014. "Guildford Road,Rudgwick,W-Sussex RH12 3BE ENGLAND"
- ↑ Morris, Jonathan, Max Munday, and Barry Wilkinson. Working for the Japanese: The Economic and Social Consequences of Japanese Investment in Wales. A&C Black, 17 December 2013. ISBN 1780939353, 9781780939353. p. 125.
- ↑ "私立在外教育施設一覧" (Archive). Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Retrieved on March 1, 2015.
- ↑ Iwasaki, Toshio. "Japanese Schools Take Root Overseas." Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry. Japan Economic Foundation (JEF, Kokusai Keizai Kōryū Zaidan), No. 5, 1991. Contributed to Google Books by the JEF. p. 24. "However, there was no senior Japanese high school outside Japan until Rikkyo School in England was founded in 1972 in the suburbs of London. It remained the only overseas Japanese senior high school for the next 14 years."
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The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) classifies almost all of these schools as shiritsu zaigai kyōiku shisetsu (overseas branches of Japanese private schools). The Shanghai Japanese School is classified by MEXT as nihonjin gakkō (Japanese international school) as it is operated by a Japanese association. At the Liceo Mexicano Japonés (LMJ) in Mexico City, only the Mexican program offers senior high school, while its Japanese program ends at junior high school; therefore LMJ not included on this list. | |
Coordinates: 51°05′40″N 0°29′19″W / 51.09444°N 0.48861°W